A revealing new book about many celebrated innovators of historic and modern times and some of their not so celebrated inventions includes chapters on Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, Alexander Graham Bell, Henry Ford, George Washington Carver – and George Davison.

The book features “tales of independent inventors and their struggles” and examines their successes, as well as inventions that never got off the ground. All were created, however, by “great inventors who have, or are thought to have, made a significant contribution to society.”

A chapter devoted to Mr. Davison explores some of his successes and challenges, as well as his greatest invention — the methodology that makes inventing affordable to the everyday person. 

“The book is a lesson in determination; you follow your dreams regardless of what other people say,” said Mr. Davison. “It’s a good thing you do, otherwise we’d have no commerce in this country; we’d have no country at all.”

Read the full press release posted on the Davison Newsroom. To find out more about the book, go to www.concretepiano.com.

The Global Pet Expo, the pet industry’s largest annual trade show, featured more than 800 exhibitors and thousands of new products and pet product buyers from around the world. One of the most exciting new lines was Hugs Pet Products. The nearly 30 products with packaging in the Hugs booth all carried the Davison “D.”

“The show was awesome; we had a ton of products on display,” said Davison’s Vice President of Licensing, who traveled to the Orlando show with Davison’s President

The products we developed for the Hugs line were “very well received,” the VP said. They got a lot of interest from e-tailers and smaller chain stores, as well as some of the big ones. “Hopefully we’ll get orders placed there in the near future.”

The show was a wonderful venue to introduce the company’s new name and brand, which “the buyers loved,” he said. The owners also loved the new Hugs brand and logo we created for them, which gives the product a higher end look and evokes a “warm, fuzzy feeling.”

In addition to the original style, many of the products at the show featured a camouflage design so as to appeal to buyers from sporting goods stores, particularly male buyers who may not be as interested in ‘warm and fuzzy.’ Since a lot of people take their dogs hunting, it could be a good way to generate interest in those venues, he added.

The design and rebranding of the line was a “nice collaborative effort.” The brand and logo was Mr. Davison’s vision. A major role was played by members of Davison’s corporate design team, who were responsible for product design, graphic design, engineering, package design, trade show booth design and construction, as well as web design and production, copywriting and marketing. Fantastic job, everyone!

Among the products at the show that we developed for Hugs were seven we created for our inventor clients. Corporate products we created for the line also were at the show. In all, at least 25 products designed by Davison were featured.

The latest issue of Sky Mall once again features two familiar products we developed for our clients, the Dog Wash and the Cool Cot House. Congratulations again to our clients and all who worked on their products!

In addition, two more Aviva products for which we designed the packaging, the Rocket Toss Dart Game and the Tot Totter, have hit SkyMall’s fall online catalog. That’s two more to add to our ever-growing list in the stores… the hits just keep on coming!