Studio RED Ruggedized Android Tablet Takes Second Prize in Global Design Awards

THE ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL DESIGN AWARDS WINNERS ANNOUNCED

The IDA Juries have finalized this year's annual Design Awards winners selections

Jul 22 2014

LOS ANGELES, Jul 01 2014 Los Angeles; 

Studio RED- Philip Bourgeois, Aaron Neuhauser, Matthew Bettman, Charles Putland of United States was awarded: Second Prize in Other Products designs Competition for the Harris Android Tablet Project.

IDA honorary juries examined over 1000 entries submitted by architects and designers of interiors, fashion, products, and graphics from 52 countries throughout the world. After final decisions had been made, the jury rewarded the best professional and emerging designers for their achievements in terms of design, creativity, usability and innovation. Judging was a rigorous process, with winners receiving publication of their work in the International Design Awards Book of Designs. The coveted IDA Trophy will be awarded to all Designer of the Year title winners at the official biennial International Design Awards Ceremony in Los Angeles.

This annual competition recognizes, honors and promotes legendary design visionaries and uncovers emerging talents in Architecture, Interior, Product, Graphic and Fashion Design on global level.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

How valuable are today's mobile devices? What if they were designed to save lives? Consider a device that can record and communicate information to hospitals about critical patients during transport, resulting in dramatically reduced ER response time. Consider a device that can use pictures and video to reunite families who have been separated by a disaster. The rf3590 Ruggedized tablet computer is designed to bring cutting edge communications technology to the front lines. Designed for first responder and military use, the rf3590 brings critical applications for voice, video and data to the hardest hit disaster areas and war zones. Rugged and fully submersible, the device operates on common and emergency LTE networks to stream life saving information in real time. Designed for hand carry, vehicle mount, and use in an opening chest pocket, it carries all the capability of a notebook computer in a small form factor. Typical uses include aerial video to ground troops, inventory management, security checkpoint Identification, video and data entry for law enforcement, and mapping firefight crews against burn-rate, weather, and other hazards. The rf3590 is unique in its use of the Android OS, realizing that today's users would experience a significantly shorter learning curve than in custom operating systems. Android has the additional benefit of easing development for new applications. Designed for gloved and ambidextrous use, the familiar buttons are mirrored with non slip contoured areas around the screen among other surface elements which all contribute to the singular purpose of one-handed grip confidence. Other design challenges faced were maintaining a compact size given the additional equipment it needed to house over and above typical tablets, fitting 4 working internal antennas inside a metal housing, and creating a unique look that maintained all the traits of a rugged device.

ABOUT Studio RED-

Founded in 1983 by Philip Bourgeois, StudioRED is now a premier product development consultancy in California's Silicon Valley. With a background in high volume injection molding and off-shore manufacturing, the integration of US based development with off-shore manufacturing has become the hallmark of our capabilities.

StudioRED's work has focused on handheld electronics, medical devices, and a wide range of consumer products. For nearly 30 years, Studio RED has offered Total Product Development services from concept through delivery - a rare and valuable capability. StudioRED's clients receive US development experience with low-cost Asian production.

Designer's Contact:
red@studiored.com

650-324-2244

About IDA

A handful of designers, thinkers and entrepreneurs created the International Design Awards in 2007 as a response to the lack of recognition and celebration for smart and sustainable multidisciplinary design. The International Design Awards (IDA) exists to recognize, celebrate and promote legendary design visionaries and to uncover emerging talent in Architecture, Interior, Product, Graphic, and Fashion Design. IDA aspires to draw attention to the iconoclasm of design world wide, conceptualizing and producing great work.

The members of the jury included Alice Blackwood Editor, Design Quarterly, Kahi Lee - Host, HGTV's "Design on a Dime", Style Network's "My Celebrity Home", Melissa Sterry - Interdisciplinary Design Scientist, Founder, Societas,Josh Rubin - Editor-in-Chief, Founder, and Publisher, Cool Hunting, Martin Venzky - Stalling, Senior Advisor, CMU STeP, Jeffrey Nemeroff - Co-Founder, Creative Director, Entra Magazine, Jordan Landes-Brenman CEO, Haute House PR & Marketing, Raj Nandan - Managing Director, Indesign Group, William Menking - Founder, Editor-in-Chief, The Architects' Newspaper, Nicole Lloyd - Senior Art Buyer, Deutsch, Inc., Rebecca Epstein Kong - Co-founder, Artware Editions, Aaron Kenedi - Editor-in-Chief, Print, Geraldine Grisey - Editor, Punky B Fashion Diary.

For IDA Press Inquiries, Contact:
Lydia Em
International Design Awards
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Los Angeles, CA 90004
lydia@idesignawards.com