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Technology Product Development | Bag Design by LA NPDT

Project snapshot

A technology product development project. Introducing a new generation of bags from an idea that only existed on paper.

The LA New Product Development Team delivered Technology Product Development | Bag Design by LA NPDT. The work sits in our iot & consumer experience, where we take an idea from concept through design, prototyping and manufacturing readiness.

Project type
SYmphonia Bags

The client

SYmphonia, a company introducing a new generation of bags. SYmphonia bags feature wireless charging and GPS tracking.

The challenge

SYmphonia Bags. Product Design, Prototype, Video, Website Design by LA NPDT, Shreveport, LA
This was a technology product development project. Our challenge was to create a high tech product design, build the prototypes, and prepare the marking materials for a kickstarter campaign.

Our solution

The project started with just a few sketches that the owner of SYmphonia showed to us. That was the beginning of a snowball…Our team has turned the sketches into a high tech product design and produced renderings of a handbag and a backpack. The renderings helped to convey the product concept. The SYmphonia team demonstrated the renderings at an inventor conference. The idea resonated with the public. This encouraged the founders to build a functional prototype. LA NPDT ended up producing three prototypes of different types of bags. To make the prototypes we had to design the electronics, compile a BOM, develop an app, and assemble all the electronic components with the bags. We even hired a professional dressmaker to help us. After the prototypes have been done, LA NPDT started to work on the marketing materials, producing a promo video was the first step. Then we designed a logo and built a website.

The result

Our technology product development team has turned an idea that only existed on paper into functional prototypes and designed all the essential marketing materials. The SYmphonia is now ready for a crowdfunding campaign
SYmphonia Bags. Product Design, Prototype, Video, Website Design by LA NPDT, Shreveport, LA
SYmphonia Bags. Product Design, Prototype, Video, Website Design by LA NPDT, Shreveport, LA
SYmphonia Bags. Product Design, Prototype, Video, Website Design by LA NPDT, Shreveport, LA
SYmphonia Bags. Product Design, Prototype, Video, Website Design by LA NPDT, Shreveport, LA
SYmphonia Bags. Product Design, Prototype, Video, Website Design by LA NPDT, Shreveport, LA
SYmphonia Bags. Product Design, Prototype, Video, Website Design by LA NPDT, Shreveport, LA
SYmphonia Bags. Product Design, Prototype, Video, Website Design by LA NPDT, Shreveport, LA
SYmphonia Bags. Product Design, Prototype, Video, Website Design by LA NPDT, Shreveport, LA

Technology product development at a glance

ScopeIndustrial design, mechanical, electronics, firmware, app and cloud
Product typeConnected and electronic consumer or industrial devices
DeliverablesCAD, schematics and layout, firmware, prototypes, DFM package
Typical timeline6-12 months concept to manufacturing-ready

Connected products fail at the seams

Hardware, electronics, firmware and app are usually built by four different vendors, and the product breaks wherever two of them meet: an antenna smothered by the enclosure, a battery sized for a duty cycle the firmware ignores, an app that assumes connectivity the radio cannot deliver. Keeping all four disciplines on one team is the entire point.

What an integrated program looks like

  • Architecture set jointly by mechanical, electrical and software before CAD
  • Power budget measured on hardware, not estimated from datasheets
  • Enclosure designed around antenna and thermal reality
  • Firmware and app developed against real prototypes throughout
  • Certification and manufacturing planned from the start, not retrofitted

Frequently asked questions

What does a connected product cost to develop?

Full hardware-plus-software programs generally run $60,000-$250,000 depending on radio, certification and app scope.

Do you handle FCC certification?

We design for compliance and manage testing with accredited labs.

Can you take over a stalled project from another vendor?

Yes - we regularly audit inherited designs and pick up from wherever the files actually are.

Capabilities used on this project

  • Rapid prototyping services

    3D printing, CNC machining, urethane casting and functional prototype builds with published materials, tolerances and lead times.

  • Electronic design and PCB engineering

    Schematic capture, PCB layout, firmware and electromechanical integration for connected hardware.

  • Concept design

    Sketch exploration, form studies and CAD concepts that turn an idea into a buildable direction.

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