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<h2>Design Consulting, Research, and Development</h2>
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<u>Skills:</u>
<li>Systems thinking and analysis
<li>Part design (glass, metal, and plastic) for medical devices and consumer products
<li>Assessment of the environmental impacts of design and waste
<li>Conceptual design process
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<u>Services:</u>
<li><a href="http://ideasonlegs.smugmug.com/gallery/6027911_4r3z5">Seminars and workshops </a>
<li>Project planning
<li>Research
<li>Concept development and optimization
<li>Coordinate and interface with your company’s internal staff
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<a href="http://ideasonlegs.smugmug.com/gallery/6589891_NcQXD#419795671_coPNd">Click Here</a> to see a portfolio of designs for manufactured products
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<b><u>Bill Hess (principal and owner of Ideas on Legs), his perspective and experience as a design consultant and researcher</u></b>
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After completing my graduate studies in biomedical engineering in 1997, I decided to work in product development consulting. Through successful networking I began a job at one of the country’s leading product development consulting companies. Working at this company left an indelible impression; I contributed to the design of a large number of products within a relatively short period of time and learned a tremendous amount about designing products for manufacturing. Since then, I have worked as a consultant on several projects.
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I am experienced as an eco-conscious studio artist, teacher, research engineer, and designer, and bring these skills as additional assets to my offerings as a product development consultant. I love combining my interpersonal, creative, and analytical abilities to provide the most helpful advice and strategy for your project.
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While most of my work is artistic and design oriented, I have a steadfast curiosity about how things work from a scientific and technical perspective. For example, as I create designs in recycled glass, I keep a watchful eye toward new ways to use this material. How can the shapes of the bottles become a unique benefit toward a new product or application? In addition to my studio work, I recently led a small team of university students through an investigation of biodegradable packaging for medical and pharmaceutical products. In engineering graduate school, I performed biomechanical research on joints and muscles. I remain attracted to the complexity and excitement surrounding the inner workings of the human body and the details of basic scientific research. I always continue to delve deeper to find seemingly subtle, but substantial, intersections in the curiosities of glass, packaging, design, and biology.
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With my broad perspective, I provide helpful suggestions and insights on a variety of projects.
<br><br><a href="mailto:billh@ideasonlegs.com">Contact me</a> with questions about your product, to learn about availability, and rate information.
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<a href="http://www.sleepingbean.com/ideasonlegs/ConsResearch.pdf", target="_new">Download Bill’s Research and Consulting Bio </a>
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