Product ideation and design class scheduled at Current Blend

Current Blend is hosting a free event for those interested in learning how to take a design from concept to production.

“Product Ideation” will be held on Thursday, April 21 from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. at Current Blend, located at 307 E. 5th Street in Huntingburg. It is open to the public.

Discussion topics will include: how to determine if there is a need for your idea; how to brainstorm for a new idea; how to create a 2D sketch to define your idea; various ways to create, both quickly and inexpensively, a three-dimensional model of the product; and how to determine if the concept should be taken to a global marketplace. Presenters for the event are toy inventor and photographer, Mick Hetman, and AutoCAD expert, Colton Newton.

“Product Ideation” is open to the public. Reservations are currently being accepted at: https://attending.io/events/ product-ideation-and-design.

For more information, please contact Current Blend Board Members Ray Niehaus at (812) 686-1688 or ray@iniehaus.com; or Matt Crane at (812) 639-9651 or editor@duboiscountyfreepress. com.

About Current Blend:

Founded in 2014, Current Blend is a non-profit organization that provides an environment to stimulate ideas, collaboration and business mentoring. Home to the area’s first co-working space, Current Blend offers an inspirational atmosphere for innovation.

About Mick Hetman:

Mick Hetman is an Industrial Designer, BFA Purdue University, specializing in new product invention, licensing, and development. Through his company, Hetman Design LLC, he does freelance product design and also photography. Hetman is a partner in a toy and new technology company called TNT LLC. Top Notch Toys creates cutting edge RC toys for top manufacturers from Japan, China, Canada, and the USA. TNT LLC develops sophisticated electromechanical items that can be injection molded and mass produced to meet performance and cost criteria. The company recently exhibited for the first time at the 2016 Buy Indiana Expo and hope to partner with CRANE to develop military applications of our technology portfolio.

About Colton Newton:

Colton Newton is the founder of Newton Designs LLC and a product design major student currently studying at Vincennes University. His tremendous background in 3D CAD drawing belies his young age, and as a certified professional in many forms of CAD software, he is noted by Autodesk as one of the top CAD students in the United States. His ideas and products have been presented to the President of the United States and recognized at the national level. Newton Designs LLC specializes in CAD design and small scale prototyping, and he often uses 3D printing technology to create new product parts for clients.