Mike Harakal, inventor of PawPail, came to HaA to alleviate a problem in his community regarding the control of everyday pet waste. Many community living neighborhoods, like his, require home owners to keep their pet’s waste in their garage until the weekly garbage truck arrives. This is not ideal as the smell can easily build up over time and attract other animals.

HaA worked with Mike to turn his ideas for a pet waste management station into a convenient system that is multi-functional and affordable.

PawPail is a revolutionary container designed to supply you with custom odor fresh bags, discreetly house your dog’s waste in a convenient area and keep your environment clean. When your dog goes to the bathroom, simply open the top lid of PawPail, pull out a scented bag to pick up the waste, open up the main lid where you will find a perforated basket to pop the waste inside. Pawprint perforations are located on each side of the PawPail to properly ventilate your pail to prevent odor build up over time.

PawPail was designed to be mounted outside and on your property to provide you with a convenient pet waste cleaning experience.

https://www.pawpail.com/

Project Details:

Consumer
PawPail
Industrial Design, Engineering, Branding & Manufacturing Support

Safety 1st partnered with HaA to design a range of hassle-free products guaranteed to support a baby's development at every stage, while making exploring safe and fun. Designed with parents in mind, these solutions ensure enhanced child safety.

Lever Handle Lock accommodates most French-door-style levers, child-resistant with a press and slide design.

Grip N’ Twist Door Knob Covers are made of heavy-duty plastic with a simple snap together, two-piece design. To open the closed off area, parents simply squeeze them and turn. The white colors also allow you to easily identify the holes against the knob.

Clear View Stove Knob Covers keep stove knobs off-limits to children. These universally designed covers have hinged lids for convenience, durability, heat-resistance, attaches easily with a non-adhesive mounting and transparent to retain the appearance of your stove.

Refrigerator Door Lock is designed to lay flat on refrigerator or freezer.

The secure adhesive mount disengages for temporary non use and has a flexible strap allows for latching around corner of fridge door.

Oven Door Lock is a durable, universal design featuring a special heat resistant latch and adhesive that mounts it to most oven doors.

Multi-Purpose Appliance Lock is ideal for the refrigerator, freezer, microwave and dishwasher. Secure press and pull lock helps keep appliances closed.

Safety 1st Cord Shortener helps keep dangling power cords out of your child’s reach, stores up to 4 inches (122 cm) of excess cord and accommodates most power cords.

Project Details:

Consumer
Safety 1st
Industrial Design & Engineering

Safety 1st partnered with HaA to design a range of hassle-free products guaranteed to support a baby's development at every stage while make exploring safe and fun. Designed with parents in mind, these solutions ensure enhanced child safety.

The Safety 1st Soundview Baby Monitor keeps you in clear contact with your baby from any room of the house. The Sound View Monitor features superior clarity so you can hear and see your baby's sounds from up to 600 feet away. It includes 2 channels to minimize interference and a low battery indicator. Sensitive microphone picks up low level of sounds and has environmental friendly energy saving power adapters that draws power only when unit is on. Using the belt clip, parents can monitor while on the move and control the volume with a touch of the dial.

Project Details:

Consumer
Safety 1st
Industrial Design & Engineering

Safety 1st partnered with HaA to design a range of hassle-free products guaranteed to support a baby's development at every stage while make exploring safe and fun. Designed with parents in mind, these solutions ensure enhanced child safety.

Comfy Bath Center features contoured interior to provide a comfortable bathing environment, slip-resistant foam pad provides comfort and security, built in temperature strip and easy release drain plug.

The Warm Me Shower & Bath includes dual showerhead, with spray and stream options, provides control over how to shower your baby. The built-in just-right temperature strip helps you make sure that baby s bath water is just right, while the warm water filled backrest soothes your little one and keeps her comfortable throughout the entire bath time experience.

Project Details:

Consumer
Safety 1st
Industrial Design & Engineering

Safety 1st partnered with HaA to design a range of hassle-free products guaranteed to support a baby's development at every stage while make exploring safe and fun. Designed with parents in mind, these solutions ensure enhanced child safety.

