IDEA 2005 Competition

IDEA 2005 Competition
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Industrial Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) 2005 competition
Sponsored by BusinessWeek magazine and IDSA

The entry deadline for the 2005 IDEA program is February 11, 2005 and late entries will be accepted until February 18.

The Goal
The Industrial 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.

Publicity & Exposure
As the sponsor, BusinessWeek magazine annually features the winners in a July editorial report, which is distributed worldwide.

All the Gold, Silver and Bronze winners are listed on its Web site, www.businessweek.com as well as IDSA's site.

Hundreds of newspapers and networks, including CNN, NBC, PBS, CNBC, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post and design press, pick up the IDEA story each year.

The winners will be showcased in IDSA's annual Yearbook of Industrial Design Excellence, which publishes case studies written by the Gold winners themselves. The yearbook is distributed internationally to business executives, business schools, federal officials and designers.

Recognition
We welcome you to replicate the IDEA logo on your packaging, advertising and merchandising materials. Follow the example set by Fiskars, OXO Good Grips, IBM, Canon, Ford, Samsung and a legion of design firms, all of which have used the mark to promote their award-winning designs. The IDEA winners will be honored at a ceremony on August 27 at the IDSA 2005 National Conference in Washington, DC.

Eligibility
To be eligible for IDEA 2005, the following criteria must be met:

Participant qualifications
Open to designs and designers worldwide.
Student entries can only be submitted in the Student category, even if the design is in research, production or corporately funded.
Employees of firms represented in the 2005 jury and student work from a school where a juror teaches may not participate in this year's competition
Distribution qualifications

Design must have been placed in distribution between February 11, 2003 and February 11, 2005. This means the product must be available for sale in its final form through normal retail channels during that period.
Design Exploration and Student entries must have been submitted to the client or school in that period.

Research designs must have been submitted to the client or school between February 11, 2000 and February 11, 2005.
To enter a design in multiple categories, separate entry kits must be purchased and the design must fit into each category it is submitted in. If it doesn't fit, it will be automatically switched from that category to a better fit. IDSA wants to be sure like products are being judged together.

Judging Criteria
The IDEA05 judgment is based on the following five criteria:

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?
Judging Process

The judging is blind: the designers, their names and the names of consulting firms may not appear anywhere in the entry kit. Failure to abide by this rule results in immediate disqualification. Names of manufacturing companies/clients may appear.

Jurors, their immediate families or the companies they are employed by may NOT enter work the year they are jurors.
The jurors meet for three-and-a-half days, during which time they read, view and score the information presented in every entry kit.
Each entry is scored on its own rating sheet based on how well it meets the criteria of design excellence: innovation, benefit to user, benefit to client, ecological responsibility and appropriate aesthetics.
All criteria receive equal weight in scoring and award selection.
QuickTime videos of the designs in use, as well as photos, augment the essay information the jurors review in scoring each entry.

Submission Deadline
IDSA must receive your online entry no later than 5:00pm (Eastern Standard Time) on Friday, February 11, 2005.

Late Submission and Fee: Submissions may be submitted online as late as 5 p.m. EST Friday, February 18, 2005 with the purchase of an extended deadline fee of $110 USD per entry. Submissions cannot be submitted after Feb. 18 and will not be judged, returned or refunded. (Foreign late payments must be made with American Express, Visa or MasterCard or with a check or money order in US funds drawn on a US bank.) No material submitted will be considered confidential.

Any edits to your entry after February 11, 2005 at 5 p.m. EST will constitute as a late entry and the extended deadline fee of $110 USD per entry must be paid by February 18, 2005 at 5 p.m. EST, or the entry will not be judged. Entry materials are non-refundable.

Please do not send your entry to IDSA's office. You must submit your entry online.

By submitting your entry, you agree that any or all of the material may be published and utilized by the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA), BusinessWeek and any other party authorized by IDSA and/or BusinessWeek in connection with the awards. All decisions by the jury and/or IDSA are final.

How to Order Entry Kits
Click here to order your 2005 IDEA entry kit number. 2005 IDEA kits cost $205/per kit for an IDSA member, $255/per kit for a non-member and $60 for a student entry (must be entered in the student category). IDSA will send your entry kit number(s) and all other information via e-mail within 24 business hours. If you have any questions please email [email protected] or call 703.707.6000.

