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More on Davison and the Industrial Design Excellence Awards (IDEA)
Davison Design and Development started in 1989 by G.M. Davison in his grandfather's basement. Today it is a cutting-edge 110,000-square foot product design and development factory.
Services includes research, industrial design, virtual reality, product samples, packaging, presentation, video, animation and royalty management.
Davison-developed products have been sold in Home Depot, Target, JC Penny, Linens 'n Things, Sears, Dick's Sporting Goods, AutoZone, The Sports Authority, FAO Schwarz, Modell's and Dunham Sports.
Davison submitted six designs for judging and won two awards — a silver in concept design for the Hover Creeper and a bronze for The BikeBoard. In 1997, Davison earned a bronze for the Oil Filter Gripper.
Winners will be honored at a black tie ceremony at the Hilton Austin in Austin, Texas, Wednesday, Sept. 20. A "People's Choice" award will also be presented at this time, during the 2006 IDSA National Conference and Education Symposium.
In its 26th year, the 2006 Industrial Design Excellence Award (IDEA) competition is co-sponsored by BusinessWeek magazine and the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA).
Categories include, among others, consumer electronics, housewares, transportation, sporting goods, furniture and medical and scientific equipment.
Last year's winners included Motorola for its Razr, Apple's iPod Shuffle, Microsoft, Nike, Sony and more.
In the more than 1,000 entries received, 28 countries were represented this year, including: Australia, Austria, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Korea, The Netherlands, Portugal, Singapore, Sweden, Taiwan, Turkey and the United Kingdom.
Eighteen IDEA jurors awarded 27 gold, 39 silver and 42 bronze awards - the lowest awarded in five years.
All 106 winners are featured on IDSA's Web site (www.idsa.org) with photos, descriptions and contacts.
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