Comfort Check Digital Pacifier takes a fast, accurate reading in 90 seconds. Featuring a comforting, orthodontic nipple, a large, digital display, a beep signaling when the maximum temperature is reached and provides memory recall to keep track of previous temperature readings. The automatic shut-off function ensures battery power is saved and a protective, clear storage cover to keep the thermometer clean and protected while not in use. Pairs with the pacifier medicine dispenser.

3 Second Ear Thermometer offers a fast, accurate reading, featuring an easy to read back-lit display with an auto-shut off to conserve battery. Beep signals when the temperature is recorded and is equipped with memory recall to display the last recorded temperature and also alerts you with ten beeps when it senses heightened temperature or fever. No probe covers are needed and the unit is easily cleaned. A protective cap ensures that it performs when you need it. It comes with a long-life lithium battery for continuous performance.

Gentle Rectal Read Thermometer is over 7 times faster than conventional thermometers. Features over insertion guard design, flexible tip for added comfort, memory recall of last reading and beeps signaling measurement is complete.

10 Second Thermometer quickly measures rectal, oral and underarm temperature with it’s easy to read digital display. Features soft flexible tip for comfort, memory recall with automatic storage of last temperature, beeping signal alerts you and indicates 'ready' & 'completed’ as well as an automatic switch-off conserves battery life, automatic self-test ensures measurement accuracy and low battery indicator.

Project Details:

Consumer
Safety 1st
Industrial Design & Engineering

Safety 1st partnered with HaA to design a range of hassle-free products guaranteed to support a baby's development at every stage while make exploring safe and fun. Designed with parents in mind, these solutions ensure enhanced child safety.

Made Tank Moldable Potty provides additional encouragement for the child with musical greetings and rewarding sounds during toilet training, removable trainer seat fits most standard adult toilets sticker dispenser and tracking chart to reward your child, deflector shield for boys and potty tips included to help parents.

3-in-1 Comfy Cushy Potty Trainer creates for a hassle-free potty experience that makes the potty training process easier for you and your child. Features a trainer seat and step stool, soft cushioned seat with flip up lid, easy grip handles for added stability, specially designed bowl prevents leaks and spills, removable bowl for easy cleaning, unique reversible seat with deflector shield and non-slip grip strips on base.

Nature’s Next Bio Plastic 3-in-1 Potty is made from 50 percent bio-plastic, a new generation of durable plastics developed from renewable plant resources. The potty features a removable bowl that makes cleanup easy. After your child masters the skills, the seat converts to a trainer that helps ease the transition to the family toilet as well as a stepping stool.

Project Details:

Consumer
Safety 1st
Industrial Design & Engineering

Safety 1st partnered with HaA to design a range of hassle-free products guaranteed to support a baby's development at every stage while make exploring safe and fun. Designed with parents in mind, these solutions ensure enhanced child safety.

The Safety 1st "AdapTable" High Chair will fit right into your home. With 6 different heights, a 4-position tray and 3 different recline positions, it's easy to adapt this high chair to the best feeding position for your little one, whether they're a newborn, growing baby or toddler

Features include lift-and-fold frame with locking indicators, one-hand three position recline, one-hand front-release tray with four positions, dishwasher-safe insert tray, permanent restraint with snack tray, stain resistant, machine washable cloth seat pa three-point restraint and lockable rear wheels.

Project Details:

Consumer
Safety 1st
Industrial Design & Engineering

Safety 1st partnered with HaA to design a range of hassle-free products guaranteed to support a baby's development at every stage while make exploring safe and fun. Designed with parents in mind, these solutions ensure enhanced child safety.

Essential Grooming Kit includes soft brush, baby comb, baby toothbrush, baby nail clippers, 4 emery boards, baby nail scissors & a handy travel case.

Brush and Comb Set features easy gripped chunky handles, dual density comb for use with thick/thin or wet/dry hair and brush is made with extra-soft bristles.

Hospital’s Choice Steady Grip Nail Clippers specially designed with curved cutting edges to easily trim nails closely, ergonomic design allows for ease of use and soft touch comfortable grip.

Finger Tip Toothbrush and Case is hospital tested and approved for finger tip child brushing. Dual sided instant toothbrush and gum stimulator for an easy clean.

Project Details:

Consumer
Safety 1st
Industrial Design & Engineering

First Act is a leading musical instrument manufacturer based in Boston. They create musical products, instruments and accessories that inspire and educate people of all ages through musical play.

