Getting some background

Hey everyone!

So I have created 2 short surveys for people to fill out, these are to help me focus my direction on certain aspects of the design as well as give me some insight into what people are generally thinking about cases on the market today.

The first one is about the case you currently own. I want to know about your personal experience with your current PC case.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/YZHHPRW

The second one is about the current case market. I want to get a feeling for what people are looking for in a case and how they feel about the current case market.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/YZP59V9

Please fill them out as best as you can, the more information I can gather about the current market, the better informed the design will be and thus a better outcome for everyone!

Thanks again!

Welcome!

Hello everyone! 

I want to thank you for visiting and welcome you to a blog that is dedicated just for a project I hope many of you will get excited about. 

First a bit of background about myself, I am a currently a student studying for a BS in Industrial Design.  What is industrial design you might ask?  In a nutshell, we study how objects look and interact with the world around them.  Basically, we make cool stuff.  

I'm also an avid gamer and PC builder.  I love putting computers together, pricing out builds, benchmarking, gaming and the occasional troubleshooting.  Here is my current work station:

Now, you might be thinking, "Great, so how does this apply to me?

Well, over the years that I have been doing builds and gaming, I have come across a number of issues during the initial building of new computers.  Mostly revolving around the case itself.

So to narrow down what I'm talking about, I plan to design and build an enthusiast PC case, designed from the ground up with gamers in mind.  I'm hoping the final product will be something I can hand over or sell to company to have this mass produced and sold in stores for YOU to buy!

What im looking for is YOUR input in the design, I want to tell me what you want, what you don't want, what looks good, what looks bad, do you want air cooling? Do you want water cooling? Etc Etc Etc.

 As the banner above says, its "A case designed by gamers, for gamers." I want true gamers to tell me what they are looking for in a case along side the various problems I have identified over the years.

I will keep this blog as up to date as I can with sketches, concepts, 3D models, proposals, etc. I want you to comment and post and give me your feedback about the design.

Thanks again for checking out the blog and I hope this project turn out as great as I'm imagining it will, and with your help, I think we can making something truly revolutionary.