The Industrial Design Excellence Awards is a program sponsored by BusinessWeek and IDSA (Industrial Designers Society of America), and "is dedicated to fostering business and public understanding of the importance of industrial design excellence to the quality of life and economy"http://www.idsa.org/idea2006. The program was established since 1980http://www.idsa.org/idea2006/why_enter.htm. The IDEA winners are honored at annual ceremonies (i.e. IDSA 2006 National Conference & Education Symposium in Austin TX).

The judging criteria are the following five:

• Innovation: how is the design new and unique?
• Aesthetics: how does the appearance enhance the product?
• User: how does the design solution benefit the user?
• Earth: how is the project ecologically responsible?
• Business: How did the design improve the client's business?

Top Corporate Gold Winners 2001-2006

1. Samsung (20)
2. Apple Computer (18)
3. IBM (15)
4. Hewlett-Packard (13)
5. Nike (13)
6. Art Center College of Design (11)
7. Philips Design (10)
8. BMW (9)
9. Logitech (9)
10. DaimlerChrysler (8)
11. Microsoft (8)
12. Motorola (8)

2006 Results

2006 Winning Corporations

1. Panasonic (6)
2. Samsung (3)
3. The Timberland Co. (3)
4. Art Center College of Design (2)
5. BRP (Bombardier/Learjet) (2)
6. DECATHLON (2)
7. Eastman Kodak (2)
8. Lenovo IDC (2)
9. Philips (2)
10. Pratt Institute (2)

2006 Winning Design Firms

1. ZIBA (4)
2. Formation Design Group (3)
3. Antenna Design NY (2)
4. blueMap design (2)
5. Davison Design & Development (2)
6. Design Continuum (2)
7. designafairs (2)
8. Ergonomic Systems Design (2)
9. fuseproject (2)
10. Karim Rashid (2)
11. Keen Design Studio (2)
12. Lunar Desgin (2)
13. Newdealdesign (2)
14. Stuart Karten Design (2)

2005 Results

2005 Winning Corporations

1. Hewlett Packard (6)
2. Nike (4)
3. Philips (4)
4. Samsung (3)
5. Apple (3)
6. Art Center College of Design (3)
7. BMW (3)
8. California College of Arts (3)
9. Daimler Chrysler (3)
10. Eva Denmark (3)
11. Siemens (3)
12. ASUS (2)
13. Harman (2)
14. IBM (2)
15. KAZ (2)
16. Motorola (2)
17. RKS Guitars (2)
18. The Stanley Works (2)

2005 Winning Design Firms

1. IDEO (7)
2. Design Continuum (5)
3. Fuseproject (5)
4. Antenna Design (4)
5. Tools Design (3)
6. Altitude (3)
7. Smart Design (3)
8. Alto Design (2)
9. Astro Studios (2)
10. Atelier Markgraph (2)
11. Cesaroni (2)
12. designafairs (2)
13. Herbst LaZar Bell (2)
14. Karim Rashid (2)
15. Kauffmann Theilig + Partner (2)
16. Lakeside Product Development (2)
17. One & Co. ID (2)
18. RKS Design (2)
19. Whipsaw (2)
20. ZIBA (2)

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