PowerGig: Rise of the SixString guitar changed the way children, and even adults experience music. PowerGig is a guitar based video game where players strum the guitar according to the notes dictated by the game. Beyond that, Powergig can operate as a stand-alone guitar for personal practice.

HaA aided First Act in the development of the product, making its appearance resemble an electric guitar by adding strings instead of buttons and by designing the electrical connections to the frets. HaA tested various foam types to create the string dampener that suppressed sound when playing in video game mode. Mechanical engineering was provided to create the dampening push mechanism for the strings. Strings allow players to truly learn the instrument and not just the game.

Project Details

Consumer
Power Gig
Mechanical Engineering, System Testing, Introduction to Manufacturing,

Keyport is a start-up company that set out to re-design the conventional keychain. Initially, Keyport worked with several design consultants in developing the first limited edition Keyport at the end of 2008. It was a fully machined version that had expensive parts and was difficult to assemble.

In 2009, Keyport contacted HaA to cost reduce and design a new “universal access” device. The universal design would include RF ID access fobs, flash drives, mini flashlight , and a host of others. The goal was to use stamped parts instead of machined, eliminate or combine internal features that would reduce machining to lower cost of the parts.

After reviewing Keyport’s original design and their manufacturing processes, HaA recommended that the unit be made out of a thermoplastic such as Ultem. The new design reduced the cost of the unit by 80% and the overall assembled weight by almost 50%. This product was released as Keyport V1 (metal clad) in April 2010. The V2 (all plastic/Ultem) was funded and successfully launched thru Kickstarter in the Summer of 2013!

As part of manufacturing support, HaA introduced Keyport to local (Boston) vendors who supplied all of the injection molded parts, machined screw nodes, stamped metal cladding and Ultrasonic tooling.

http://mykeyport.com/product.html

Project Details

Consumer
Keyport
Cost Reduction, Engineering, DFM, Introduction to Manufacturers, Capital Equipment Recommendations, Ultrasonic Welding

Dorel Juvenile Group wanted to enhance its brands with new technology. We focused on saving lives and created a side-impact technology that was simple in form yet powerful in performance. The first car seat to feature the Air Protect technology was the Safety 1st Complete Air. The seat was, in all internal testing, the safest side impact car seat in the world.

With only an 8″ thick car door and a car seat to protect them, side impact collisions are the deadliest, accounting for one in three child crash fatalities–nearly all due to head trauma.

How could we provide market leading innovation that would be cost effective, affordable to parents, and rapidly integrated into any new car seat platform?

Wanting to safely and effectively incorporate the technology of the automobile airbag into child car seats, we tested every energy absorbing material we could get our hands on and it became clear that a slow release of air offered the best protection; Air Protect was born.

HaA Design helped design, test, manufacture and patent Air Protect™ technology. The precise release of air extends the amount of time it takes to slow a child’s movement in a crash, immediately reducing crash forces at the most critical spot: around a child’s head.

After the research and conceptualization phase, HaA designed and helped build three new vertical drop test fixtures, complete with a high definition, slow motion video capture system, allowing Safety 1st to rapidly validate the prototypes and collect valuable data at a fraction of the time and cost typically associated with crash testing. Once a design was proven on these test sleds, testing moved to million-dollar full speed crash sleds.

Project Details:

Consumer
Juvenile Dorel Group - Safety 1st
Engineering, Test Development, Manufacturing Support

How to introduce accuracy in child medicine dispensers? Each child reacts differently to taking medicine, and positive experiences are critical to ensure easy repeat dispensing. So, when Safety 1st came to us with the request for a dispensing device, we proposed and developed a range of three dispensers, varying from a passive to an active parental approach.

Bottle Medicine Dispenser features simple to read dosage markings measure up to 3 teaspoons for an easy fill.

Soft Touch Medicine Dispenser combines a pacifier with a medicine dispenser. Easy to read and fill while juggling an infant, the unique gravity flow design ensures no medicine is left behind. A water-tight seal is created by simply snapping the two halves of the dispenser together, making it easy for adults to reopen and clean.

