For 31 years, the International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) has recognized design excellence in products, sustainability, interaction design, packaging, strategy, research and concepts and solidified its position as the preeminent international design competition.
Earlier this year, the independent 2011 IDEA jury, 20 world-renowned design experts and thinkers, spent weeks evaluating thousands of international entries from 39 nations including record student submissions online.
Then on April 6, the jury convened at The Henry Ford museum in Dearborn, MI for two-and-a-half days of careful hands-on judging and evaluation, emerging April 8 with their choices for the coveted IDEA 2011 Gold, Silver, Bronze and Best in Show.
On June 30, 2011 the Industrial Designers Society of America will announce the 2011 Gold, Silver and Bronze winners and finalists.
IDEA's highest distinction, Best in Show, will be unveiled and presented live at the IDEA 2011 Awards Ceremony on September 17, 2011 at the Roosevelt Hotel, New Orleans.
In addition to unveiling the IDEA 2011 Best in Show winners, IDSA will also exclusively announce and present The People's Choice Award, Judges Award and first-ever winner of IDEA Responsibility Award live at the IDEA 2011 Ceremony.