StartUp Humboldt audience takeaways
Abstract
Team Master Link was tasked with the problem to be able to design and manufacture over 100 items created for an event takeaway. After brainstorming with the client, we landed on making pens for the event. The goal of creating these pens is to make a unique design representing Humboldt County and Startup Humboldt through aesthetics and sustainability. While also developing a way to design a manufacturing process to be able to mass-produce these pens in an efficient fashion by the deadline. The design process for this project began September 15th, and through researching, brainstorming, and prototyping, our first pen was created in the first week of December, 2025. Motivations that have helped drive us to accomplish this project includes providing support to the goals of Startup Humboldt, which is to support local businesses and entrepreneurs. Other motivations include wanting to accomplish a challenge of designing a product and a manufacturing routine to be able to produce multiple of our products. The intended users for our pens are for anybody who attends the Startup Humboldt Competition in 2026, as these pens will be handed out as memorabilia for the event, which has a function.
Date
Fall 2025
Department
School of Engineering
Concentration/Emphasis
ENGR 205 — Introduction to Design
Advisor/Professor
Lonny Grafman
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