Design News readers selected Jerry Baumeister as Gadget Freak extraordinaire for the model rock altimeter he designed
Chuck Mackey, Senior Art Director
Design News
April 4, 2005
A peek behind the scenes to show you how a Gadget Freak is created
There may be some argument as to whether Gadget Freaks are born or created. But either way, a lot of work goes on behind the scenes here at Design News to produce the Gadget Freak page for every issue.
After selecting a Gadget Freak candidate for an upcoming issue, Chief Editor Karen Field and I get together to discuss the invention and brainstorm ideas. In the case of Jerry Baumeister, we wanted an image that would convey his love of flying and a sense of his invention—a model rocket altimeter. Our ideal was to show Jerry flying through the air.