Dave Franchino, president and principal of Design Concepts, spoke at the national Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Conference Tuesday, April 12, 2011, Madison, WI. Franchino presented Leveraging Innovation: How to Partner with a Product Development Firm to introduce the risks and rewards of innovaton partnerships. For those who were there, or those who couldn’t attend, [...]

Dave Franchino, president and principal of Design Concepts, will speak at the national Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Conference April 11 – 13, 2011, in Madison, Wisconsin. Franchino will present Leveraging Innovation: How to Partner with a Product Development Firm on Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at 2:00 pm at the Monona Terrace. The SBIR Conference [...]

Scott Biba, senior mechanical engineer at Design Concepts, will speak at AIGA Wisconsin, Thursday, April 14, 2011. Biba, a member of Design Concepts’ internal Green Team, will talk about the company’s sustainability initiatives and its participation in the Designers Accord. Also speaking at AIGA Wisconsin (formerly the American Institute of Graphic Arts) will be Eric [...]

Part 2 Part 3 We’re fortunate to have the opportunity for inhouse training sessions on tools and techniques that improve our work. The most recent Lunch & Learn opportunity was led by Dave Franchino, Design Concept’s president and principal, and explored the use of conjoint analysis as a powerufl research tool. To help us discover [...]

Bring together inspired creatives, a bragging-rights contest, six video cameras and 52 employees and you have the makings of the 2010 Holiday Video Challenge. The rules were simple: Pick a movie genre. Assemble your team. Grab a camera. And create a video that showcases Design Concepts. And keep it short. The videos were viewed by [...]