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我们正在寻找最惊人的硬件公司和工程师，以帮助揭示使它们如此出色以及如何开发产品的众多挑战，课程和哲学。

在本周的硬件聚光灯下，我们有机会与Chris McKleroy聊天布莫博特ix。He shared with us his unique perspective on intuitive design and their ground-up company development that’s allowed them to build a brand so closely tied to the community they connect with.

The布莫博特如此独特的设计 - 灵感来自哪里？

我在Buombotix的搭档Lief Storer正在交易日本乙烯基玩具，并像疯狂的科学家一样绘画它们。他有一个主意，将演讲者放在拳头大小的Skully玩具中，制作了一轮原型，并与朋友分享。人们对此感到兴奋，因此这个可穿戴夹式演讲者的概念诞生了。

It’s all about knowing what you want and sticking with your intuition.

How did the design of the product develop over time?

With the original Boombot, we found that people liked the primary features, but the aesthetic was a bit too strong. So we began to develop a simpler design, which took form ultimately in a hexagon. This gave us an opportunity to rethink the entire design of the product, from the firmware to the acoustics.

What did the early days of the company look like?

It all just developed from the ground up. Once the first batch of 500 pieces landed, Lief drove around all them all summer selling them in surf skate and bike shops. A year forward he moved the business out of his parents’ garage and into the city, at which time we both moved into the new office (roll up garage) in the Mission. We had a small team and hustled hard to keep the momentum.

How would you describe your design process?

It’s all about knowing what you want and sticking with your intuition. Design is really so intuitive at a certain point when you can truly empathize with the users of the product.

How do you go about empathizing with the users of your product?

从一开始，我们想创建与我们所感受到的社区相关的产品。因此，我们不用主要出售炸薯条或百思买，而是出售给滑板商店，并与真正与我们的核心品牌相处的社区建立联系。我们的品牌确实反映了我们的社区。

与周围的世界保持联系。

您的产品具有一些独特的自定义功能 - 您的核心品牌的一部分吗？

The product has been customizable from the very beginning because we want people to be able to put their own stamp on the product so they connect to it that much more. So we built a modular face and have a large stock of different bezels so it’s easy for people to create their own unique product and easy for us to produce.

您是否认为产品设计具有任何文化意义是比耳机更公开听音乐的方式？

您绝对不想看到自己的每一次弗雷德爆破音乐，但是如果您看到乍得用他的posse，他的船员爆炸音乐，他们正在一起听一个笨拙的音乐，那就像是，地狱！这就是与您的朋友分享音乐的目标。正是这种音乐的小泡沫在任何地方都跟随您。

3D打印如何适合您的设计过程？

由于我们已经发现了使用虚构的3D打印，因此我们现在可以在中国的任何人甚至触及图纸之前开始。我们将绘画扎实的作品要找到我们要寻找的表格并打印出来。从视觉上获取检查并向办公室中的每个人展示，因为有些人无法理解屏幕上的事情。我们对中国合作伙伴有着强烈的信任，但是用虚构的3D打印为我们节省了很多钱，并使该过程比以前更快。

If our product can survive a mountainside tumble at 50 MPH, it will certainly perform within the walls of any building.

您是如何与书机和设计和声学之间达到这种耐用性的？

The durability is another big part of our branding because Boombots are designed to serve in the most extreme circumstances. We found an optimal form for the activities we do, and then built the best acoustics for the size. When you see some other portable speakers, it’s obvious they’re optimized around the acoustics, which is a fine thing, but our focus on product form and versatility is how we’re different. We know that if our product can survive a mountainside tumble at 50 MPH, it will certainly perform within the walls of any building.

对其他希望像您一样进入产品设计的人有什么建议吗？

直观。与周围的世界保持联系，然后当您看到一件事时，一个想法，请相信自己建立它。提出正确的问题，并努力寻找答案。