COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS/COMMUNICATIONS
Product: Z500 mobile phone
OEM: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, Research Triangle Park, N.C.
Key project players from Sony Ericsson Mobile Commuications: Charles Hunt, lead industrial designer; Lykke Taersbol, color and material designer; and Per Ogren and Michael Peterson, human interface designers.
LEISURE APPLICANCES
Product: ION 150 electric scooter
OEM: Bladez, Jacksonville, Fla.
Industrial design firm: Cesaroni Design Associates, Inc., Glenview, Ill.
Key project players from Cesaroni Design Associates: Christian Castro, industrial designer; and Shawn Barrett, director of design.
MAJOR HOME APPLIANCES
Product: Home Energy Station, Generation II
OEM: Honda R&D Americas, Torrance, Calif. and Plug Power, Inc., Latham, N.Y.
Industrial design firm: Brownlie Design, Inc., Skaneateles, N.Y.
Key project players from Brownlie Design: Dave Fergot and Len Nicholas.
PERIPHERALS/ACCESSORIES
Product: The SoundDock digital music system
OEM: Bose Corp., Farmingham, Ma.
Key project players: Bose Design Center and Bose Home Entertainment product development team.
PORTABLE APPLIANCES/PERSONAL CARE
Product: Sunbeam iron model #4214
OEM: Sunbeam Corp., Boca Raton, Fla.
Industrial design firm: Herbst LaZar Bell, Inc., Chicago
Key project players from Herbst LaZar Bell: Greg Holderfield. From Sunbeam: Augie Picozza.
MEDICAL APPLIANCES/LABORATORY EQUIPMENT
Product: M1M Analyzer
OEM: BioVeris Corp., Gaithersburg, MD
Industrial design firm: ION Design, Edgewater, N.J.
Key project players from ION Design: Mario Turchi, creative director; Steven Bellofatto, project director; John Kiechel, industrial designer; Susanna Webber, industrial designer; Scott Salmon, design engineer; and Rober Joachim, mechanical engineer. From BioVeris: Manish Kochar, director of engineering.
