2008 IDEA Design Awards

Featured Podcast

IDEA 2008: Judging the Winners

The chair of the panel that judged this year's IDEA talks about which products generated the most debate, how judges mediate disagreements, and what makes a winning design

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Bottled Water Is a Big Drain

Most communities in the U.S. have safe tap water. Bottled H2O is a waste of money and resources. Pro or con?

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Special Report

The Best Global Design of 2008

Europeans, Asians, and Latin Americans took more International Design Excellence Awards than ever. And students made a strong showing

Slide Show: The 2008 International Design Excellence Awards Winners

Table: Design Winners for 2008…

Check out the top award winners at this year's International Design Excellence Awards

Plus: Table: 5 Years of IDEA Winners

Brazil's Best Product Designs

The first location-specific program for the International Design Excellence Awards celebrated 53 examples of top Brazilian design

Slide Show: The Best of Brazilian Design

Narrated Slide Show: Nike's Vapor 300 Watch

Max Burton, creative director of the Nike Tech Lab, explains the design and development of the Nike 300 running watch

Narrated Slide Show: Inside Bloomberg's Flexible Display

Masamichi Udagawa of Antenna explains the design of the new Bloomberg terminal, set up specifically to be more adaptable

Video: Bringing Bicycles Back

David Webster of IDEO talks about how the innovation firm used product, retail, and strategy design to help parts supplier Shimano help bike manufacturers attract a new audience of riders

U-Box-It. They Collect and Recycle It

With this easy service, you put your trash in a portable, cardboard container that is then picked up and recycled—box and all

SylvanSport's Mobile Adventure Gear

The startup's new creation is the Go. But don't call it a camper or trailer. It's sort of a Swiss Army knife of vehicles

Design for Democracy Solves Election Problems

A book of guidelines on how graphics can clarify ballots and the voting process generally has won an IDEA award—and endorsement by the Election Assistance Commission