International Design Excellence Awards
The International Design Excellence Awards are dedicated to fostering business and public understanding of the importance of industrial design excellence to the quality of life and the economy. Winning the IDEA is a distinction like no other that brands your design as the very best in the business, among your peers, among your clients, among consumers around the world.
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News About International Design Excellence Awards
International Design Excellence Awards 2020
Submissions are now open for the 40th edition of the International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA), one of the longest-running and most prestigious design awards programs in existence.
International Design Excellence Awards 2018
Submissions are now open for the 2018 International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA). Organized by IDSA, IDEA is a benchmark of design and is unweathered by shifting fads or transitory styling.
International Design Excellence Awards 2017
The 2017 International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) is now open for submissions. IDEA is a premier international design competition sponsored annually by the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) and judged by renowned design experts from around the world.
International Design Excellence Awards 2015
The 2015 International Design Excellence Awards opens for entries on January 5, 2015. The competition recognizes and promotes excellence across a widre array of industries and disciplines, including commercial products, entertainment, home goods, social impact designs and student designs.
IDSA Unveils 2013 International Design Excellence Awards Jury
The Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) has assembled this year's International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) jury to choose the IDEA 2013 honorees.
International Design Excellence Awards 2013
The International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) 2013 is now open for entries.
GE Healthcare Wins Three IDEA Awards for Medical and Scientific Products
GE Healthcare has received three International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) from the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA), one for its latest Interventional X-ray system, the Discovery IGS 730, and two concepts related to Mammography & MR.
Best in Show of the 2012 International Design Excellence Awards
The Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) unveiled the Best in Show for the 2012 International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) at its annual international conference in Boston.
Winners of the 2012 International Design Excellence Awards
The Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) unveiled the winners of the 2012 International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) program. Out of 660 finalists, 35 were honored with the Gold Award, while 71 received the Silver Award and 123 merited the Bronze Award.
IDSA Reveals Its 2012 International Design Excellence Awards Jury Led by Nokia's Rhys Newman
The Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) has assembled this year's International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) jury to choose the IDEA 2012 honorees.
International Design Excellence Awards 2012
On December 1, The Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) will open its International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) 2012 program to designers, students and companies worldwide.
Best in Shows for the 2011 International Design Excellence Awards
The Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) unveiled the Best in Shows for the 2011 International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) at its annual international conference in New Orleans.
GE Healthcare Wins Design Excellence Awards for Magnetic Resonance Imaging
GE Healthcare received several Silver Awards from the 2011 International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) by the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA).
Winners of the 2011 International Design Excellence Awards
The Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) unveiled the winners of the 2011 International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) program.
Herman Miller Awarded Multiple IDEA Gold, Silver, and Bronze
The Ardea light has earned both Gold and Silver honors from the International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA), while the Twist LED task light earned dual Bronze awards.
IDSA Announced IDEA 2010 Winners
IDSA announced the winners of the 2010 International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA).
International Design Excellence Awards 2010
One of the world's most prestigious industrial design competitions is open for submissions.
NCR Self-Checkout Earns IDEA Design Award
The newest version of NCR SelfServ Checkout, the market-leading self-checkout solution from NCR Corporation, is among the 2009 winners of the International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) competition.
Roadster Fascination: BMW Z4 Wins Renowned IDEA Design Award
The new BMW Z4 draws attention to itself not just on the road but also among internationally renowned design experts.
IDEA 2009: Call for Entries
IDEA is the premier international competition celebrating design excellence in products, ecodesign, interaction design, packaging, strategy, research and concepts.
IDEA 2008: The Industrial Design Excellence Awards
Entries into the 2008 International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) will be accepted from designers, students and companies worldwide beginning Monday, December 3.
IDEA 2007 Winners Selected
Some of the world's hottest designs, innovative problem-solvers and coolest concepts are among the winners of the 2007 International Design Excellence Awards (IDEASM).
IDEA 2007 Call for Entries
The International Design Excellence Awards program is the premier international competition honoring design excellence in products, ecodesign, interaction design, packaging, strategy, research and concepts.
