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Business & Industrial Products

Gold Winners

#ResQTec hydraulic rescue tools (Credit:VanBerloStudio's B.V., Netherlands)

Silver Winners

#Crown TSP6000 Turret Stockpicker (Credit:Crown Equipment Corp., Formation Design Group, Ergonomic Systems Design, Inc., Substance Design Group Ltd., and Design Central, USA) #Crinia (Credit:Design + Industry Pty Limited, Australia) #Surveillance Dome Camera WV-CS954 (Credit:Panasonic Design Company, Japan) #Pocket Imager (SP-P300MK) (Credit:Samsung Electronics, Korea)

Bronze Winners

#CT-80 Explosive Detection System (Credit:Martin Steven Linder Design, USA) #Memory Card Camera-Recorder DVC PRO HD P2 Handheld AG-HVX200 (Credit:Panasonic Design Company, Japan) #The Jobclock (Credit: Stuart Karten Design, USA)

Computer Equipment

Gold Winners

#Talking Tactile Tablet (TTT) (Credit:Touch Graphics, Inc., USA) #Lenovo Opti Desktop PC (Credit:ZIBA Design, Inc. and Lenovo Group Limited, China)

Silver Winners

#Laptop Mobility Cart (Credit:Bretford, USA) #SanDisk Ultra II SD PLUS (Credit:Lunar Design and SanDisk, USA) #AMD Personal Internet Communicator (PIC) (Credit:M3 Design, USA) #DX1 Input System (Credit:Summit ID and Productiv, USA)

Consumer Products

Gold Winners

#SignalOne Safety Vocal Smoke Detector (VSD) (Credit:Bresslergroup and SignalOne Safety f/k/a Kidsmart, USA) #2SECONDS QUECHUA (Credit:DECATHLON, France) #KODAK EASYSHARE V570 Dual Lens Digital Camera (Credit:Eastman Kodak Company and , USA) #DXL Protective Helmet (Credit:fuseproject, Pulsium Engineering, and Pryde Group, USA) #Wall Mounted Digital Projector (AN110) (Credit:LG Electronics Inc., Korea) #Washing and Drying Machine NA-VR1000 (Credit:Panasonic Design Company, Japan) #Eva Solo Tea-maker (Credit:Tools Design, Denmark) #Little Wing (Credit:Warren Light Craft LLC, USA)

Silver Winners

#L'Amour collection (Credit:Nokia Design, Great Britain, Nokia Design, Finland, and Nokia Design, USA) #A/Design Bowl (Credit:designafairs and Fielitz GmbH Leichtbauelemente, Germany) #KODAK EASYSHARE-ONE Zoom Digital Camera (Credit:Eastman Kodak Company and , USA) #Shure E4 Sound Isolation Earphones (Credit:Essential Inc. and Shure Inc., USA) #K2 Moxie Snow Helmet (Credit:One & Co, City Electric, and K2 Corporation, USA) #Refrigerator NR-P550T (Credit:Panasonic Design Company, USA) #HDR-HC1 (Credit:Sony Corporation, Japan) #Timberland PreciseFit System (Credit:The Timberland Company, USA) #Solo (Credit:asa designers limited and Arcam Limited, Great Britain)

Bronze Winners

#The BikeBoard Product Line (Credit:Davison, Inc. and The BikeBoard Company, LLC, USA) #X-BASE TRIBORD (Credit:Decathlon, France) #Oval Light Dispenser Flashlight (Credit:Gelb Design, FLLC, USA) #Kenjo Ryoko (Credit:Karim Rashid Inc., USA) #KARI, ARI, ARIM, RIM (Credit:Karim Rashid Inc., USA) #Mion Footwear (Credit:Keen Design Studio and Timberland Invention Factory, USA) #WaterTile (Credit:Kohler Co., USA) #Sushi Time Sushi Plate (Credit:Mint Inc., USA) #Motorola and Burton Audex Jacket Series (Credit:Mobile Device Business, Motorola, USA) #Cupsicle 8oz. Insulated My First Straw Cup (Credit:Munchkin, Inc., USA) #Battery Size-Free Flash Light BF-104 (Credit:Panasonic Design Company, Japan) #Household Fuel Cell Cogeneration System (Credit:Panasonic Design Company, Japan) #O3 Engineered Tennis Racquets (Credit:Prince Sports srl, Italy)

Design Explorations

Gold Winners

#Touch Messenger (Credit:Samsung Design China, Korea, Samsung Design China, China, Samsung Design China, USA) #Intelligent Energy ENV Bike (Credit:Seymourpowell and Intelligent Energy, Great Britain)

Silver Winners

#BRP EXIT Concept (Credit:BRP Design Team, Canada) #Chrysler AKINO (Credit:DaimlerChryslerPacifica, USA) #The Hover Creeper (Credit:Davison Design & Development, Inc. and Whiteside Manufacturing Company, Inc., USA) #Hundred Dollar Laptop Computer (Credit:Design Continuum, USA) #Safe-Vent Syringe Venting System (Credit:Formation Design Group, USA) #Samsung Portable Digital Projector (Credit:Teague and Samsung Electronics, USA)

Bronze Winners

#Nutty Buddy (Credit:Arizona State University, USA) #Home Cinema II (Credit:Hewlett Packard and Pix Interactive, USA) #Accuray Next Generation CyberKnife Concept Investigation with Robotic Patient Positioner Couch (RPPC) (Credit:Lunar Design and Accuray, USA) #Cocoon - disaster relief shelters (Credit: NewDealDesign, USA) #Bumpbrella Concept Umbrella (Credit:

