Dustan Baker

Industrial designer focused on ergonomics, shroud design, UI/UX, mechanical design and design styling for our brands including Stairmaster, Startrac, Schwinn, Nautilus, Throwdown.

The Karbon Group provided 3D printing, rapid prototyping, soft tooling and short run urethane casting services. We utilized many technologies including FDM, OBJET, SLA, CNC, and LASER CUTTING to help our clients deliver outstanding products in short time. Additionally we provided industrial design services on a contract basis. We helped dozens of clients with new product design services and manufacturing.

BDS was a product design and development consulting service provider. Our Industrial Design services covered a broad range of experience. We designed novelty products, soft goods, inventions, safety cutters, and technology props used in attractions at Disney world. As Owner/Principal Designer I provided concept creation via sketches, Illustrator and Photoshop. 3D modeling/CAD to reach functional or aesthetic prototypes. In addition to my strong design skill set, I am proficient at project management, specifically in managing the creative process. I am well experienced in managing a group of 3-5 designers
to reach our project goals. We often also provided graphic design services for marketing collateral, product packaging, and corporate identity. Clients included various industries from action sports to safety equipment:
Disney Imagineering, Box Components, Advanced Safety, Adager, Sound One, Inspired Instruments

My role was for creating design styling concepts that met client goals, constructing full scale mock-ups that explain these concepts, fully functional 3-D models/CAD, value engineering and cost reduction of assemblies, designing complex mechanical assemblies with CAD, communicating with vendors to insure manufacturability, researching components, creating a user
friendly GUI, working closely with the software development team to make sure GUI design and functionality goals are achieved.