 2008 IDEA Winners: Interactive Product Experiences
IDEA 2008 Silver Winners
Hamilton Medical G5 GUI
Hamilton Medical recognized that they had a significant opportunity to simplify the interaction between the hospital caregiver and the ICU ventilator, eliminating many of the chances of human error in the process of delivering respiratory care. The Hamilton-G5 is the first ICU patient ventilator... [more] 
Mobility Vision Integration Process - http://www.mobilityvip.com/deck/index.html
The Mobility Vision Integration Process (mVIP) investigates ways that expert designers can support and accelerate dialogue about the future of sustainable mobility. It was developed to enable teams of creative people charged with designing viable future mobility solutions to deal with wide-ranging,... [more] 
Sugar User Interface for One Laptop per ChildThe Sugar interface was developed for One Laptop per Child, a nonprofit initiative to put laptops in the hands of children from developing countries. Its development required a complete rethinking of the traditional desktop interface, not only in relation to the educational needs of children, but... [more]
IDEA 2008 Bronze Winners
BenQ MID Aries2
Mobile Internet Device (MID) Aries2 brings a new level of convenience to Internet users. Its ultra-light weight makes it highly mobile, but the challenges of designing for (and using) a small screen were overcome through smart interactive design. By simply shaking the device, all open windows can... [more]
Interactive Product Experiences Category Finalists
Alive 6Alive is an innovative (Web 2.0) software solution designed to automate systems management tasks in complex IT environments. In increasingly complex IT environments, there is a critical need for a new way to assist IT staffs in ensuring continuous business system availability. With current management... [more] 
Avaya IP Office; web site: www.avaya.com/small - specifically for the IP Office 500 with release 4.0Avaya IP Office is an affordable yet sophisticated communications solution that brings together the benefits of voice and Internet technologies to enable a small or medium sized business to act like a FORTUNE 500 firm. The IP Office solution is reliable, secure, easy to install and administer, and... [more] 
Bloomberg Terminal interface conceptThe Bloomberg Terminal concept is a redesign of the existing computer system used internationally by financial professionals. Through software redesign this concept alleviates the mazelike navigation and dated aesthetic of the existing Bloomberg Terminal, which proves to be a painful rite of passage... [more] 
Designing Interactions website (www.designinginteractions.com), book, and DVD.Designing Interactions is a website, book, and DVD. The design of the interactive experience gives access to the content by browsing, reading, and viewing, with versions of the material presented to suit the characteristics of each medium. The website can be browsed by chapter or interview. Users... [more] 
HP HaloThe HP Halo Collaboration Meeting Room is a flexible video conferencing solution that creates a live, virtual meeting room for participants from anywhere around the world. Meeting attendees can take their seats in a telepresence environment that makes it feel as if they're all in the same room. The... [more] 
igoogle Creative Consciousness
The Earth-light theme along with the Global Counter and Surf Seeker gadgets are dynamic elements that people can use to customize their iGoogle homepage. The theme, Earth-light, is a dynamic world map, which changes daily and seasonally to show where the sun is shining around the world at any given... [more] 
iMagine Design Center on www.hunterdouglas.comA click away from the home page of www.hunterdouglas.com, the iMagine Design Center is an interactive gallery that allows consumers to see every Hunter Douglas window fashion in its full range of colors, fabrics, materials and constructions in both detailed close-up views and full room settings. Room... [more] 
mMessengermMessenger is a new messaging service offering conversational support for text messaging, convenience for both short and long conversations, and easier communication with new contacts compared to the instant messenger pairing process. mMessenger is optimized for communication behaviors of users aged... [more] 
MobilEdu, a mobile learning service in China. Client software can be downloaded from www.mobiledu.cnMobilEdu is an open mobile 2.0 learning service platform offering constantly updating multimedia educational contents to a rapidly growing user population (more than 800,000 thus far). MobilEdu enables everyone to carry around learning contents the way they carry around keys and wallets, so as to... [more] 
MotoID: www.hellomoto.com/motoid
This music recognition application was designed for straightforward, intuitive navigation and can be enjoyed by technophiles and technophobes alike. MotoID should be started close to a sound source -- a disco, radio, TV, etc. -- and in just a few seconds it will display the song title, artist and... [more] 
Mozilla Firefox 2Firefox is an open source Web browser that provides a platform for mass innovation. Delivering an outstanding browsing experience to the widest set of people in the world, Firefox also keeps users secure on the Web, protecting them from online hazards. It allows users to personalize their browsers... [more] 
RED™ Virgin America's onboard interactive environment
Red™ is an interactive environment that redefines the entertainment and service experience within an aircraft environment. Designed to give airborne travelers a better experience, Red provides an unprecedented level of control to an experience that historically hasn't offered much. Red allows... [more] 
Stiletto Media PlayerThe Sirius Stiletto Media Player user interface creates a compelling interaction experience for Sirius Satellite Radio users. An extremely compact, portable satellite media player, the Stiletto enables listeners to listen to live or recorded Sirius content, anywhere, anytime. Individuals fatigued... [more] 
SugarSyncSugarSync is a premium sync service that revolutionizes the way you access and backup documents, photos, music, video, and more. It is an all-in-one synchronization service that offers real-time sync, automatic backup and mobile access for all your files. SugarSync works quietly in the background... [more] 
Sync Consumer Website (www.syncmyride.com and www.syncmyride.com/Own)This project was designed to support Ford Motor Company's introduction of Sync into a range of 2008 model year vehicles. Sync is a fully integrated, voice-activated communication and entertainment system that enables hands-free control of Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones and media players. Since this... [more] 
The new Zune Software for devices, PCs, and the web.
Zune Software for devices, PCs, and the web provides the only end-to-end interactive experience that supports how people actually discover and enjoy portable media: socially. All Zune users can wirelessly share songs and photos between devices, automatically sync with their media library when in... [more]
TV Lite
TV Lite is a simple, attractive, and easy-to-use interface design of digital cable set-top box for HDTV. TV Lite is currently designed for the HD (High-Definition) cable set-top box in Korea, but can be adopted to the digital television set, the digital satellite set-top box, or the IPTV (Internet... [more]  |
