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10 Reasons to Enter IDEA

 

Thousands of designs are entered into the International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) every year. Here are our top ten reasons to enter IDEA!

1. World recognition – The IDEA competition receives international coverage every year. Along with IDSA, many newspapers, magazines and other media outlets publish the winning IDEA designs.

2019 IDSA Student Merit Awards

 

Each year, IDSA recognizes exceptional student design talent through our Student Merit Awards program. The competition highlights the very best creativity, problem solving and design brilliance across each of IDSA’s five Design Districts. Two IDSA student member winners are selected from each district for this prestigious distinction. One at the Graduate level and one at the Undergraduate level. 

IDEA Winners Revealed at the IDEA Ceremony and Gala

 

Gold, Silver and Bronze International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) winners from around the world attended the IDEA Ceremony on Sept. 19 at the beautiful National WWII Museum in New Orleans, LA. Awardees and International Design Conference (IDC) goers dressed to impress and waited with anticipation as the winners of each category and the special awards were revealed.

IDEA Trophy Fabrication

 

Our fabrication partners are ramping up production of the newly re-designed IDEA trophies. Last year, the International Design Excellence Awards program underwent a significant rebranding at the talented hands of fuseproject. Their work helped breathe new life into the 38-year-old awards program and reaffirmed IDEA's position as one of the most sought-after design awards in the world.

 

IDSA Members Weigh in on Housewares Designs

It's design season, and that means IDSA members across the country are taking part in a variety of industrial design specialties and competitions. The latest example comes from the 13th annual Housewares Design Awards, presented Jan. 30, 2018 in Las Vegas by HomeWorld Business, in which IDSA members Jason Belaire, Cyan Godfrey and Max Burton participated as judges.

New Year, New IDEA

The International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA)®  is open for entries through March 19, 2018 and features some major changes. "One of the world's most prestigious and rigorous design competitions is moving into its 38th year revitalized and energized," declares IDEA 2018 Jury Chair Michael Kahwaji, IDSA, of Whirlpool Corp. 

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