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Product Design & Development, Prototyping

Innovation During a Pandemic

When the effects of COVID-19 began causing a shortage of personal protective equipment in America and Montana, Salient was quick to respond with design expertise. Salient designed an injection molded mask filter cartridge that is compatible with the standard 3M 6000 series masks to be mass produced in Montana.

Industrial Design, Product Design & Development, Prototyping

8 Reasons Getting Outside Makes You a More Creative Design Thinker

As a design and engineering consultancy, we feel living in Montana gives Salient a huge advantage in the realm of […]

Industrial Design, Product Design & Development, Prototyping, Sketching, Soft Goods

Process Practice Makes It Perfect

If you want to be good at basketball, it’s likely you’d spend hours dribbling, working on your layups, and shooting […]

Product Design & Development, Prototyping, Soft Goods

Extra-Special Overalls

Fly fishing is popular here in Bozeman, MT… Children named Madison sit in most elementary classrooms. Summer sees the university […]

David Yakos, Laser Cutting, Prototyping, Toys & Games

Laser Cut Birdman Costume

One handy tool for prototyping is a laser cutter. At Salient, we use our laser to cut wood, plastic, cardboard […]

Product Design & Development, Prototyping

Prototype Design: The Mechanical Development Process (in a Nutshell), Part 2

In our last post, we explored Stage 1 of the Mechanical Development Process – the Conceptual Stage. In this post, […]