"IT’S not exactly “Project Runway,” but in Detroit a group of young fashion designers is focusing its talents on one of that economically depressed city’s biggest challenges: designing clothing that will benefit many of the more than 20,000 homeless people now living on the streets.

by Roger Renstrom

"Plastics were prominent in two-thirds of the gold winners of the 2011 International Design Excellence Awards. A disposable sheet for patient transfer, a personalized limb prosthetic and a portable fire-rescue radio were among the winners."

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Plastic Help Bring Home Gold

DULLES, Va., May 19, 2011 – Fast Company, Dow Corning, Microsoft and The Henry Ford are partnering with the Industrial Designer Society of America (IDSA) for its 2011 International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA®) program.

DULLES, Va., Dec. 1, 2010 – The Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) is accepting entries to its 2011 International Design Excellence Awards® (IDEA) program from designers, students and companies worldwide. For over 30 years, IDEA has recognized design excellence in products, sustainability, interaction design, packaging, strategy, research and concepts.  The awards program honors new products that have been in distribution between Feb. 2009 and Feb. 2011.  The Henry Ford will house the winners in its permanent collection.

DULLES, Va., Nov. 10, 2010 – Beginning Dec.1, the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) is accepting entries to its 2011 International Design Excellence Awards® (IDEA) program from designers, students and companies worldwide. For over 30 years, IDEA has recognized design excellence in products, sustainability, interaction design, packaging, strategy, research and concepts.  The awards program honors new products so submissions must have been placed in distribution between Feb. 2009 and Feb.

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