By Doug Solomon and Diego Rodriguez

“At its best, innovation is more than a team sport - it is a networked, collaborative adventure.”

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Each year, the best in design is honored with the Industrial Design Excellence Awards, sponsored by BusinessWeek and presented by the Industrial Designers Society of America.

In 2007, IDEO topped the list of IDSA award winners, with seven IDEA awards and four of the five total Catalyst awards granted. Winning designs ranged from screen-based interactions to financial services to industrial design.

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IDEA Gold:

• Eclipse Jet Cabin and Cockpit Research: Uncovering pilot needs and behaviors for a new high-performance jet
• Eclipse Cockpit Interaction: An optimized instrument panel that is intuitive, streamlined, and motion efficient
• Calypso 4D Localization System: An approachable and material-smart radiation therapy device
• Samsung LCD Monitor Mobius: A triple hinge provides ergonomic adjustability and flat packability

IDEA Silver:

• Eclipse 500 Very Light Jet:
  A space-efficient and user-friendly interior configuration

IDEA Bronze:

• Olivetti My_Way Printer: A portable, Bluetooth-enabled printer with guided interactivity
• Bank of America Keep the Change Research: Revealing a new way to help baby-boomer women with kids save

Catalyst:

• Pangea Organics: A packaging and identity program that tripled revenues
• Bank of America Keep the Change: A banking concept that attracted 2M people in the first year

Catalyst, Honorable Mention:

• Eclipse 500 Very Light Jet: A high-performance jet that has been sold in record-breaking numbers
• LifePort Kidney Transporter: A high-tech organ transport solution now used worldwide

An in-depth look at the collaboration between IDEO and Eclipse Aviation that yielded a best-selling and award-winning high-performance jet.

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IDEO human factors specialist Katja Battarbee contributed to Product Experience in Chapter 19, Co-experience: Product Experience as Social Interaction (co-written with Ilpo Koskinen).

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