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2005 IDEA Awards

Posted by Zonk on from the good-show dept.

prostoalex writes "Every year Industrial Design Excellence Awards are given to the products in such categories as Business & Industrial Products, Computer Equipment, Consumer Products, Design Explorations, Design Strategy, Digital Media & Interfaces, Environments, Furniture, Medical & Scientific Equipment, Packaging & Graphics, Research, Student Designs, Transportation. Business Week is running a 158-page slideshow that features 2005 IDEA recipients."

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  1. Anybody else.. by hyfe · · Score: 2, Funny

    Was anybody else wondering why swedish furniture companies were giving out awards when they first read the headline?

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  2. A few good ones... by intmainvoid · · Score: 2, Funny
    There's some real design speak going on here - This is a fine piece of research--thoughtfully designed, deeply instrumented, and genuinely interesting in asking and answering important questions.

    The item earning this fine praise - a showerhead!

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    1. Re:A few good ones... by Timesprout · · Score: 4, Funny

      It gets better

      This research enabled designers to have a deeper understanding of the many aspects of the showering experience, including extensive observations of people showering

      Who would have though that watching women soaping their breasts in the shower was research. Ha eat that all you wankers who called me a voyeuristic perv, I am officially a scientist. The thing now is to get a grant to further my obesession, I mean research.

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  3. Mac Mini Powerful? by BubbaMike · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The Mac Mini is a nice design, no arguing there. But to call it powerful is a joke. 2 year old Pcs have more power and it pales next to the cheapest IMac, which, except for expandabilty is a really nice design.

  4. Matrix-looking monitor by MC68040 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    http://images.businessweek.com/ss/05/06/idea2005/s ource/22.htm
    The description writes it out as jellyfish looking, all I can think of is the connectors that plug into peoples backs in the matrix :P

  5. That is your first mistake by krell · · Score: 2, Funny
    ' Maybe I've got too much stuff plugged into it or something... '

    That is the first mistake. You are not supposed to plug anything into it. You certainly don't want to sully the pristine and elegant experience with such things as I/O.

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  6. Was that necessary? by the+idoru · · Score: 4, Funny

    Was it really necessary to show the Vicks Digital Baby Rectal Thermometer IN USE??!! I think we could have gotten a nice appreciation for its design without an action shot.