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The BikeBoard Rolls out on boxes of Kraft Macaroni & Cheese
Kraft Foods is serving the BikeBoard as a compliment to its "cheesiest" product. Last year, the BikeBoard was featured in packaging and advertisements for Kraft Foods' Capri Sun fruit drinks. Now, the BikeBoard is appearing on boxes of Kraft Foods' Macaroni & Cheese.
Davison client Joe Milliker hopes for a hit
Davison client Joe Milliker hopes for a hit with his Elvis telephone. Read Greg Edwards' article on "The King" telephone, published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
City Councilman Bill Peduto
In an exclusive interview with Pittsburgh INsite, Pittsburgh City Councilman Bill Peduto talks candidly with Mike about withdrawing from the mayoral race, his life on City Council, why he doesn't have an iPod, and more. (10.18.07)
Workplace wonderment
Combine the mass-production practicality of Henry Ford, the creative inventiveness of Thomas Edison and the magic of Walt Disney as he tells a story, and the result is InventionLand.
InventionLand allows employees to be kids again
George Davison, chief executive officer of Davison Design and Development, prepares for work like many executives. He eats breakfast, puts on his suit and drives to work. Then, he settles into his tree house.
Innovation Chronicles: Welcome to "Inventionland"
Tom Imerito writes, "If invention is the stuff of dreams, George Davison has built a work environment designed to make dreams come true." Read Imerito's insightful article about our incredible creative design facility.
Taming Invention
On the consumer side of innovation management, George Davison, Founder and CEO of Davison International, has discovered a shortcut to key market information.
Davison client Joe Milliker hopes for a hit
Davison client Joe Milliker hopes for a hit with his Elvis telephone. Read Greg Edwards' article on "The King" telephone, published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
I.D. Honorable Mention for Jack 'N Stand
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.
How WQED-TV's Dave and Dave explore Inventionland.
In this must see video, watch as TV's Dave and Dave take a journey with Davison's Inventionmen through Inventionland. Watch WQED Dave and Dave.
Amazing perspective of Inventionland by WQED TV's Mike Lee.
Mike Lee interviews George Davison and talks with an Inventionland New Product Designer about what it is like to work in the world's most innovative product development work space. Watch WQED Webcast.
Ranked as One of Pittsburgh's Top 50 Best Places to Work.
In a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette employee-submitted survey, Davison Design and Development ranked as one of Pittsburgh's "Top 50 Best Places to Work." Read Post-Gazettle article.
Davison Auto-themed Products Now Sold Online
A line of automotive themed accessories developed by Davison Design and Development for the garage, office and home are now sold online.Buy at JohnBullGarage.com.
George Davison on CBS-KDKA TV
George Davison sits down with Jon Delano on KDKA's Sunday Business Page.
Camp Hill inventors push idea to market (The Patriot-News)
Home-supply merchants sell screw-on toilet caps... Gary and Ruth Frazer's Twister Caps and Twister Bolts are now being sold in Lowe's and Home Depot stores nationwide.
Imaginative office sparks creativity (Nashua Telegraph)
By Anya Sostek Clay Carlino works on a pirate ship. With cannons that shoot smoke. Surrounded by a moat. Inside a warehouse in an industrial park. The ship is were Carlino captains a team that designs toys and games for Davison Design & Development, which designs products for individual inventors...
Inventionland employees on KDKA
KDKA TV's Dave Crawley talks with Inventionmen about new products. The Bikeboard and Hover Creeper are explored in this unique video segment entitled "KD Countrty".
KDKA TV's Dave Crawley talks with Inventionmen about new products.
Whiz kids: Invention firm's workers quickly cover ground (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
By Anya Sostek 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.
Video: The creative work environment (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
By Curt Chandler Video games during work hours, all-day slot car races, a pirate ship and a tree house. Who allows these things at the office?
L'ufficio sembra Disneyland Ma ci vuole molto spazio... (la Repubblica.it)
Cascate, navi da pirati e bianchi castelli. Si direbbe un miraggio eppure non lo é. Si tratta di InventionLand, una specie di fabbrica di idee di un'impresa statunitense di design, la Davison Design & Development di Pittsburgh, che ha rivoluzionato gli spazi di lavoro.
Irwin inventor wins prize for one of his latest brainstorms (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
By Kelly McKinney Ralph Kalkbrenner says his first memorable childhood invention, fashioned from discarded wine barrel staves, old tires and paraffin wax, was purely utilitarian: He wanted skis, so he made them.
Pittsburgh-designed Product Featured on Capri Sun Drink
An award-winning Pittsburgh-developed product was launched in a national advertising campaign with one of the world's largest food and beverage companies.
