by Brianna Crandall — August 20, 2014—FMs looking for office and productivity products or a variety of other products may be interested in the Industrial Designers Society of America’s (IDSA) announcement of the winners of the 2014 International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) competition—a recognition of design excellence in products, interactive design, service design, strategy, research, concepts and student designs in categories ranging from automobiles and commercial products to medical equipment and home furnishings.
Out of nearly 2,000 entries this year, 176 designs were recognized with Gold (27), Silver (58), or Bronze (91) awards in 23 categories, including Commercial and Industrial Products; Communication Tools; Computer Equipment; Environments; and Office and Productivity. Entries were evaluated on multiple aspects of industrial design excellence, including innovation, user and client benefit, sustainability, and visual appeal.
Office and Productivity winners are:
- Gold: Locale Office System, designed by Sam Hecht, Kim Colin, Philipp Von Lintel and Ippei Matsumoto of Industrial Facility for Herman Miller Inc.
- Gold: Windowseat lounge chair, designed by Mike Simonian and Maaike Evers of Mike & Maaike
- Silver: Harbor Work Lounge, designed by Nicolai Czumaj-Bront of Haworth Design Studio
- Bronze: Leitz Icon Smart Label Printer, designed by Dan Harden, IDSA, Chris Whittall, IDSA, Ari Turgel, Zack Stephanchick and Matt Taylor of Whipsaw Inc. for Esselte Corp.
- Bronze: NOMADO mobile, stackable desk system, designed by Martin Ballendat of Design Ballendat for MOBICA+
