Daedalus?

It is argued that Daedalus was history's first recorded inventor.

In his day, Daedalus was famous for many things such as the Labyrinth in Crete (to imprison the Minotaur), the sextant, the compass, the sail, the potter's wheel, the modern axe - but we remember him mainly for the wings he made for his son, Icarus.

Since the majority of our work is illustration for use in instructional guides, we thought it appropriate to name our company after a man of great stature and ability, whose instuctions to his son went unheeded, causing his untimely end. When you see a user manual for a product and it says 'batteries must not be eaten', it's probably there because somewhere along the line, someone got real hungry..!

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