Human Library Gives New Meaning to Judging a Book by its Cover
Here at Davison, we’re always interested in finding a Better Way to do… well… just about anything! In the past few weeks, our blogs have focused on creative packaging designs to environmentally-friendly packaging designs and everything in between. So, when we read a recent Design Taxi post about an innovative “Human Library” project, you can bet …
Read moreHigh School Student Adds Innovation to Otherwise Ordinary Bottled Water
If you’re a bottled water drinker, you’ve likely never noticed anything too fancy or particular about your favorite brand’s packaging design. Well, leave it to Russian high school student Anastasia Shtern to change all of that with her idea for VITA, a fictitious new vitamin water brand that, if actually invented, could forever change the …
Read moreGreen is the New Black
We see it everywhere; people and companies alike are committing themselves to going green and doing better for the environment. So, we wanted this blog to focus on those companies that have been working hard to create packaging designs that are just that, environmentally friendly. We are going take a look at how some well-known …
Read moreThis Ball Keeps On Kickin’
As a kid, at some point in time when you were outside playing with the kids in the neighborhood, you probably imagined that you were your favorite athlete in the final minutes of the game. Whether it was basketball, football or soccer, your imagination probably ran wild while playing. But, some kids around the world …
Read moreThe Power of Sound: Acoustic Levitation
Japanese scientists Yoichi Ochiai, Jun Rekimoto and Takayuki Hoshi released a video of their levitation experiments that illustrate just how powerful noise can be. The phenomenon at hand is three-dimensional mid-air acoustic manipulation or in simpler terms, acoustic levitation. Basically, this phenomenon can be described as the method of using sound waves in order to …
Read moreOut with the Old, in with the New: New Year’s Eve 2013
The Father of FM Radio: Edwin Armstrong
On December 12, we wrote a blog about the first trans-Atlantic radio transmission that was sent by Guglielmo Marconi. Well, at that time, Edwin Armstrong was only 11 years old and the idea of frequency modulation had not yet come to be. Edwin Armstrong is considered to be one of the great engineers of the …
Read more‘Tis the Season for Innovative Christmas Inventions
Whether you want to believe it or not, Christmas Day is tomorrow! We can only hope that you are putting the finishing touches on wrapping your presents and, for those of you who waited until the last day to get your shopping done, well, good luck! Aside from the holiday stress, we thought we would …
Read moreThe Year that Was: Creative Inventions of 2013
Another year is almost in the books and 2013 has proved to be a year filled with lots of creative inventions. From a 3D drawing invention to an invention prototype that offers safety and comfort, this year was packed with innovative ideas that touched on different ends of the invention spectrum. Let’s take a look …
Read moreCan You Hear Me Now? Good!
Sending a radio signal across the Atlantic Ocean may be something you do every day without even thinking about it when you call or Skype with people around the world. But, on this day, in 1901, a physicist and radio pioneer by the name of Guglielmo Marconi sent the first radio transmission across the Atlantic …
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