For all of you who are local to Massachusetts or will be in the area,
Northeast Product Safety Society will have its regular monthly meeting this
coming Wednesday, February 26, at EMC Corp.'s facility at 42 South St. in
Hopkinton. You will have an opportunity to talk to your colleagues and
friends from other companies, and hear a presentation by Paul d'Entremont
from Teradyne on the subject of Industrial Design. The meeting starts at 7
p.m., everybody is welcome to attend. There will be refreshments at the
door.
***SUBJECT TO BE DISCUSSED****
"Closing the loop" not "Tightening the Noose"
In some industries Safety & Compliance are still treated as a
difficult but necessary process applied late in the design cycle.
Industrial Design, at the other extreme is expected to propose "Sky Blue"
concepts of new products often without sufficient knowledge of the changing
criteria by which the product will be accepted.
Based on Paul's Industrial Design experience working with Safety
Engineers for over 30 years he would like to open a dialog with members of
the NPSS to find ways of better communicating with each other. The
objective would be to facilitate the product development cycle and
incidentally make both our jobs easier.
BIOGRAPHY:
Paul d'Entremont, 1979 to present, Director of Industrial Design
TERADYNE corp. Boston. From 1963-79, GenRad, Chief Industrial Designer
for test, audio and medical electronic instruments. From 1960-63, General
Electric, Industrial Designer in the Human Factors group of the Military
and Space Vehicles Division. BFA Mass College of Art, BPA Los Angeles Art
Center, MID Syracuse U. Member - New England Chapter of the Human Factor
Society. Past officer - Industrial Designers Society of America.
