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Article: FASHONING FORMS.(HAUSER INC.)
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- Los Angeles Business Journal
- Article date:
- January 31, 2000
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HAUSER INC. LOOKS AT INDUSTRIAL DESIGN AS A SOCIAL SCIENCE, INVENTING STYLES FOR PRODUCTS THAT NOT ONLY ENHANCE LOOKS AND FUNCTIONALITY, THEY ARE ACTUALLY EASY TO MANUFACTURE
A decade or more ago, determining how a computer would be designed was very much an afterthought, secondary to the function of the machine.
But the idea that form can enhance function is gaining acceptance, and Westlake Village-based industrial design firm Hauser Inc. is trying to take advantage of that change in thinking.
"I always wanted to create things," said Stephen Hauser, who started the company 34 years ago in the bedroom of his Van Nuys home. "It's the only thing ...