Random NPCE: hiring a product designer?

[ttt]

Does anyone here know anything about hiring someone to design a bag (like a cosmetics case type of bag)? Approximately how much does this cost? Do the companies that produce these designs have designers? 

I want to have something designed and produced and I just do not know how to go about this. 

[greeneyedgirl]

I would start with hiring a graphic designer. They have connections to production and printing people and can probably point you in the right direction.

[FloFTW]

Is there an art school near you?