"Daring Ideas are like chessman moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start a winning game" - Johaan Wolfgang People have been building "daring ideas" since the dawn of the industrial area when inventors, manufacturers and eager consumers created an exciting market for new products. From helping people better their opera singing skills to building all terrain bicycles there has been few industries inventors have not touched. While not all of these ideas gained the commercially success the inventor hoped for they did offer a unique solution to a […]

Almost every day the phone rings at Design 1st with an eager inventor on the line yearning to learn more on design, patenting and prototyping their product idea. This is one of the many exciting parts of working at Design 1st – discussing new ideas and talking to passionate inventors. Over the past year, we’ve had various inventor clients complete the product development phase and proceed to market. We’ve also come across a number of innovative product ideas that probably had many inventors thinking, “Boy, why didn’t I think of […]

Have you ever come across a nifty product and thought why didn’t I think of that? Usually seemingly simple and so obvious you can’t believe you didn’t come up with it. Inventors seem to have the ability to look at problems or needs from a unique perspective that the rest of us just don’t.For instance, take the common issue of the ketchup bottle. Ketchup was bottled in octagonal shaped glass bottles to showcase the purity of the product. However, the bottles made it a slow and agonizing wait for the […]

Many new inventions are brought to life each year, some are successful and hit the marketplace while others end up on a shelf in someones basement.  Looking back on 2011,  we came across dozens of creative inventions from all over the world. Here are a few of our favorites: