Whipsaw’s Industrial Design for Google Wins Gold Edison Award in New York

San Jose, CA, May 10, 2017 -- Whipsaw Inc., the Silicon Valley-based Industrial Design and Engineering firm that creates innovative products for companies around the globe announces their recognition as one of the best in innovation and excellence in the development of new products and services, as it was voted a Gold Edison Award winner.

Whipsaw is an Industrial Design, UX & Engineering consulting firm located in San Jose and San Francisco, California.

Being recognized with an Edison Award has become one of the highest accolades a company can receive in the name of innovation and business. The awards are named after Thomas Alva Edison whose inventions, new product development methods and innovative achievements literally changed the world, garnered him 1,093 patents and made him a household name around the world.

“Our judges recognized Whipsaw as a true innovator out of the many products in its category,” said Frank Bonafilia, Executive Director of the Edison Awards. “This award for the Google work is especially meaningful to us because it pays tribute to Thomas Edison, one of the greatest innovators of all time,” said Dan Harden, CEO Whipsaw Inc.

Dan Harden joined hundreds of senior executives from some of the world’s most recognized companies during the full-day “Meet the Innovators Forum,” where he was a speaker at the opening panel discussion on Collective Disruption with John Hockenberry (journalist, author, TV host of Takeaway), Peter Brussard (VP Rosetta Stone), and Michael Docherty (entrepreneur and writer).

The evening’s Awards Gala honored this year’s winners as well as the presentation of the prestigious Edison Achievement Award to Astro Teller, Captain of Moonshots X and Jeffrey Immelt, CEO, GE. The award honors innovation leaders and executives who have made a significant and lasting contribution to innovation throughout their careers. 

About Whipsaw: 

Whipsaw is an Industrial Design, UX & Engineering consulting firm located in San Jose and San Francisco, California. They have created highly successful products and experiences in many diverse categories including consumer electronics, housewares, medical, robotics, wearables, computing, scientific, industrial, and business products.  Whipsaw’s clients include Bosch, Brita, Cisco, Ford, GE, Google, Haier, Intel, Leitz, Merck, Motorola, Neato Robotics, Nike, Olympus, Samsung, Sony, and TP-Link plus exciting startups like Blumio, Bossanova, Delphinus, Harry’s, and Ript Labs. Whipsaw has been widely published, has won over 250 Industrial Design Awards and has creations in several museums.

About the Edison Awards™
The Edison Awards is a program conducted by Edison Universe, a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to fostering future innovators. The Awards have been recognizing and honoring the best in innovations and innovators since 1987. They honor game-changing innovations that are at the forefront of new product and service development, marketing and human-centered design, and are one of the highest accolades a company can receive in the name of successful innovation. For more information about the Edison Awards complete program and a list of past winners, visit www.edisonawards.com.

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Sieglinde Van Damme
Whipsaw, Inc.
408-297-9771
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