The Easy Fill Medicine Syringe is simple to fill and dispense with one hand. Rubber co-molding provides a soft touch grip and ensures that the adult can easily maintain a hold on the syringe. The elliptical funnel shape of the body makes it comfortable while ensuring that the syringe will not roll off a tabletop.

The Set & Measure Medicine Spoon is a hybrid of spoon syringe, offering an accurate and familiar way to dispense medicine to a little one, featuring preset dosage markings allowing the parent to move the plunger up or down to fill the correct dosage and dispense. A wide pour, soft touch tip is comfortable for the child, while clearly visible markings on the body assure accuracy. A dosage is easily stored or transported when covered with the spill-proof cap.

Project Details:

Consumer
Safety 1st
Industrial Design & Engineering

Bufalo Bicycles is a small company based out of Taiwan that produces and manufacturer bicycles and bicycle components for multiple company brands throughout the world.

They wanted to create their own brand and a focused design of three bikes: road, mountain and folding. They wanted a brand that had a large company look. The task was twofold.

Educating a company that wasn’t familiar with brand development and guiding that same company to make the correct decisions in defining a brand. With a limited budget and a very tight timeline, HaA took on the challenge.

HaA started with stakeholder interviews and large bicycle company brand comparisons. HaA then followed through with our proprietary brand development methods and created the brand name Bufalo. In parallel, HaA did focused trend research and completed a design guide that included their colors, materials and finishes for their 2014-2015 bicycle lines. The outcome was a brand and a product style that exceeded our customer’s expectations.

Project Details:

Consumer
Bufalo
Stakeholder Research, Design Strategy, Brand Development, Trend Research, Product Design

KT (Korea Telecom) is the leader of information and communications in South Korea. KT has brought together the best qualities of service with technologies and merged mobile, voice and data into a single field. With this single structure, KT helped Korea earn the title of ‘Tech Capital of the World’. KT has many products and services and sells them globally under different brands.

After completing KT’s design guidelines, HaA was tasked in designing a new user-friendly set-top box with very tight cost constraints. It needed to be easy to install , easy to see the channel numbers and easily hidden if necessary. The main focuses were size and cable management.

After a series of in-home interviews, HaA determined that there was limited space near TVs in Korean living rooms and it would be very beneficial to have a low-profile unit that would fit under the TV’s lower front edge. The lower profile also aided with installing the set-top box behind TVs when using a wall mount system. Customers were also concerned about the expense of longer length cables. Therefore, a single all-in-one cable (approximately 1.5 m) would be run from the set-top box to a mini I/O box. This eliminated the need for numerous longer cables and the unsightliness of the disorganized cables coming from the set-top box. This design was well received from both KT and its customers.

Project Details

Consumer
Korea Telecom
Design Strategy, Trend Research, Stakeholder Interviews, Industrial Design, CMF, 3-D CAD, initial DFM, Design Segmentation, Icon Creation,
FACEBOOK TWITTER

Taiwan-based Wistron is one of the largest design manufacturers in the world, specializing in information and communication technology products. Although you may not be as familiar with the Wistron brand, they manufacture 1 in 7 computers sold globally. The company produces a wide variety of products that are sold to international clients, who introduce them to the market under their own brand names.

On a quest for their latest product, Wistron collaborated with HaA to develop a brand that would sell in the competitive Chinese market. HaA carried out an ethnographic research program in the major metropolitan areas of China and as a result, the all-in-one desktop concept was born.

The Wistron all-in-one PC concept was designed to appeal to three different market segments and to emphasize its powerful hardware capabilities. In turn, our team created three different designs for the all-in-one PC product strategy. As part of the visual strategy our designers wanted to create an aesthetic that was simple, solid and structural. HaA also incorporated subtle Chinese accents in response to the insights from our ethnographic research campaign. The Wistron all-in-one PC key features include 24″ display monitor, upgradable component access and user programmed PUI.

Project Details

Consumer
Wistron
Stakeholder Interviews, Ethnographic Research, Customer Segmentation, Brand Perceptions, Design Strategy, Industrial Design, CMF,

iRobot is a world leader in the design and manufacturing of practical robots in the military and consumer fields. Today, robots are revolutionizing households by integrating advanced technologies to facilitate cleaning.

iRobot engaged HaA to identify features that will define the next generation of robot vacuum cleaners. To get there HaA conducted heuristic evaluations and research methods to understand the user experience. Four personas were developed as a result, identifying the potential user for the next generation product. Competitor analysis and in-depth desktop research assessed the competitive marketplace and allowed HaA to identify the product opportunity space. Product positioning was created to differentiate their product from competitors while simultaneously affirming the iRobot brand.

