Industrial Design Excellence Award Winners Announced

Posted on July 5, 2005

The winners of the annual Industrial Design Excellence Awards (IDEAs) have been announced. Palo Alto (Calif.)-based IDEO won the most IDEA awards with seven. IDEO has been the top award winner at the IDEAs over that past several years. Design Continuum Inc. won the most gold awards with three. Hewlett Packard won the most corporate awards with five. Nike and Philips each won four awards. The Shift Bike (pictured on the right) designed by Matt Grossman, Ryan Lightbody of Purdue University was one of the gold winners.

This concept for a training bike uses two rear wheels that let a child balance at slow speeds. Speeding up moves the wheels closer, shifting the balance from bike to tyke.
BusinessWeek has a complete list of the winning designs as well as graphics and charts.



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