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We think it’s fair to say that Jawbone UP was one of the most anticipated product launches in 2011. And why not? It’s a cheeky little wristband that tracks everything from sleep to exercise and works in concert with an iPhone app. We like to think of it as a little health cheerleader that follows you around all day. Recent news stores—and Jawbone’s own website—have pointed out the device’s technical glitches. But we still think the concept pushes the category forward, and we’re itching to give it another look once the hardware kinks are resolved. Even with the problems, we’re guessing it’s a design other companies are already chasing.
Firm: fuseproject
Founder/chief designer: Yves Behar
Additional team members: Gabe Lamb, Qin Li, Diana Chang
Client: Jawbone
— Judge Blaise Bertrand, Associate Partner, IDEO
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A collection of wastebaskets made by the indigenous Aeta people of the Philippines using traditional basket weaving techniques. Designed by Cordula Kehrer for Areaware and commissioned by fair trade NGO Preda.
Firm: AREAWARE
Designer: Cordula Kehrer
Additional team members: Preda Foundation, Aeta People of the Philippines
— Judge Blaise Bertrand, Associate Partner, IDEO
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Dell Venue and Venue Pro are 4.1 inch WVGA, multi-touch display smart phones with distinct personalities that balance on-screen experience with portability. The new design language is iconic and friendly and scales well between the two smart phones, creating a strong and unique brand identity.
Firm: Experience Design Group, Dell Inc.
Design: Experience Design Group, Dell Inc. and Minimal
— Judge Blaise Bertrand, Associate Partner, IDEO
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Sifteo cubes are a hands-on play platform of motion-aware 1.5-inch blocks with full-color displays that run apps wirelessly from a computer and can be shaken, tilted, rotated and neighbored during use. Sifteo cubes pioneer the evolution of entertainment and learning by enabling familiar physical interactions with innovative technology, opening the door to new fun and social play experiences.
Firm: Sifteo
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Move Collective, LLC, the creators of bobble, the iconic, reusable, patented water bottle that filters as you drink, introduce bobble jug. Designed by Karim Rashid for Move Collective, bobble jug is a faster, smarter, sleeker reimagining of the squat, slow-filtering jugs that have hogged space in refrigerators for generations.
Firm: Move Collective LLC
Co-founders: Richard and Stephanie Smiedt
Designer: Karim Rashid, Inc.
Packaging: Safari Sundays
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Beats Pro are the latest over-the-ear addition to the globally successful Beats by Dr. Dre headphone line, delivering incredible audio performance paired with iconic design. Designed for the modern DJ, the headphones are acoustically tuned for professional use in recording studios or in the club.
Firm: Ammunition
Founder: Robert Brunner
Designers: Gregoire Vandenbussche, Kenny Sweet
Client: Monster Cable Products
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The Children’s Workyard Kit is an oversized mobile kit of parts conceived specifically for play on the High Line. Designed to reflect the site’s industrial history, custom-made wood planks, wheels, ropes, canvas, pulleys, tools and found objects inspire children to construct their own play and build their own visions.
Firm: Heroes Will Rise
Designer: Cas Holman
Early education, public parks programming consultant: Abby Ehrlich
Junior designer: Timothy Patch
Fabricator: Material Process Systems
Director of public programs, education, & community engagement for Friends of the High Line: Danya Sherman
School & youth program manager for Friends of the High Line: Emily Pinkowitz
Additional team member: Joe Hodler, Esq.
Client: Friends of the High Line
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Orion-18 is a smart phone specifically designed and engineered for blind users.
Firm: RKS
Design: RKS Design Team
Client: LevelStar
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The Jawbone JAMBOX is a break-through Bluetooth speaker; a compact, chic, and tech-savvy product that is the ultimate embodiment of the Jawbone brand. Just as the Jawbone ICON did for the Bluetooth headset industry, the JAMBOX is revolutionizing Bluetooth audio speakers by allowing users to express themselves and their lifestyle through choices in compact technology without sacrificing sound quality.
Firm: fuseproject
Project website: http://jawbone.com/speakers/jambox/overview
Founder/chief designer: Yves Behar
Designer: Gabe Lamb
Client: Jawbone
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Smilebooth is a digitally designed and fabricated photo booth based on the integration of equipment, including a digital SLR camera, Wi-Fi enabled and custom programmed CPU, strobe lighting, touch-screen LCD monitor and a dye-sub printer. The design, responding to the ubiquity of social networks and image sharing, eliminates the booth from the photo booth, leaving a sleek, minimal container as a human interface and locus of activity
Firm: Metalab
Principals: Joe Meppelink, Andrew Vrana
Designers: Joe Meppelink, Andrew Vrana, Juan DeLeon, Travis McCarra
Project manager: Sarah Hannah
Client: Smilebooth
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Porcelain bowls.
Firm: hunt + Javier Servin
Designers: Edith Gonzalez, Heladio Duran
Designer/art director: Javier Perez Sandi
Artisan/manufacturer: Javier Servin, Javier Servin Ceramics
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In this hour glass, the white and black sands mark minutes.
Firm: Shigeru Tanimura
Product Designer: Shigeru Tanimura
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Build-A-Robot, a sustainably designed toy made specifically for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, features four interchangeable heads with different emotions and tactile sensations. Made with reclaimed, organic, kiln-dried rubber wood, water-based dyes and non-formaldehyde glue, the toy appeals to adults and children of all abilities.
Firm: PlanToys, Inc.
Product Designer: Laura Chun Urquiaga
Director of Design: Pichade Ravipong