NikeiD Wins Silver in Industrial Design Excellence Awards
R/GA, the New York-based interactive advertising agency, today announced NikeiD won a silver award in the Digital Media category at the 25th Annual Industrial Design Excellence Awards (IDEA), one of the world's most prestigious design competitions. Co-sponsored by BusinessWeek and the Industrial Designers…
Winners of the 2013 Industrial Design Excellence Awards
The annual Industrial Design Excellence Awards is sponsored by BusinessWeek and juried by the Industrial Designers Society of America. The winners this year used design to push traditional brands into new markets, extend well-known brands into new products, and invent something totally new, cool, and…
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Whipsaw Recognized with Multiple Wins at 2022 IDEA
Whipsaw was recognized with multiple wins at the 2022 International Design Excellence Awards. Whipsaw won silver awards for its design of Fluidigm's Biomark X in the Medical & Health category and the MXXY Hydration Backpack in the Sports, Leisure & Recreation category.
Teknion Wins Gold at 2022 International Design Excellence Awards
Teknion's Routes collection, designed by Pearson Lloyd, received the Gold award in the Office & Accessories category at the 2022 International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA).
Coway Icon Air Purifier Wins 2020 IDEA Award
Coway Icon Air Purifier, designed by fuseproject, has been announced as the Bronze winner in the Home category of the 2020 International Design Excellence Awards.
fuseproject Redesigns IDEA Awards
fuseproject has unveiled its rebrand of the International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) logo and redesign of its trophy, for use at the 2018 Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) conference.
Eight Inc. Recognized for Design Excellence
Eight Inc. has been awarded for the design excellence of its work for both the Acure Digital Vending Machine and the Jordan Brand Melo M8 Pop-Up Installation.
RKS Wins Bronze in 2013 International Design Excellence Awards
RKS has won a Bronze 2013 International Design Excellence Award for Ion Proton Sequencer, an innovative device that brings down the cost and speed of decoding a human genome to $1,000 and few hours.
Carbon Again Ranks as Top 10 Design Firm
With two Carbon Design Group collaborations selected as winners in the 2012 International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) competition, the world-recognized product design and development consultancy has been ranked as a top 10 design firm by the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA). The 2012…
Beyond Design Wins IDEA 2012 for the Husqvarna TS 60 Tile Saw
Beyond Design has won a Bronze in the 2012 International Design Excellence Awards in the Commercial & Industrial Products category for the Husqvarna TS 60 tile saw. The TS 60 was developed to be the most user-friendly, precise, and efficient tile saw on the market today.
TEAMS Design Wins 2012 IDEA Award for STILL cubeXX
The cubeXX Forklift System Concept, created by TEAMS Design for Forklift manufacturer STILL, has been selected as a Bronze winner in the 2012 International Design Excellence Awards, in the Commercial & Industrial Products category.
Continuum Honored with Seven International Design Excellence Awards
Continuum has received seven International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) from the Industrial Design Society of America (IDSA).
Karten Design Honored with Two IDEA Awards
Karten Design received two International Design Excellence Awards for using research and design to improve the customer experience around hearing aids and dental tools.
IDSA Reveals its 2011 International Design Excellence Awards Jury
The Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) has assembled this year's International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) jury to choose the IDEA 2011 honorees.
SKD Wins Two Silver IDEA Awards for 2010
Stuart Karten Design received accolades from one of the most prestigious industrial design award programs, the 2010 International Design Excellence Awards.
Teague Wins Five IDEA Awards
Acknowledging the company's outstanding product and transportation design capabilities, Seattle-based design consultancy, Teague, recently accepted five International Design Excellence Awards.
NewDealDesign Recognized with Four International Design Excellence Awards
NewDealDesign, the San Francisco creative agency providing strategic industrial design, interaction design and brand identity services to leading companies, today announced it received four 2009 International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA).
The Next Generation Perkins/APH Brailler Wins Acclaim
Product Development Technologies (PDT), Perkins Products and the American Printing House for the Blind (APH) have been honored in the 2009 International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) sponsored by BusinessWeek, the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA), Target and Autodesk for the Next Generation…
Coalesse Wins IDEA Award for Design Excellence
Coalesse, a premium live/work furnishings brand, announced that its Akira collection of tables was awarded a 2009 Bronze Award by IDEA.
RKS Guitars Wins Two 2005 Industrial Design Excellence Awards
RKS Guitars was honored with two 2005 International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA). RKS Guitars' two Silver IDEA wins were in the Consumer Products category for its electric-hued, user-friendly "Pop Series" of instruments, and in the prestigious Design Strategy category for RKS' proprietary "Open Architecture"…
iXi Bike Wins Industrial Design Excellence Awards 2005
Delta Cycle is delighted to announce its iXi Bike has won the Bronze Medal in the 2005 Industrial Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) competition, a celebration of the best and hottest product designs of the year.