Meet Our Industrial Designer, Paul! #MeetMako

What is #MeetMako?

As a Product Design Firm, here at MAKO Design + Invent, we interact with our clients on a very close basis in order to be very transparent about the design process and the development of an inventor’s product.

We are a team of positive, friendly, and happy people who are excited and passionate about design, growth, and learning about new ideas and concepts every day! With three current open offices, each member in each office carries a unique and special persona that adds to the amazing quality of what makes MAKO Design + Invent so great.

We started the #MeetMako campaign to allow clients and future clients who are interested in working with us to learn more about who we are and who you’ll be working with! This campaign also serves as a great resource to learn about who will be helping you produce and develop your product and introduce to you a little more about MAKO Design + Invent, what it’s like to work here and about the office culture!

For last week’s #MeetMako, we introduced our Manager of Design Strategy, Rob. This week, our #MeetMako blog will spotlight one of MAKO’s Senior Industrial Designers, Paul Davis!

Meet Paul!

As one of Mako’s industrial designers, Paul is almost always involved in a lot of big projects we get here. His main goals and responsibilities as Mako’s industrial designer are learning about the client’s proposed projects and designs and taking their ideas all the way from concept to prototype.

As Paul works through the process of bringing product designs from concept to prototype, some of his favourite parts about what he does is meeting with the clients during the development of their product, seeing their reactions to their finished concept designs and prototypes and finishing products.

Paul emphasizes one of the most important tips and concepts that we love to rep here at MAKO, and that is keeping all product designs, especially the first concept’s designs, simple. Avoid the bells and whistles for your first product, and always remember you can add any extras and other pieces of design after you establish your first design.

Paul explains that one of his biggest motivations and reasons why he loves to come to work as an industrial designer at MAKO Design + Invent is the great team he gets to work with every day here.

Watch his interview below to learn more about his experience, favorite work and more about what he does as Mako’s industrial designer!

If you want to learn more about the talented team members that we have at MAKO, check out our spotlight features on our Senior Designer, Magnus or our Mechanical Engineer, Demsey!

If you have a great new invention and you’d like to learn more about this process, get in touch with MAKO today, and we can set you up on a call with our product strategist!

About: MAKO Design + Invent is the original firm providing world-class consumer product development services tailored to startups, small manufacturers, and inventors. Simply put, we are the leading one-stop-shop for developing your physical product from idea to store shelves, all in a high-quality, cost-effective, and timely manner. We operate as one powerhouse 30-person product design team spread across 4 offices to serve you (Austin, Miami, San Francisco, & Toronto). We have full-stack in-house industrial design, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, patent referral, prototyping, and manufacturing services. To assist our startup and inventor clients, in addition to above, we help with business strategy, product strategy, marketing, and sales/distribution for all consumer product categories. Also, our founder Kevin Mako hosts The Product Startup Podcast, the industry's leading hardware podcast. Check it out for tips, interviews, and best practices for hardware startups, inventors, and product developers. Click HERE to learn more about MAKO Design + Invent!