SAMSUNG Garners the Most 2012 International Design Excellence Awards

The ultra-slim Series 9 notebook, the sleek Series 9 monitor, and the best-in-class NX200 digital camera headline the list of award-winning Samsung products

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, a global leader in digital media and digital convergence technologies, has won seven 2012 International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA), the most awards among participating corporations in one of the world’s most prestigious design contests.

Samsung has been an industry leader in technology and product innovations with breakthrough advances in flat panel TVs and mobile communication devices for years. Samsung ranks second on the list of top U.S. patents holders with 4,894 patents in 2011 alone. Not only has Samsung been delivering significant technical advances at an unsurpassable pace, it has been doing so in a visually stunning way.

The company has been focused on user experience and design excellence with six design centers around the world to complement its technologically superior products. This investment has resulted in more than 600 design accolades since 2006 from such notable organizations as the iF International Forum Design and the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA).

Samsung’s latest design honors are the four golds, two silvers, one bronze, and 13 additional products chosen as finalists by the IDSA.

Gold Award Winners
Digital X-Ray (XGEO-GU60)* - offers an ergonomic approach to taking X-rays that enhances efficiency and productivity. Through advanced Samsung technology, radiation exposure can be lowered while still capturing high image levels. In addition, real-time monitoring ensures constant high-level performance.

Digital X-Ray (XGEO-GU80)* - a ceiling type X-ray system with a simplified workflow and increased efficiency by showing scan results immediately after scanning without an intermediary printing step, thus dramatically decreasing exam time.

Digital X-Ray user interface* - recognized for simple, intuitive graphical user interface that maximizes user experience.

Portable Induction Cooktop (CTN431SC01)* - recognized for its easy-to-clean surface and intuitive user interface.

*Not available in the U.S.

Silver Award Winners

Series 9 Notebook - a super-slim notebook at 0.58” thin and lightweight at 3.63 lbs. The SuperBright™ Plus display is up to twice as bright as standard notebook screens, and reproduces up to 16 million colors. With extremely fast startup speeds and nearly instant resume from sleep, the Series 9 lets you get even more done and leaves every other PC in the airport lounge or conference room behind.


Digital Camera (NX200) – a mirrorless compact digital camera with an interchangeable lens. Housed in real metal which enhances its sophisticated, professional look, the top cover is finished with aluminum alloy that achieves a solid, durable look unobtainable through other methods. With attention to such details as the read mode dial and the grip, the design is focused on professional performance.

Bronze Award Winner

Series 9 Monitor (SB970) - designed to accentuate the high image quality guaranteed by the plane-to-line-switching panel and the wide viewing angle. In addition, each Series 9 monitor is individually hand-calibrated by Samsung engineers through an hour-long process to ensure every unit leaving the factory is ready for the ultimate user experience. On the front, emphasis was placed on the clean, neat image of glass and metal and the purity of the materials in order to highlight the screen’s functions. All unnecessary elements were removed from the rear to achieve the most basic form while retaining all the functions that a monitor is expected to provide.

Finalists
Smart TV (ES8000)
Smart TV (ES7500)
Dual Docking Speaker (DA-E750)
Dual Docking Speaker (DA-E650)
GALAXY Note Mobile Phone
Camera (MV800)
3D Blu-ray Airtrack (HT-E8000)*
Solarcell Notebook PC (NC215)*
Ultrabook PC (500U3A)*
Smart TV Logo Guide Manual
TV UX (Your Video)
Smart Q App (Remote Control

*Not available in the U.S.

“I am glad that the company received a favorable evaluation for its user-centered designs,” said , who also directs Samsung’s Design Management Center. “We will continue to unveil designs that are outstanding in terms of both aesthetics and functions.”

Organized by the Industrial Designers Society of America, IDEA is a celebration of design excellence in products, sustainability, interaction design, packaging, strategy, research, and concepts. Out of 660 finalists, 35 received the Gold Award, 71 received the Silver Award, and 123 received the Bronze Award. Entries from 30 countries were evaluated on eight areas of design excellence: innovation, benefit to the user, benefit to society, benefit to the client, visual appeal and appropriate aesthetics; usability, emotional factors and unmet needs for the design research category; and internal factors, methods, strategic value, and implementation for the design strategy category.

The IDEA 2012 awards ceremony will be held in Boston on August 18th 2012, where recipients of the Best in Show, Curator’s Choice, People’s Choice, and the Sustainability Award will be announced.

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About Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence technologies with 2011 consolidated sales of US$143.1 billion. Employing approximately 206,000 people in 197 offices across 72 countries, the company operates two separate organizations to coordinate its nine independent business units: Digital Media & Communications, comprising Visual Display, Mobile Communications, Telecommunication Systems, Digital Appliances, IT Solutions, and Digital Imaging; and Device Solutions, consisting of Memory, System LSI and LED. Recognized for its industry-leading performance across a range of economic, environmental and social criteria, Samsung Electronics was named the world’s most sustainable technology company in the 2011 Dow Jones Sustainability Index. For more information, please visit www.samsung.com.