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, USA) #Luna: Light + Air Door (Credit:, LLC, USA) #Ondomusic (Credit:Ondo Creation Limited, Hong Kong) #Sun Family (Alloy) (Credit:Sun Microsystems User Centered Design Group, Sun Microsystems and , inc., USA)

Design Strategy

Gold Winners

#Sirius S-50 Design Strategy (Credit:ZIBA Design, Inc. and Sirius Satellite Radio)

Bronze Winners

#South Waterfront Design Strategy (Credit: Gerding Edlen Development Company, LLC, Williams & Dame Development, ZIBA Design, Inc., Val Taylor Smith and Randy Poulsen, USA) #Netgear Platinum II design language (Credit: NewDealDesign, USA)

Ecodesign

Gold Winners

#SIM from Tricycle (Credit:Tricycle Inc., USA)

Silver Winners

#Zody (Credit:Haworth Inc. and ITO - Design, USA)

Bronze Winners

#Celle Task Chair (Credit:Jerome Caruso Design, USA) #Mion Footwear (Credit:Keen Design Studio and Timberland Invention Factory, USA)

Environments

Gold Winners

#Construction Fence (Credit:DUCK IMAGE CO., LTD., USA) #

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- The Nomadic Museum (Credit:Gensler, Shigeru Ban Architects, France, and Officina Di Architettura, Italy) #Bloomberg L.P. Corporate Headquarters (Credit:Pentagram Design, USA)

Silver Winners

#Voyage + mini Voyage (Credit:fuseproject and Hammers Nagel Engineering, Germany) # armol Radziner Prefabref> (Credit:

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, Green Dragon Office, Tryarc LLC, Greg Steinberg and Robin Cottle Design, USA)

Bronze Winners

#Outdoor Information Carts (Credit:34th Street Partnership) #Help Point Intercom (Credit:Antenna Design New York Inc. and MTA/New York City Transit Team, USA) #Nosy Parker (Credit:Antenna Design New York Inc., USA)

Furniture

Gold Winners

#THINK (Credit:Glen Oliver Loew Industrial Design, Germany, and Steelcase Inc., USA) #CityWing (Credit:Philips Design, Netherlands)

Silver Winners

#Duo shower curtain rod (Credit:Robyn Kaminski, IDSA, USA) #COCOON (Credit:UONO, Germany)

Bronze Winners

#Belkin/Ameriwood Grommet Hub (Credit:Belkin IDG and Ameriwood Industries, USA) #Liberty Chair (Credit:Niels Diffrient Product Design, Shea + Latone, Elizabeth Whelan Textile Design, and , USA)

Medical & Scientific Products

Gold Winners

#Cybertech MAT Mechanical Advantage Tourniquet (Credit:Cybertech Medical and Ewing Design Group, USA) #Insulet Omnipod Personal Diabetes Management System (Credit:Design Continuum, USA) #Siemens Symbia Medical Imaging Systems (Credit:Siemens Medical Systems, Formation Design Group, , Germany, and Ergonomic Systems Design, USA)

Silver Winners

#SuturTek 360° Fascia Closure Device (Credit:Bleck Design Group and SuturTek, USA) #Smiths Cleo 90 Infusion Set (Credi
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and Smiths Medical MD, Inc, USA) #Echelon60 ENDOPATH (Credit:Stapler Ethicon Endo-Surgery and Design Science, USA) #3D Mouse (Credit:GE Healthcare, USA) #At Home Neuromotor Test Device (Credit:Intel Corporation, USA) #Quantum Design SVSM (Credit:Strategix Vision Inc., USA)

Bronze Winners

# FirstDefender Handheld Raman Spectrometer (Credit:Altitude, Inc, USA) #Titan Electron Microscope (Credit:Philips Design, Netherlands) #da Vinci S - Surgical System (Credit:, USA) #SonoSite MicroMaxx Ultrasound System (Credit:SonoSite, USA)

Packaging & Graphics

Gold Winners

#Pluma (Credit:Brandia Central, Portugal)

Silver Winners

#Cepheid Reagent Beads Dispenser (Credit: and Cepheid Inc., USA)

Research

Gold Winners

#Lenovo Visioneering (Credit:ZIBA Design, Inc. and Lenovo Group Limited, China)

Silver Winners

#Time Empowerment Research (Credit: Stuart Karten Design, USA)

Student Designs

Gold Winners

#The MIN.CHAIR (Credit:Chul Min Kang, USA) #CityBike Amsterdam (Credit:Jonathan Abarbanel, USA)

Silver Winners

#PLUG-IN (Credit:Julia Burke, IDSA, USA) #Terraform (Credit:Robert Moser, USA) #S.I.E.C. Car Seat (Credit:Sam Chiu, Hiro Ikuma, Tim Meyer, and Ai Su, USA)

Bronze Winners

#Airwash (Credit:Gabriel Tan and Wendy Chua, Singapore) #E - rope (Credit:Chul Min Kang, Miju Kim, and Sung Hun Lim, USA) #ReFA Disaster Relief Field Bed (Credit:Luisa F. Ruge, USA)

Transportation

Silver Winners

#BRP, Sea-Doo, Challenger 180 (Credit:BRP Design Team, Canada)

Bronze Winners

#CAMCOPTER S-100 (Credit:, Austria)

Sources

BusinessWeek IDEA06 Showcase

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External links

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