Mankin Media Systems, Inc.

Creating Design Excellence

A system design should be the foundation of any project. If you have a bunch of gear it does not necessarily equal a design because it might be a room full of unorganized gear. A system design guarantees widget A will talk to widget B while providing clarity about the purpose of each widget. A clear system design means not only do we understand how your system works but you do as well. As the scale and complexity of any technical system project increases it is paramount that the design increase in quality and excellence.

Douglas Martin in his book Design: A Practical Introduction said, "Questions about whether design is necessary or affordable are quite beside the point: design is inevitable. The alternative to good design is bad design, not no design at all." In other words you have two choices, doing it right or doing wrong by omission. We would prefer to see our customers to do it right the first time.

After creating system designs for hundreds of clients we've discovered that hiring a technical system designer actually saves the client money over the total length of project. Here's how:

1. A design will tell you exactly how much you need to spend and exactly what functionality you will receive from your system. There is no ambiguity when you can see it on paper before you install the gear.
2. Spending money for a design before purchasing gear will save you money during deployment because it can prevent unwanted cost overruns. Spending more money to make a piece of gear work is costly and avoidable.
3. A design means your system will work on day one and not on day sixty-five after all the bugs have been worked out.

We desire to be different than any other designer in the market. We want to be your advocate for creating a system custom for you. Our goal is not to sell you a design and gear and walk away, but to form a long-term partnership for the advancement of your message.