Conceptual 3D Rendering of Vertical SpectraVision for measuring multi-colored, textured and irregular shaped objects

SpectraVision V: Designing Around Gravity

Last year we received a series of fixture design requests centered around one user question: How to hold small slippery objects in mid-air for color measurement. While investigating this design task one fact was immediately obvious: A loosely held object could slip and fall directly into the measurement chamber of Read more

By Yumi Zaic, ago
Eugene and Nevaris with 3d printers

Covid Maker Response

About a week ago we learned that a local New Jersey design company called Tangible Creative was part of a massive volunteer effort to provide face shields to NYC hospitals. We were even more intrigued to learn that they had been pulled into the action by a group of Columbia Read more

By Yumi Zaic, ago
Zaic Precision Instrument Enclosure Design

The Challenges of Enclosure Design

Recently a talented designer friend of ours lamented that he has “spent years just designing boxes for things”. As simple and mundane as that sounds, each enclosure project poses unique challenges for product designers. Teams developing benchtop instruments or electronic appliances of course want something that will set them apart Read more

By Yumi Zaic, ago
Spyder 5 Conceptual Design from 3 angles

Spyder 5: Mechanical Engineering

We joined the Spyder5 project after the original industrial design company dropped the project midway through. The task in front of us was to fit a newly developed optical module into a housing design that had been worked over for months with the industrial design firm and already had buy-in Read more

By Yumi Zaic, ago