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Davison Employees Raise More Than $3,000 for Bowl for Kid's Sake 2007-03-22 13:29:00 PITTSBURGH — Last week, Davison Design and Development employees raised several thousand dollars for the area Big Brothers Big Sisters Bowl for Kid's Sake event in Harmar.Thirty-six employees came together for the event, bringing in $3,660 for the charitable organization that offers the largest one-to-one youth mentoring services in the United States. Davison annually organizes its employees to participate in the event as one of many ways the company helps local charity groups.The event ended with more than $150,000 in total donations for Big Brothers Big Sisters.www.davison54.comwww.davisonnewsroom.com
Invention and New Product Development Firm, Davison, Ranked as One of Pittsburgh's Top 50 Best Places to Work 2007-03-21 13:35:00 Pittsburgh, PA March 21, 2007 -- In a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette employee-submitted survey, Davison Design and Development
ranked as one of Pittsburgh's "Top 50 Best Places
to Work."Based on the online survey, featured at the Post-Gazette's Web site, Davison ranked 50th in the category of companies with 50 to 500 employees. Nearly 3,000 area employees ranked offices and factories based on 10 characteristics, from family-friendly policies, flexible hours and ease of commute to pay, benefits and even food.On the newspaper's Web site, one Davison employee's comment was featured:"I have worked for a diverse array of companies... I have been here in Pittsburgh with Davison for almost two years, and it gets better as time passes. Just wait and see: This company is going... to lead the city into a new era of innovation and prosperity. I will be here for the ride."Davison Design and Development is a new product development company and home of Invention
land, a unique innovative workspace. Last Read more:Pittsburgh
Davison Features 50 New Product Samples at 2007 International Housewares Show 2007-03-19 19:30:00 CHICAGO –Pittsburgh's Davison Design and Development showcased 50 new product samples at the 2007 International
Housewares Show in Chicago March 11 to 13. The samples included products created by Davison's design staff and inventions submitted to Davison by individual inventors.Frank Vescio, Vice President of Licensing for Davison, reports that 10 Davison-developed prototypes were on display in various corporations' booths in addition to the prototypes and virtual renderings he showcased. As well, the company met with seven companies for potential licensing at the event, sponsored by the International Housewares Association." The licensing was extremely successful this year," said Vescio. "Face to face meetings, which are the types of relationships we strive to build with our clients, led to this success." Read more:Samples
George Davison talks innovation at CMU. 2007-02-06 14:28:00 During the 2006 fall semester, George
Davison, founder and CEO of Davison Design and Development, spoke about innovation and management to public policy and management students at Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz School for graduate students.Click Here to View George's Speech.
Dora and Diego Product Videos 2007-01-10 17:24:00 Davison-designed Line of Interactive Mealtime Products VideosDiego
Dinner Spinner & PlatePutting a spin on an old idea - literally - Davison's design team created the Dinner Spinner & Plate. It's a plate and holder combination that spins when the button is pushed. Available with Nickelodeon's popular "Dora the Explorer" and "Diego," this device is sure to entertain.Dora Explorer Collapsible Plastic Food TrayThe Davison-designed collapsible plastic food tray gives parents a convenient tray with partitions for food and included silverware. In addition, collapsed legs under the tray make it easy to place anywhere when feeding time arrives. Plus, Nickelodeon's popular "Dora the Explorer" and "Diego" are featured on the tray.These products are corporate products owned and licensed by Davison.
Davison Auto-themed Products Now Sold Online 2006-12-15 17:08:00 PITTSBURGH (December 15, 2006) — A line of automotive themed accessories developed by Davison Design and Development for the garage, office and home are now sold online.Geared to the motor enthusiast, the Straight 6 Surge Protector, Steering Reel Cord Storage, Mag Reel Retractable Extension Cord and Fill 'er Up Bookends, manufactured by John Bull Garage, are available for purchase at www.johnbullgarage.com. The surge protector, extension cord and cord winder are also available at www.partsamerica.com and www.stylinconcepts.com.The automotive products are designed to accent any motor enthusiast's office or workspace. The Straight 6 Surge Protector features an aluminum valve cover design with a wrinkle finish. The Steering Reel Cord Storage is a classic steering wheel, complete with a "suicide knob," and makes storing cords easier than driving doughnuts. The Mag Reel Retractable Extension Cord combines four outlets and 20 feet of heavy duty cord into a Racing GT wheel design. The Fil Read more:Products
Davison Design Wins Local Business Award 2006-12-08 14:19:00 The “Steel Heart Award
” for December 2006 goes to…Davison Design & Development.Click here to read moreKEY Group presented Davison with the award that recognizes local people or organizations that exemplify the attributes of Vibrant Entrepreneurial Organizations. Read more:Business
, Local
Davison-designed Line of Interactive Mealtime Products Shipped to Wal-Mart Canada Stores 2006-12-01 14:58:00 Canadian Wal-Mart stores now selling line of interactive mealtime products featuring Dora the Explorer and Go, Diego Go!, created by Pittsburgh's Davison Design and DevelopmentIn time for the holiday season, a new line of Davison Design and Development-designed
interactive mealtime products, featuring the popular Nickelodeon shows Dora The Explorer and Go, Diego Go!, recently shipped to Wal-Mart Canada
stores.Davison made the unique interactive items, manufactured by Canada's Callego, to help active children focus on mealtime.Designers at Davison found that children often become unfocused and leave the dinner table to pursue other activities, abandoning their food. The line consists of the sideshow tumbler, the dinner spinner and plate and the collapsible food tray. Each one has a Dora and a Diego version.The sideshow tumbler, a unique interactive cup, lights up when a button at the base is pressed, which initiates a short film strip to rotate around the cup. The dinner spinner and p Read more:Products
Davison Participates in Village of Hope Playhouse Raffle. 2006-11-30 19:21:00 For the 2006 holiday season, Davison Design and Development employees sponsored a play house to benefit the Allegheny Valley Habitat for Humanity. The house, themed after the Davison entertainment creation Inventsons, will be auctioned at the Pittsburgh Mills Mall as part of the Village
of Hope Playhouse Raffle
, running from Nov. 17 to Dec. 23, 2006.
