IDSA Extends 2011 International Design Excellence Awards Entry Deadline to Feb. 13

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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Welcome to Innovation, IDSA's quarterly design journal and one of the best places to learn about the practice of design. Every issue of Innovation reaches the IDSA membership, the CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, universities, associations and design offices around the world.

Here is sampling the table of contents for the fall 2007 issue:

2007 YEARBOOK OF DESIGN EXCELLENCE

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Fall2007_Letter to the Editor.pdf

Fall2007_Catalyst.pdf

Fall2007_Ecodesign.pdf

Welcome to Innovation, IDSA's quarterly design journal and one of the best places to learn about the practice of design. Every issue of Innovation reaches the IDSA membership, the CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, universities, associations, design offices around the world and, of course, IDEA winners.

Here is the table of contents for the fall 2008 issue with selected articles available in PDF:

2008 YEARBOOK OF DESIGN EXCELLENCE

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FALL2008_From the Editor.pdf

FALL2008_BusinessWeek.pdf

FALL2008_Design Strategy.pdf

IDEA Award winners receive significant international publicity and exposure. In contrast to many other design awards, most of the associated perks of winning an IDEA Award are free. In addition to Fast Company's announcement of the winners, hundreds of print and online media networks pick up the IDEA story each year. In addition, IDSA's annual Yearbook of Industrial Design Excellence, featuring in-depth coverage of the Gold winners and a complete listing of all honorees, is distributed internationally to business executives, business schools, federal officials and designers.