MARION GILLET

Over one week you are introduced to the various development options. You will be provided with practical tools to take products to market through the following modules:
-The different product development scenarios
-What do you need to prepare before speaking to a manufacturer?
-The value of your idea (pricing, costing, negotiating)
-How do you need to be involved during the development process
-Diversifying your product offer
-Communicating about your products (press&PR)
-Introduction to quality control
By the end of the course you will have a basic product development plan and the knowledge and confidence to push your ideas forward. In order to make most of the course participants are expected to have at least one product idea to develop from any creative discipline.

How to Develop your Products
Evening course @ Central Saint Martins
book :http://courses.csm.arts.ac.uk/shortcourse.asp?CI=4209&CT=1&MA=8&CAT=135&CSM=yes

So you have had this prototype collecting more dust than glory… Now that you’ve got the degree, the award and that day-to-day job what’s left of your motivation and big plans to make it all happen?

You might be:
A graduate from a design course (6 months to a year and a half), An independent professional designer or architect working full-time on other jobs, An employed designer working full or part-time for another designer, architect or in any other employer.

And…
You’ve been trying to commit to your own idea but there is always something in the way. Or… In spite of all this good work, pushing that next product out is going to require loads more energy and you’re not sure where to find the motivation. Or… You need to take a fresh start because you need to know more about the reality of manufacturing, licensing, sourcing, in one word : the business side of design.

Time to book a place for How to Develop Your Product, a new unique course about Product Development especially for designers and creative professionals.

The course starts with your New Year’s resolutions (10 January – 13 March 2008) and will have a lasting impact on your career and development.

Marion is specialised in Product Development and knows what it takes to look for manufacturing partners, pitch a project to large and small companies, where to find them and keep them interested in a product yet to realise.

By joining the course you’ll have the privilege to receive one-2-one advice and acquire some practical knowledge about how to make it work for you. By the end of the course you will have taken action, be more confident about how you can develop your products and have clearer picture of the returns to expect from your ideas.

Since 2003, Marion runs Marion Gillet_Creative Product Development. She has 7 years of experience as a project manager, agent and advisor for established and emerging designers. She’s built her knowledge mainly on her own experience of the business side of design and is proactive in initiating collaborations and working relationships between manufacturers, designers and retailers. Practical and approachable, she inspires and motivates and has a sound understanding of marketing, licensing, sourcing, costing and many other product and design-related topics.

This course is for ANYONE with a PROTOTYPE or PROOF OF CONCEPT who wants to find a company to produce their work under a licence or as collaboration (all options will be outlined during the course).

There is just ONE course like this in the whole country, places are limited and booking closes on the 11 December.

Move fast!