This is the logo for the Industrial Design Excellence Awards 2005

The Industrial Design Excellence Awards is a program sponsored by BusinessWeek and IDSA (Industrial Designers Society of America), and "is dedicated to fostering business and public understanding of the importance of industrial design excellence to the quality of life and economy"^[1]. The program was established since 1980^[2]. The IDEA winners are honored at annual ceremonies (that is, IDSA 2006 National Conference & Education Symposium in Austin TX). Image File history File links This is the logo for the 2005 Industrial Design Excellence Awards, sponsored by BusinessWeek. ... Image File history File links This is the logo for the 2005 Industrial Design Excellence Awards, sponsored by BusinessWeek. ... BusinessWeek is a business magazine published by McGraw-Hill. ... The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) is the trade association of the entertainment software industry in the United States. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...

The judging criteria are the following five:

• Innovation: how is the design new and unique?
• Aesthetics: how does the appearance enhance the product?
• User: how does the design solution benefit the user?
• Earth: how is the project ecologically responsible?
• Business: How did the design improve the client's business?

Top Corporate Gold Winners 2001-2006

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1. Samsung (20)
2. Apple Computer (18)
3. IBM (15)
4. Hewlett-Packard (13)
5. Nike (13)
6. Art Center College of Design (11)
7. Philips Design (10)
8. BMW (9)
9. Logitech (9)
10. DaimlerChrysler (8)
11. Microsoft (8)
12. Motorola (8)

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2006 Results

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2006 Winning Corporations

1. Panasonic (6)
2. Samsung (3)
3. The Timberland Co. (3)
4. Art Center College of Design (2)
5. BRP (Bombardier/Learjet) (2)
6. DECATHLON (2)
7. Eastman Kodak (2)
8. Lenovo IDC (2)
9. Philips (2)
10. Pratt Institute (2)

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2006 Winning Design Firms

1. ZIBA (4)
2. Formation Design Group (3)
3. Antenna Design NY (2)
4. blueMap design (2)
5. Davison Design & Development (2)
6. Design Continuum (2)
7. designafairs (2)
8. Ergonomic Systems Design (2)
9. fuseproject (2)
10. Karim Rashid (2)
11. Keen Design Studio (2)
12. Lunar Design (2)
13. Newdealdesign (2)
14. Stuart Karten Design (2)
15. Tricycle Inc. (1)

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2005 Results

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2005 Winning Corporations

1. Hewlett Packard (6)
2. Nike (4)
3. Philips (4)
4. Samsung (3)
5. Apple Computer (3)
6. Art Center College of Design (3)
7. BMW (3)
8. California College of Arts (3)
9. Daimler Chrysler (3)
10. Eva Denmark (3)
11. Siemens (3)
12. ASUS (2)
13. Harman (2)
14. IBM (2)
15. KAZ (2)
16. Motorola (2)
17. RKS Guitars (2)
18. The Stanley Works (2)

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2005 Winning Design Firms

1. IDEO (7)
2. Design Continuum (5)
3. Fuseproject (5)
4. Antenna Design (4)
5. Tools Design (3)
6. Altitude (3)
7. Smart Design (3)
8. Alto Design (2)
9. Astro Studios (2)
10. Atelier Markgraph (2)
11. Cesaroni Design (2)
12. designafairs (2)
13. Herbst LaZar Bell (2)
14. Karim Rashid (2)
15. Kauffmann Theilig + Partner (2)
16. Lakeside Product Development (2)
17. One & Co. ID (2)
18. RKS Design (2)
19. Whipsaw (2)
20. ZIBA (2)

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External links

• IDEA 06 Gallery
• IDSA home

Sources

1. ^ http://www.idsa.org/idea2006
2. ^ http://www.idsa.org/idea2006/why_enter.htm
3. ^ http://bwnt.businessweek.com/idea_winners/2006/index.asp
4. ^ http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/06/idea2006/index_01.htm
5. ^ http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_27/b3941404.htm