Category: Calder Case early development Ch1-23

Ch 1-23 tell the story of our first period of development when I was developing the design and exploring the use of a newly developed composite material to mass-produce hard shell guitar cases and semi-rigid gig bags.

By late summer 05 I'd realised that this new material was going to be too difficult and too expensive to be be viable. I began to research carbon fiber and then met up with design engineer Barry Noble.

Posts referring my work with Barry on developing the current designs for leather on carbon fiber guitar, violin and laptop cases are in Final Design Development.

(I started blogging about a year after I began the project so many of the early posts in this category were written long after the events they describe.)

May 05 Finding High Tech Materials.
May 05: Guitar Case Design - do you want innovation ? (5 Comments)
May 05: Authenticity in Design.
May 05: Should Guitar Cases be Pretty? (4 Comments)
May 05: What would make a perfect guitar case? (3 Comments)
May 05: Tech Drawings - like the look? (2 Comments)
May 05: Gig Bag thermoformed for protection. (2 Comments)
May 05: China vs USA is price the most important thing?
May 05: Calder Case the inside revealed. (5 Comments)
May 05 The Calder Case becomes controversial.
May 05: Calder Case Ch 1 Why? + First Drawing.
May 05: Calder Case Ch 2 LA and Cardboard.
May 05: Calder Case Ch3 Enter SuperHappyBunny.
June 05: Calder Case Ch 4 The LA Experience.
June 05: Calder Case Ch 5 Nashville Lights Part 1. (1 Comment)
June 05: Calder Case Ch 6 Nashville Lights Part 2.
June 05: Calder Case Ch 7 Other noteworthy case makers.
June 05: Calder Story Ch 8 First 3D Models.
June 05: Calder Case Ch 9 Hard Case Prototype Emerges.
June 05: Calder Case Ch 10 First Logo First Marketing
June 05 Calder Case Ch 11 New Logo.
July 05: Calder Case Ch 12 Hard Case Prototype in LA.
July 05: Calder Case Ch 13 Gig Bag First Prototype.
July 05: Calder Case Ch 14 Gig Bag 2nd Prototype. (2 Comments)
Aug 05: Calder Case Ch 15 New Business Model.
Aug 05: Calder Case Ch 16 New Gig Bag. (6 Comments)
Sept 05: Calder Case Ch 17 Summer Update.
Sept 05: Calder Case Ch 18 Carbon Fiber Ultra. (2 Comments)
Sept 05: Calder Case Ch 19 Gig bag handle.
Sept 05: Calder Story Ch 20 Ultra Gig Bag Sketch. (3 Comments)
Sept 05: Calder Case Ch 21 Suspension System Sketch.
Oct 05: Calder Case Ch 22 Gig Bag Development.
Oct 05: Calder Case Ch 23 Do You Like Shoulder Straps ? (2 Comments)

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