Lowe's & Home Depot are now selling the Twister Caps. 2006-11-27 15:19:00 Lowe's & Home Depot
are selling
the Twister
Caps, a product which went through Davison’s unique and exclusive Inventegration® process.Click here to view where the Twister Caps currently being sold.Click here to read what the inventors of the Twister Caps had to say about Davison.*The client has realized a net profit on this product. Read more:Home Depot
Inventionland is Featured on KDKA News 2006-11-17 17:23:00 Davison Design & Development's new design environment, Inventionland was featured during a segment on local CBS affiliate KDKA.Click here to watch the video. Read more:Featured
Weclome to Inventionland 2006-11-14 15:53:00 George Davison's Inventionland is Davison's new design environment where we build the products of tomorrow. Inventionland was built to "free the creative mind" and it's a work environment that help us produce over 200 new products each month.www.inventionland.comPhotos of Inventionland
Pittsburgh Design Firm Builds New Creative Work Environment Complete With a Tree House to Foster Creativity 2006-11-10 15:27:00 PITTSBURGH (Nov. 13, 2006) - Very few CEOs can say they work in a tree house - unless they're George M. Davison III, CEO and founder of Davison Design and Development.The product design firm recently opened InventionLand™, an innovative workspace designed inside its Pittsburgh
warehouse to foster creativity among its staff, known as Inventionmen™.The more than 60,000 square foot facility uniquely features waterfalls, moats and offices on the deck of a "pirate ship," in a faux cave and in a castle. The one-of-a-kind facility was built almost entirely in-house."Get creative people out of cubes," said Davison, who founded the company in a basement in 1989. "If I'm going to ask these people to put their hearts, bodies and souls into a project, I'm going to recognize that, because that's a heck of a sacrifice. So, I wanted to give them the best possible place to create in."InventionLand is composed of 15 departments divided by focus, including automotive, outdoors, juvenile, home a Read more:Builds
, Creativity
, Environment
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Coming Soon! InventionLand™ 2006-10-27 13:27:00 Davison Design's new innovative design workplace InventionLand was recently featured in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Read it and watch the video piece. InventionLand.com is coming soon. Read more:Coming Soon
Davison Employee Licenses New Cooking Pot for Infomercial Marketing Firm 2006-10-16 20:44:00 PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh product designer and Art Institute graduate recently licensed a new cooking pot he designed and built to an infomercial marketing firm.Frank Kulikowski created the Pivot Pot on his own about three years ago as a personal project. After joining Davison Design and Development in Pittsburgh, he used the design firm’s resources to design and build the pot. Davison designers are allowed to use the company’s resources and materials to build and design a personal project once a year. The Pivot Pot is a pot with a built-in strainer. It pivots on the corners, so when pasta is cooked, the pot can be tipped over a sink, draining the water and holding the pasta in place.As a person who worked his way through Pittsburgh’s Art Institute as a cook, the idea was obvious to Kulikowski. In fact, he thought it would be perfect for restaurant use, reducing the time to prepare food. He graduated from the Art Institute in December 2005 with a degree in industrial and produc Read more:Employee
, Infomercial
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, Marketing
Inventionmen™ featured on Post-Gazette! 2006-10-03 15:30:00 In the hallway of Davison Design & Development, Michael Spicer spins on a Segway while wearing a ponytail and a white lab coat. Another employee in a lab coat whizzes by him on a BikeBoard, a combination bicycle/skateboard... Read more Read more:Gazette
Big News Coming Soon from Davison 2006-09-29 19:39:00 Exciting News is on the way from Davison Davison Design & Development is prepared to really shake-up the innovation & product design industry. Keeping checking the Davison Design blog to see the big annoucement. Read more:Coming Soon
Davison Inventor Testimonials 2006-09-28 22:17:00 Six Davison Design and Development clients took an exclusive tour of Davison's new innovative facility with George M. Davison, founder and CEO. Following the tour, we sat down with the inventors and asked them a few questions about their experience working with Davison and their products. Hear what they had to said.Watch what customers think of our Inventegration® Process.Watch what customers thought of seeing their product in the stores.Click here to see more inventor testimonials. Read more:Inventor
, Testimonials
Brisky Selling - 7 New Davison Designed Pet Products 2006-09-28 21:45:00 Davison Design has 7 new pet products for sale from Brisky Pets.The Critter Vest The Critter LadderThe Perfect PocketThe Critter Cave The Critter HangoutThe Critter Net The Mushroom Cave Read more:Products
