Speck iPhone 3G Toughskin - Compression molded silicone is liberating in the sense that it frees the designer from many of the draft, undercut, and wall thickness constraints of plastic part design. And it's good from a business perspective because the tooling is fast and cheap.
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Speck Candyshell - iLounge -- Best Case and Best iPhone Accessory of the Year, 2009
"Candyshell is a real standout in elegant design at a time when cases have are becoming either too simple or too complex." -Jeremy Horwitz, iLounge
Deceptively complex to manufacture, this required nearly a month of work at the factory to sort out every weld line, flow mark, and tooling issue.
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Palm Pixi Artist Series - Beautiful designs require attentive implementation. It took quite a bit of work to translate the engineering of Palm's Pixi back into an all-plastic design appropriate for water transfer printing.
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Speck Qwickdraw - A great example of the hybrid world of Designgineering. The designer had a concept for a "magical" spring-loaded leather iPhone holster -- code for "this is what I want but I'm not exactly sure how to do it or what it should look like" The final result is a testament to creative problem solving and a cooperative development process.
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Speck SeeThru Satin - Often the simplest designs on paper are the most complex to execute in manufacturing. A form-fitting polycarbonate case requires close management to create a snug fit that is still simple to remove, eliminate every tool mark and flow problem, precisely match compounded plastic to color specs, and find a soft touch paint that feels just right.
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Speck Nano4 SeeThru - The path from sketch to tool is certainly not a straight line. What on the surface is a very simple design concept -- a form-fitting polycarbonate case with a clear window for the screen -- went through four significantly different engineering iterations for visually the same end product.
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