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




In 2002 IDEO has topped the list again, winning 14 awards in a range of categories such as concepts, environments, and medical products.




Read the article here.




IDEA Gold:

• Dilbert's Ultimate Cubicle for Scott Adams and United Media:
  The famous cartoon character helps improve the office


• Treo Communicator for Handspring:
  The new face of communications: cell phone, organizer, web browser


• Spyfish User Interface for H2Eye:
  The on-screen navigation aid for a remote-control underwater camera

IDEA Silver:

• Visor Edge for Handspring:
  A thin and elegant aluminum expression of the handheld organizer


• Spyfish STV for H2Eye:
  A submarine telepresence vehicle for exploring the undersea world


• RoomWizard User Interface for Steelcase:
  Connect shared meeting spaces to the net intuitively


• DW 746 Woodworker's Table Saw for DeWalt:
  The bridge between a contractor-grade saw and a fine woodworking tool


• Working Lunch for Steelcase:
  An exploration to adapt ideas from restaurants to the workplace


• Interactive Dressing Rooms for Prada's Epicenter store:
  Transforming the experience of trying on clothes


• Pathways Design Option for Steelcase:
  Concept design and engineering for an office system

IDEA Bronze:

• Staff Device for Prada's Epicenter store:
  A wireless reader to access the store's ubiquitous infrastructure


• Marketing Website for First to File:
  A clear online presence for a paperless patent system


• Personal Skies installation for the Museum of Modern Art:
  A meditative exploration of the self and the office