Corin Ludwig, graphics specialist at Design Concepts, will introduce Junior Girl Scouts to the process of product innovation through an interactive presentation and fun hands-on activity.  While answering the question “how would you reinvent the back pack?” the scouts will learn to identify user needs and brainstorm solutions; they will also create concept sketches, and [...]

Dave Franchino, president and principal of Design Concepts, is honored to have been invited to participate in Trek’s Innovation Summit 3 (IS3) on February 21, 2013. Trek, a valued client of Design Concepts, is holding this internal event to inspire and encourage innovation within its Engineering and Industrial Design departments.  Dave has been invited to [...]

Dave Franchino, president and principal of Design Concepts, was invited to share his product design experiences on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus on February 7th.  Dave was pleased to return to his alma mater to speak at The Lindbergh Lectures.  The engaging topic focused on the questions “What is innovation?” and  “Where does innovation come [...]

Dave Franchino, president and principal of Design Concepts, will be returning to the Stanford University campus Jan 28-31 to speak with engineering students and faculty about product design. This is the third consecutive year that Dave, a Stanford University alum,  has been invited to share his knowledge and experiences as both a product developer and [...]

Every year, Deltek® honors its customers who use its software in an exemplary fashion with the Deltek®  Project Excellence Award, and this year Design Concepts was honored by being named a finalist for the 2012 award. Our nomination was for a new report developed in-house called the “Dashboard”, which helps project managers here at Design Concepts get [...]