Online Extra: The Catalyst Awards

The 2005 Catalyst Award Winners

DeWalt Worksite Radio/Charger. Delta Pull-Out Spray Project. The Aspect Medical Systems A-2000 BIS Monitor. What do they have in common? They're all Catalyst Award winners, recognized not just for their innovative design but for their impact on the bottom line.

The Catalyst Awards were created by BusinessWeek and IDSA in 2002, and each year they're announced with the IDEA Awards. Choosing this year's winners were Ken Musgrave, director of Industrial Design at Dell; Walter B. Herbst, CEO of product-design consulting firm Herbst LaZar Bell and co-author of the PDMA Handbook of Product Development, considered the industry standard; and Sam Farber, founder of Copco, OXO, and Wovo.

Catalyst Award Winners, 2002-2005

2005

Catalyst Award Winner

Zire handheld computer

2005

Honorable Mention

c.cam

2005

Honorable Mention

Sub-Zero 700 Series: Modular, Integrated Refrigeration System

2004

Catalyst Award Winner

DeWalt Worksite Radio/Charger

2004

Honorable Mention

SPOT Endoscopic Marking System

2004

Honorable Mention

Puritan Bennett Breeze SleepGearTM CPAP Interface System

2003

Catalyst Award Winner

Delta Pull-Out Spray Project

2003

Catalyst Award Winner

Nike Triax Watch

2003

Honorable Mention

DynaMyte Augmentative Communicator

2002

Catalyst Award Winner

The Aspect Medical Systems A-2000? BIS? Monitor