Workflow, Design, and Strategy with Jason Pohl

People often ask me about my design process and my creative workflow. They usually ask: Do you sketch by hand first? What tools do you use? What is your favorite app for modeling? How long does it take you? Since each project is extremely different from the last so it can be hard to give an accurate answer each time. Also I am constantly learning new methods and new techniques to complete my design objectives. The answers to most of those questions are that my designs are unique and are developed using different tactics and styling.
Unfortunately, a perfect recipe or a secret formula does not exist for creating successful parts. I always say sometimes you need to work out all the bad ideas just to get to the good ones. I also embrace the chaos and challenges of design. I believe we all need to constantly reinvent ourselves and continue push ourselves to become better at our craft.
For this design I wanted to focus my attention on an everyday item. Something that everyone can relate with. This project is called the Snap-Back wallet. It is a simple concept that is a great example of my workflow journey. I actually started this project earlier this summer. However, I really wanted to finish it using aircraft grade aluminum created on my brand new CNC machine. The overall design shape was inspired by an ultra-smooth river rock. I have often turned to nature for my design inspiration.
About Jason Pohl
Standing at the crossroads of design and technology, American designer Jason Pohl earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at the Illinois Institute of Art. As an Artist/Animator at Incredible Technologies he worked on various video games. As Lead Designer since 2004 at Orange County Choppers, he’s provided state-of-the-art designs for Fortune 500 companies and individuals from all over the world. Pohl, a father of three and longtime resident of New York’s Hudson River Valley says his favorite project is always “the next one.” www.JasonPohl.com @Pohlie
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[@helixxharpell]

Great video! Jason, I'm one of these old engineer guys who started out on the board, a year on the shop floor, then to Autocad and then onto 3d modeling. And It never ceases to amaze me how talented you younger guys are getting. Every generation has such new and great toys to play with!
While watching the video I started thinking; What if when you opened the card holder, features on the inside would make the cards to rotate out much like how a dealer spreads out the cards before he deals them? Not exactly sure how it would work but it might enable the end-user to immediately see which cards he/she has instead of taking out the whole stack all at once. Maybe a stair-step sort of feature with each step slightly thinner than the credit card.
Just a thought. Keep up the great work Jason and thanks for sharing your work with us!

[@ArthurIslamRU]

You should to replace aluminium housing on Black carbone plastic. It will be better, convenient and will be cheaper.

[@torstenpetrich582]

Always fun watching you. Great work and explanation of your workflow. Looking for more to come.

[@nurdinmsangi7351]

Jason Pohl, you always inspire me a lot. I love SolidWorks I love designing.MUCH LOVE FROM TANZANIA

[@johnluffman7954]

I like the aluminum version. Is it available in ebay or amazon?

[@solidworkssiemensnxtutorial]

This is a great piece man. Thanks