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David Yakos, Press, Product Design & Development, Sketching

Salient Co-Owner Uses Viral Video to Raise Money for Family Promise of Gallatin Valley

Salient’s co-owner and inventor, David Yakos, created a DIY shelf project video that went viral on social media.

David Yakos, Laser Cutting

Happy Ears

Here at Salient Technologies, we love our laser cutter. It is well worth its keep for making prototypes. We love it even more when we can use it to help our local medical professionals!

Innovation for Skiing

rface. The director of U.S. Paralympics Nordic Skiing reached out to Salient to develop a new interface between the seats used by Paralympic athletes and the newest Nordic skis.

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.

Team Member Projects

Building Frank

Here at Salient we are not only professional designers; we are also creators and makers. We have gone through the […]

David Yakos, Plastic Waste, Toys & Games

We’re all on the Same Boat

By David Yakos The phrase, “we’re all in the same boat” has new meaning for me after taking part in […]

Press

AeroPod – 2018 Eurobike Award Winner

The AeroPod by Velocomp (a Salient client for many years), won the prestigious Eurobike Award in the “Bike Components” category. […]

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 […]

Salient 2016 Highlights

Another year has gone by, and here at Salient, we have lots to be excited about! Here (in no particular order) are […]

3D Printing Techology, Product Design & Development

Salient-Helio Collaboration: 3D Printed Titles

Earlier this spring, Zach Johaneson of Helio Collective approached Salient about creating physical movie titles for use in-camera (instead of the typical […]