Redpoint Studios

Visit Redpoint Studios at Design and Manufacturing New England, Booth #205, April 25-26, 2012, Boston MA

apatel — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 22:02:15 +0000

Check us out at the Design and Manufacturing New England trade show! We will be there, in the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, at booth #205 on April 25th and 26th.

Come meet our principals Scott Leonard and Matt Harris, take a look at a few of our product samples, and learn about how Redpoint uses the latest technology to efficiently produce manufacturable products, ranging from snowboard bindings to medical devices.

We will be teaming up with M2 Technologies at the show to exhibit how it’s done!

New Hampshire From the Eyes of a California Native

apatel — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 20:21:03 +0000

When getting my hair cut, I usually engage in slightly awkward small talk with the stylist to avoid the even more awkward 20 minute silence. Invariably, the conversation shifts to where I’m from (which I now wonder whether this is a result of me talking about myself a little too much):

“Originally from L.A., did my undergrad in the bay area, up near San Francisco. Did grad school in Michigan, and got a job out here”

Every time, this answer generates some form of the following: Wow. You left LA to come out here? I answer with the truth, which is career, relationship, and family based. I joined the Redpoint Studios team to start out my engineering career on the mechanical side of product development and industrial design. The location was also key in that it is a short drive to my girlfriend, and a short flight to my sister, who both also moved out to the “least” coast as my friends back on the “best” coast like to call it. My California friends will ask me how New Hampshire is, with the tone of “are you surviving?”.

For the most part, both sides making these comments have never been to the other state, which puts me in the somewhat unique position of offering a view of New Hampshire from someone who grew up almost as far across the country as you could possibly go from here. After these first few months, I have a few observations to offer. To keep from hurting the millions of readers, I’ll alternate between positive and negative views.

I haven’t met a mean person yet, which is further backed by Manchester being ranked as the #2 happiest city in the nation (behind an understandable Honolulu)
Los Angeles is notorious for having bad drivers. They seem angelic (pun intended), however, compared to those in the New England area
The colors of autumn. They speak for themselves
Sadly, Mexican food. Growing up in Southern California, we had our pick of great Mexican food whenever we wanted. For some reason, this is impossible to find here, as well as in the rest of the east coast
Boston! The architecture, the bars, the college vibe within historical city, the public transportation
Proximity and number of mountains for snowboarding (I literally live 5 minutes from one)
Beautiful drives between New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Windy roads, rolling hills
The number of weather induced potholes
Without snow in SoCal, winter trips to mountains to stay in log cabins and ski/snowboard were exciting, as if I were transported into a completely different world. With snow everywhere in Manchester (I guess not this year, but you get the idea), the magic is diminished
Apparently, the summers are supposed to be beautiful. This will be my first summer, so I’m looking forward to it with high expectations
The Live Free or Die motto. From what I’ve learned, it is the idea that you are allowed to do what you want to (within the law), and I am allowed to do what I want to. Regardless of religion, sexual preference, ideals, etc., as long as the state economy is improving and laws that effect everyone equally are just, to each their own.

So far, so good. I’m looking forward to getting involved in the community and learning to love this state.

“These May Be The Droids Farmers Are Looking For”

Matthew Harris — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:57:56 +0000

One of our clients Harvest Automation gets props from Wired magazine. Check out the article here.

Redpoint Driven Product on YouTube

Matthew Harris — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:21:50 +0000

“The Green-Lites™ series from O.C. White is the most energy efficient, highest output and longest lasting line of inspection lighting systems in the world. These exceptionally designed products offer important features and benefits available only from O.C. White.” – OC White

O.C. White released a product video that highlights its technology and our designs. More good stuff to come!!! http://youtu.be/a-VAzkHHVXw

Redpoint on YouTube

Matthew Harris — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 17:27:18 +0000

A while ago we started a Redpoint YouTube Channel to post videos. We’ll continue to update the channel with the latest demo reels as well as info on some of the tools and methods we use. The last video posted was showing one of our visualization tools that we utilize… Autodesk Showcase. Enjoy.

The new Redpoint site

Matthew Harris — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 16:49:12 +0000

I’m proud to announce the launch of our new site! Our goal with the site is to improve communication with our current and future customers by making the site more concise as well as give more examples on the types of projects we’re working on.

Another goal was to allow our personality to shine through. We’ve added a Redpoint Blogs area to the site where Scott and our employees can update us with what’s going on it their worlds as well as a links to our new Flickr Group where we’ll be posting our latest adventures. Remember to check back often to see what’s going on in Redpoint land!

What to look for in a climbing partner

Matthew Harris — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 19:11:18 +0000

On a random tweet today, someone was asking what to look for in a climbing partner. I think that’s a fantastic question. I think climbing is a great analogy for life (hence our name Redpoint) and the qualities of your belay partner are the same qualities you’d look for in any relationship… trust, dependability, familiarity and enthusiasm. Let’s look at each of these qualities a little closer.

Trust

Before I even head out to the cliffs, I need to have a level of trust and rapport established with my partner. If I even have the slightest inkling that I’ve made a potentially bad choice of a partner I’m not going to tie the knot to my harness. The same goes for Redpoint. We’re not going to tie our “rope” to just anyone off the street and we don’t expect our clients to either. It’s very important our clients understand our level of commitment and likewise we understand their level of commitment to us.

Dependability

Once the trust is established and the climbing begins I need to know my partner is going to catch me… every time. Are they going to be distracted with everything else that’s going on? Was the rope they brought properly stored? Can I really depend on this person devoting all of their attention and energy to me? …especially when things get hairy? Every client is important to us and deserves our full attention… every time.

Familiarity

Now things are moving at this point. I’m making progress. I’m feeling comfortable and the last thing on my mind is my partner not catching me during a fall. Over time my partner starts to understand my climbing style and can begin to predict my next move. They know what moves I’m confident in and which ones they need to hold the rope a little tighter on. Unfortunately this trait takes time to develop but when it does the dividends are endless. Every client has a style and we strive to recognize and embrace it early in the process.

Enthusiasm

Lastly is enthusiasm… the fun part. At this point all is good and I’m contemplating a giant dynamic move. Should I go for it or not? What if I miss? If I’ve properly chosen my partner they’re going to push me to be better and to take chances when it’s safe to do so. We see this a lot in design. We know when it’s time to push a little bit and take some chances with our client’s designs. As long as we’ve established trust, dependability and familiarity with our clients more often than not are going to jump for it! And more often than not they’ll reap the rewards.

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