Product design
The process of creating products that solve user problems through functional, desirable, and manufacturable solutions. Key principles include user-centered iteration, cost-quality balance, and cross-functional collaboration.
Case study: American manufacturing viability
- Smarter Scrubber: Grill brush designed for safety/durability (replacing wire bristle brushes), manufactured entirely in America
- Smarter Every Day host Destin Sandlin conducted a 4-year experiment to prove competitive U.S. manufacturing
- Motivation: Personal history with American manufacturing (parents were union autoworkers)
- Documented in Smarter Every Day video: Manufacturing in America Experiment
- Key insight: Demonstrated that domestic manufacturing can compete on quality and cost when prioritizing design efficiency
2026 04 14 Destin manufacturing in America
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