A little over a week ago Data Design Co_ had the pleasure of participating in the Black Friday edition of the Pop Shop America Festival.

This is far too much news for one blog post, but we're doing it anyway

It's been an exciting week.

It's here! Hot off the press brakes and laser cutters of our South Houston manufacturer, Data Design Co_ is proud to announce that Product No. 2: the Trench Mail Sorter is now ready to ship.

As we get ready for the release of the Trench Mail Sorter (hopefully this Friday!), we wanted to walk you all through the process behind the product's development. I think you'll see, as we did, that there's a good bit more behind the object than meets the eye.

In researching oceanic trenches for Product 02: The Trench Mail Sorter, we naturally learned a lot of interesting facts about each of the trenches we chose for the mail sorter. Here are a few of the more interesting tidbits we came across.

Through Data Design Co_, we've learned a lot about going from a design to a manufactured product, so we thought we would share what we've learned with you all today. 

It's happening! Data Design Co_ is happy to announce we are partnering with TOMO Mags to carry Product No. 1: the Sprawl Series Coasters in their Montrose location.

One of the perks about working for Data Design Co_ is that we tend to learn a lot while working on new products, and the Trench Mail Sorter was certainly no exception. If you're anything like we were, you probably haven't heard much about oceanography since 8th grade science class. With that in mind, here's a review of some of the basics

The first of our new products is Product #2: the Trench Mail Sorter. Featuring a cross-sectional cut of four of the world's most popular trenches at their deepest point, Product #2 is designed for the ocean lover in all of us.

Now that the dust has settled a little bit from Pop Shop, we wanted to give you all a recap of this weekend's festivities. It was in a word, invigorating.

Mark your calendars because next weekend, June 11th and 12th, Data Design Co_ will be at the Pop Shop Houston Summer Festival. One of the largest craft festivals in Houston, Pop Shop features makers from all over the region as well as a variety of local bands, food trucks, and craft lessons.

This past weekend, Data Design Co_ was lucky enough to be able to visit New York City for the 2016 NYCxDesign conference. While we weren't presenting any of our work, the conference was a great opportunity to talk with many talented designers and view works that certainly will inspire us for months to come. There was an incredible variety of work, but here are a few of our favorites.

Is there such a thing as a new-month resolution? If not, we here at Data Design Co_ are going to do it anyway.

Our new-month resolution is more.

More blog posts, more Instagram photos, and most importantly, more products. It's been too long. We miss you guys. We've been doing a lot of work behind the scenes to make big and exciting changes, and we've kept you all out of the loop. We'll do better. Until next time, here's a classic napkin shot from our latest brainstorming session at Houston's cool new beer garden, Axelrad.

Looking for the perfect gift for your loved ones this holiday season? Look no further. This weekend enjoy 20% off our selection of data-crafted home goods. All products are lovingly designed in Houston, Texas and come straight to your door carefully packaged for you and yours. Just add gift wrap and the holiday spirit.

It's been a busy few months here at Data Design Co_. Although we may not have been posting much on this blog, there's been a lot of work going on behind the scenes. We've worked to streamline our coaster production process, figured out how to pay sales tax, learned to balance our time with DDCo_ with our other jobs, and most importantly standardized our design process.

In the past month, we went through this design process for a series of 3-D printed planters that never came to be. This is the story of those planters

Data Design Co_ is proud to present our Product #01 PT. 2: A Story in Sprawl. This time we turned our focus to Los Angeles. In this coaster set we showcase the growth of the City of Angels from its humble founding in 1850 to the current day.

A few weeks ago I shot the product photos for one of our first products (Houston | A Story of Sprawl in 5 Coasters) and I thought that I would give a few tips for the process. This was my first time doing this sort of shoot and I certainly learned a lot about what to do and what not to do.

Data Design Co_ is proud to release our first product, a set of coasters that displays the growth of urban sprawl over time. Each coaster set tracks the history of a major city in the United States from their birth to the present day. The first set traces Chicago and Houston from their near similar founding dates of 1833 and 1836 respectively.

This week we used a variety of texts to help jumpstart our brainstorming process. We found some of them immensely helpful for the process, so we thought we'd give the books a quick rundown (in no particular order) in case anybody else is looking for a better brainstorming process.

The last few days have been some of the most mentally exhaustive we've had in a while. Since steeping ourselves in Houston numbers for nearly a week, we have done little else but brainstorm for three days straight.

This summer is an interesting time for the City of Houston, because for the first time in six years we will have a new mayor.