Davison's IDEA Awards 2006-09-26 19:42:00 (Hover Creeper 2006 IDEA Award)Davison has garnered three Industrial Design Excellence awards, cosponsored by Business Week magazine and the Industrial Designers Society of America. Competing against several thousand products each year from corporations around the world, we won two in 2006 and one in 1996.Click here to view Davison's Awards
Innovative Davison Pet Products Sold Through Brisky 2006-09-25 17:36:00 PITTSBURGH – A line of Davison Design and Development-developed pet products are now sold under the Brisky Pet Products
name.The products are geared towards “critters” and small animals, like chinchillas, hamsters and mice, and are currently being sold through Brisky’s Web site.While the critter market is an often ignored sector of the pet industry, these seven new products are designed to accommodate owners of small pets, offering them more than just wood chips and small toys.The Critter Vest is a fabric zipper vest, designed with pockets for food and a small pocket to hold your critter while traveling or walking. A take on the same idea is the Perfect Pocket, a small fabric pocket with a clip that serves as a portable home for small animals.In addition to portable critter devices, small permanent homes are also being sold through the site. These include the Critter Cave and Mushroom Cave. Both are fabric homes for small pets to sit in shaded, low light settings. The Mushroom Read more:Innovative
Davison Design and Development, collaborates with Pittsburgh PBS affiliate WQED for a Pittsburgh culture and lifestyle show. 2007-03-29 14:11:00 Pittsburgh, PA March 29, 2007 -- Pittsburgh PBS affiliate WQED will hold interviews for its new online show in Davison Design and Development
's Inventionland work environment."Pittsburgh inSite," a Web-based show focusing on culture
and lifestyle
in southwestern Pennsylvania, will feature an interview segment where host Mike Lee, former vice president of the Pittsburgh Penguins, interviews influential public figures in the Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania area, including 24 filmed in Inventionland. With faux trees, innovative sets and novel lounges, this unique environment offers numerous settings to relax and inspire guests."Inventionland makes for the perfect setting for a show like this," said George Davison, CEO of Davison Design and Development and Lee's first guest. "It was created to inspire the creative mind, so it isn't surprising that it will fit so well for this program."Lee has already kicked off the program with a series of promos currently available at "Pittsburgh inSite' Read more:Pittsburgh
Davison Helps Inventor: Sports fan finds success with Zip Guard invention 2007-05-08 19:36:00 Taking an idea to the market is no easy task. Getting players from Red Sox, Knicks, Yankees and celebrities like Roberto Clemente Jr. and even Jerry Seinfeld to wear it is an even more difficult task. But for 43-year-old Alberto Spies of New York he accomplished all of this despite setbacks along the way over an eight-year period."I paid my dues," Spies explained. "I threw my whole life work into this. I'm surprised I did this on my own."In 1999, Spies created the Zip Guard
with the help of Davison and the Inventegration® process. Spies designed the Zip Guard with Davison to protect baseball players' forearms, while keeping their tendons tight and reducing sweat. It's perfect for batting especially, preventing vibration in the hands. However, throughout the years, the idea moved on to include basketball, tennis and other sports. Spies mentioned that it prevents scrapes on the forearm while playing basketball or when sliding into a base during baseball.The Zip Guard also underwent Read more:Inventor
, Sports
Davison Design: I.D. Magazine selects Jack 'N Stand for Honorable Mention in Annual Design Review 2007-05-17 16:59:00 PITTSBURGH –I.D. Magazine
recently awarded Davison Design and Development's Jack 'N Stand
, an innovation of the automobile jack, an honorable mention in the concept design category of its annual design review competition.I.D. Magazine's Annual
Design Review, featured in its August issue, recognizes the best in design, and in the past awarded innovators like Apple, Bose, BMW and others. The awards have chronicled the evolution of design and its effect on our culture since 1954." The Jack 'N Stand combines both into one and does the same job in half the steps, " Jason Rogge, one of the Jack 'N Stand's designers. "I'm proud that we've created a safe, faster solution for raising and working under a vehicle."Davison Design and Development is a new product development company and home of Inventionland, a unique innovative workspace. Recently, Davison was ranked as one of the city's Top 50 Best Places to Work in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Last year the firm, which helps inventors Read more:Honorable
Dora & Diego Talking Tumbler Video 2007-05-25 08:58:00 At Davison Design, we decided to spice up mealtime with an interactive "Talking
Tumbler," licensed with Nickelodeon's popular cartoon "Dora the Explorer" and "Diego
." Lift up the cup to drink and talking begins. It's available in blue and pink.These products are corporate products owned and licensed by Davison.
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