The project resulted in a holistic foundation to the development of the user interface, taking into consideration the needs and expectations of the previously identified user persona groups.

Project Details

Consumer
iRobot
Design Research, Heuristic Evaluations, Product Strategy, Competitor Product Analysis, Persona Studies

Ontrée is a leading Korean brand and retailer offering natural and organic beauty products to the environmentally conscious market. A pioneer in its field, Ontree has been providing consumers a range of alternative cosmetics for over a decade. Today, Ontrée has grown to include shops globally, including its first American store in the Los Angeles area.

Ontrée engaged HaA early on to carry out the design of their entire brand image including logo, product packaging, website, marketing strategy and advertising materials. In order to generate a series of concepts that would be in line with the core company values and business goals, the first step was to gather stakeholder visions for the Ontree brand. In doing so, the HaA team quickly learned that the logo would have to easily translate into other languages.

The project resulted in the creation of a logo that is built upon the simple yet stylish O, which is found in both the Korean and English alphabets. Realistic and sophisticated tree branches and leaves create an intuitive reminder of its brand image and name: Natural and Organic.

Project Details

Consumer
Ontrée
Branding Development, Graphic Design, Packaging, Marketing Statagy, Advertising Photo shoots, Web Design, App Design, On line sales portal

Iriver is a consumer electronics company headquartered in South Korea and best known for its digital audio players and other portable media devices. With the increasing range of tablets and mobile devices in the market, Iriver developed the Iriver Tab to compete with other global electronics brands.

Iriver Tab was the first consumer tablet device from Iriver. This 7” Android powered tablet was optimized for the use of various entertainment contents including music, videos, games, internet, e-book reading, etc. Rather than using stock Android skins, the HaA team started from scratch and designed the user interface and the visual look and feel of the device’s graphic user interface tailored specifically towards the Iriver Tab.

Numerous built-in applications and icons needed to be completely redesigned to keep the consistency of Iriver’s visual identity throughout the entire device experience. The project resulted in the successful interface for the company’s first ever proprietary tablet.

Project Details

Consumer
FACEBOOK TWITTER

Radiospire set out to develop wireless technology at a time when no other consumer electronics company was exploring it. They established the Airhook TM chip-set technology that would allow the wireless transmission of uncompressed audio and video signals. To innovate this new technology, Radiospire needed to create its first-ever HDMI Wireless Transmitter. That’s when HaA was called in to develop the entire system from the inside out.

Utilizing its global capabilities, HaA Boston collaborated with the HaA Korea team to provide the industrial design of the system while the Boston team engineered the device and guided Radiospire through the manufacturing process.

The product was later licensed by Philips Electronics and Best Buy. In the end, Radiospire had a product that revolutionized consumer electronics and home entertainment.

Project Details

Consumer
Radiospire
Industrial Design, Engineering, Tooling and Manufacturing Support
FACEBOOK TWITTER

Samsung Electronics has been leading the global market in high tech electronics manufacturing and digital media production for over three decades. Today, Samsung’s largest product line includes tablets, mobile phones and proprietary mobile applications. The Samsung Readers Hub is an e-reading application that provides fast access to a vast digital library–from classical literature to the latest bestsellers. Readers Hub is designed to be a one stop for books written by international authors. It allows users to easily download and read content right away from any of their Samsung smart devices.

In an effort to enhance their global bookstore service, Samsung collaborated with the HaA team to develop the Readers Hub. With Readers Hub, users are able to read, rent and purchase books and magazines from any of their mobile devices. HaA’s task was to redesign the entire visual user interface for the smartphone and tablet from scratch, bringing a new kind of shopping and reading experience. Both smartphone and tablet versions have consistent and seamless design language to complement Samsung’s current brand identity.