Download Entry forms
Now that you have your kit numbers, be sure to download the appropriate form for your category

2005 IDEA Entry Form
2005 IDEA Design Strategy Entry Form
2005 IDEA Digital Media Entry Form
2005 IDEA Research Entry From

Online Submission
Now that you have your kit numbers, your entry form completed, visit https://www.convenemachine.com/bregister.cgi?IDEA to upload your 2005 IDEA entry. The first time you visit this site you will be required to log in. Requiring a login prevents unauthorized persons from making changes to, and ensures the integrity of, your submissions.

To submit your entry, just click "IDEA Submission" on the toolbar. You will then be asked to enter your kit number. The system will then provide you with a status of your entry. Before you log in, be sure to all of your information ready to submit, including:

A complete list of design credits including each designers complete contact information;
Two pages of essay questions in Word or PDF format;
Up to ten (10) color or black and white photo illustrations, in .jpg format and no larger than 72 dpi and 1 MB per photo. Images should include at least one glamour shot for jury orientation; before and after shots and exploded views;
An optional QuickTime video (not to exceed two [2] minutes) and 5 MB; and
An optional one-page research summary.
All submission material becomes part of IDSA's archive. No material submitted will be considered confidential. By submitting your entry, you agree that any of the material may be published by the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA), BusinessWeek, or any other party authorized by IDSA and/or BusinessWeek in connection with the awards.

Environmental responsibility question
Please check back shortly for important information that will help you better answer the essay question on environmental responsibility, which is required for all entrants.

IDEA 2005 Timeline
February 11, 2005: Entries must be submitted online by 5 pm eastern time
February 11, 2005: 5:01 pm eastern time through February 18, 2005, 5 pm eastern time: Submissions may be submitted online with the purchase of an extended deadline fee of $110 USD per entry.
Mid April, 2005: Winners are notified by IDSA
June 24, 2005: Winners are announced to the public and the July 4th issue of BusinessWeek magazine, featuring the IDEA winners is on the stands!
August 27, 2005: IDEA Ceremony and Party at the IDSA 2005 National Conference in Washington, DC.
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Click here to download a guide to submit a winning entry.
IDEA 2005 Categories
Designs for practically any commercial product may be entered. The 50 subcategories run the gamut from little desk doodads to giant mechanical equipment. The special Design Explorations category even makes it possible to enter work that will never be produced. Entries need to fit into one of the following 50 subcategories. You may enter your product in one or more of the following 50 subcategories. If you enter in multiple categories you must purchase separate entry kits. If it doesn't fit, it will be disqualified

Business & Industrial Products:
Commercial Equipment
Communication Equipment
Heavy Machinery
Professional Tools
Computer Equipment:

Computers
Computer Input Devices
Computer Peripherals
Other Computer Devises (MP3, etc.)
Consumer Products:

Accessories
Appliances
Consumer Electronics
Consumer Tools
Housewares
Juvenile Products
Sporting & Fitness Products
Toys & Games
Design Explorations*:

Business & Industrial Concepts
Concept Computers
Concept Furniture
Concept Vehicles
Consumer Product Concepts
Digital Media Interfaces Concepts
Medical & Scientific Concepts
NOTE: Designs that are scheduled for production may NOT be entered in this category.
Design Strategy: +

Graphical User Interfaces (QuickTime video or website link required)
Software, Web & Multimedia (QuickTime video or website link required)
Environments:

Corporate, Public & Private Spaces
Environmental Graphics & Signage Systems
Museum Exhibits & Set Designs
Showrooms & Retail Merchandising
Trade Show Exhibits
Furniture:

Contract Furniture
Fixtures
Lighting
Residential Furniture
Medical & Scientific Products:

Clinical & Diagnostic Products
Industrial & Scientific Products
Surgical & Therapeutic Products
Home-Care & Self-Care Products
Packaging & Graphics:

Undergraduate Student Projects
Graduate Student Projects
** Entries must not be in production and includes those with corporate sponsorship.
Research+

Design Research Projects***
Research entries have a five year entry window
Transportation:

Automobiles
Motorcycles
Parts
Trucks & Commercial Transportation
Recreational Vehicles
Transportation Interiors
Trucks & Commercial Transportation
* Designs that are scheduled for production may NOT be entered in this category.
** Entries must not be in production and includes those with corporate sponsorship.
*** Research entries have a five year entry window.
+ Requires a different entry form.