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The Magpul Ronin MIKE MAYBERRY Co-Owner Magpul Industries Corp.  and Ronin Motorworks Mike Mayberry is an industrial designer and entrepreneur who has spent his 20-year career working in the firearms, aerospace, bicycle, and outdoor footwear industries. A jack of many trades, Mike is passionate about design and all things mechanical. Mike is co-owner of Magpul Industries Corp., which designs and manufactures components for use by elite military units, law enforcement agencies, and civilian sport shooters. He also owns Ronin Motorworks , a custom motorcycle shop based in Denver. Prior to co-founding Magpul and Ronin, Mike worked as director of product design and development at Boa Technology, helping to establish Boa as the leader in mechanical lacing systems. Boa Lacing System As principal designer at Titus Titanium, he also designed mountain bike frames and components before becoming the lead product designer for Avid, LLC, where he built disc brake systems and

some of the work by Orange22 Design Lab Designer As Entrepreneur: Dario Antonioni The next few posts will be profiles of some of the talented people that will be presenting at the IDSA Western Design Conference at Long Beach, CA April 12-13th, 2013.- JM DARIO ANTONIONI Founder and Creative Director Orange22 Design Lab http://www.orange22designlab.com/ Dario Antonioni has designed award-winning products, retail experiences and brand strategies for clients worldwide. Antonioni’s work retails at luxury retailers like the Apple store to mass market shops like Costco and Sam's Club. His work has been exhibited in Paris, Cologne, Milan, Sydney, Singapore, New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco. He won the coveted Red Dot award for his Grid-It Technology that is used in over 200 products. His other awards include LG Innovations Award, MIT Innovation Award, Spark Awards, IDEA, Contract Magazine Inspiration Award, and Surface Magazine spotlighted him as a leading designe

Aidan Borer  created his  Bottl  storage containers from recycled wine bottles and capped them with hand-turned reclaimed fir. The Industrial Design Juniors students at Western Washington University have been hard at work, designing and fabricating new houseware designs made of repurposed materials.  They were debuted at the Ideal shop in Bellingham, WA last week, and are only available there. The project was led by Prof. Arunas Oslapas. Captions were written by the staff at Ideal and photos are by Jason Morris. Each is painted with a band of chalkboard paint to label the vessel's contents. Louie Dawson's Cast Off  yo-yos are made using discarded office chair wheels. Dawson took apart each wheel  and reassembled with an inset made from scrap hardwood. His design uses the existing symmetry of the steel axle of the wheels to produce a top-knotch yoyo. Nick Hanlon's Splash  is a bowl made from styrene spoons, forks, and knives that have been heated, pressed