Project Details

Consumer
Samsung
User Interface Design, Iconography, App Development

Hyundai MOBIS is the auto parts and service division of the better known, Hyundai Motor Company. Today, Hyundai MOBIS has grown to become one of the top five manufacturers in the industry. As a leader in the automotive field, MOBIS is always seeking for opportunities to develop cutting edge products and technologies that fulfill market needs.

MOBIS developed the proprietary AVN (Audo Video Navigation) System specifically for its Hyundai and Kia Motors vehicles. The MOBIS AVN is a navigation and entertainment system that is integrated into the dashboard of the car and connects seamlessly with the user’s existing mobile devices.

MOBIS came to HaA with the intent to develop a stand-alone AVN system that would be run on an Android tablet. HaA created the entire visual interface for this 7” Android based, Audio Visual Navigation System.

Project Details

Consumer
Hyundai
User Interface Design, Iconography, App Development

In 1995 GS Home Shopping Network (GSHS) was the first ever television-based home shopping network. GSHS introduced a cutting-edge distribution channel that integrated broadcasting with retail. They were also the first to computerize sales systems, enabling real-time monitoring of customer response which then raised the quality of product selection and program. Today, GSHS has been expanded to include China, India, Thailand and Vietnam.

Klöken is part of the GS Home Shopping Network. They needed and wanted a quality brand with a European flair that was designed for the Korean market. This design endeavor was one part of a multiple product branding effort in the categories of water purification, cooking, and food storage.

Klöken is a 100% air-tight food container focusing primarily on the Asian food culture. In response to glass construction, we chose to employ Tritan™ for its higher visual clarity, durability, and lower weight properties. Another benefit of Tritan™ is that it is manufactured without bisphenol-A (BPA). Tritan™ is also both heat and chemical resistant. This is especially important in cultures that eat and preserve items such as kimchi daily. From a use and aesthetic perspective, “preservation meets presentation” was our driving goal. Klöken attempts to bridge the gap of serving and storing by addressing both worlds at once.

Project Details

Consumer
GS Shop
Ethnographic Research, Design Strategy, Stakeholder Interviews, Online Surveys, Industrial Design, Brand Development, Engineering, CMF, DFM, Intro to Manufacturers

Samsung Electronics has been leading the global market in high tech electronics manufacturing and digital media production for over three decades. Today, Samsung’s largest product line includes tablets and mobile phones. The Samsung Learning Hub is an application that allows users of all ages to access an extensive array of multimedia educational content. Ranging from e-textbooks, video lectures, instructional cooking classes and more, Learning Hub gives users direct access to interactive lessons from any mobile device or tablet.

Samsung engaged HaA to design the user interface of both Learning Hub Store and Studyroom. HaA’s team of experienced user interface specialists put together several ideations before arriving at a final direction. The result is a clean application design composed of visual elements for easier navigation. Each graphical composition was carefully tested to ensure Learning Hub’s users have the most fulfilling learning experience.

Samsung’s Learning Hub is available for purchase through the Samsung App Store. It can be downloaded shared through multiple Samsung devices including Galaxy and Android mobile phones.

Project Details

Consumer
Samsung
GUI, UI, Strategy

In 1995 GS Home Shopping Network (GSHS) was the first ever television-based home shopping network. GSHS introduced a cutting-edge distribution channel that integrated broadcasting with retail. They were also the first to computerize sales systems, enabling real-time monitoring of customer response which then raised the quality of product selection and program. Today, GSHS has been expanded to include China, India, Thailand and Vietnam.

The first product GSHS wanted HaA to develop was a user friendly water purifier that would complement the average Korean/Asian household. GSHS also tasked HaA to develop an aspirational European brand to complement this new product line. With minimal input, HaA created a product spec, marketing spec and a project schedule.

HaA then researched, designed, engineered and manufactured an award winning, European branded water purifier. The Vaärenta counter-top water purifier has a swiveling faucet that allows Vaärenta users to easily dispense clean water into small and large containers.It also has an energy saving weight sensor on the top surface that turns the unit on when a cup is placed on the pad. Additonal features include a carbonation jet and communicative lighting that keeps users informed of its status. The Purifier has exceeded GSHS’s original sales forecasts.

Project Details

Consumer
GSHS
Product Spec, Design Strategy, Stakeholder Interviews, Online Surveys, Industrial Design, Brand Development, Engineering, CMF, DFM, Intro to Manufacturers