The Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) has assembled this year's International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) jury to choose the IDEA 2012 honorees. Nineteen international design experts from design consultancies, corporations and universities compose the jury.
The jury members include:
Chair: Rhys Newman, head of advanced projects at Nokia, Nokia Insight and Innovation
Jonah Becker, principal, One & Co.
Jan Chipchase, executive creative director, frog design
Ed Dorsa, assistant director and associate professor, Virginia Tech's School of Architecture and Design
Khodi Feiz, founder, Feiz Design
Sean Hagen, president, BlackHagen Design Inc.
Rachel Hinman, senior research scientist at Nokia Research Centre
Lance Hussey, vice president and creative director, RKS Design
Mike Kruzeniski, creative director, Microsoft Mobile
Shaun Jackson, professor, University of Michigan
Matt Jones, principal, BERG
Sam Lucente, designer
Thomas Overthun, associate partner and practice director, IDEO
Carrie Russell, senior design manager, Procter & Gamble
Leslie Speer, associate professor of design, San Jose State University
Philip Swift, director of industrial design, North America, Crown Equipment
Tad Toulis, creative director, TEAGUE
Duncan Trevor-Wilson, global design manager for emerging markets, GE Healthcare
Simon Waterfall, creative director, fray
The jury will first consider entries online to determine finalists. Then they will gather May 2-4 for hands-on jurying at The Henry Ford to decide the winners.