International Design Awards Announce 2011 Winners; 3 Designs by RKS Honored

(Los Angeles, CA)  The RKS design team was awarded three IDA awards this week - First Prize for KOR’s Aura, Third Prize for the Orion-18 (Levelstar/APH) and an honorable mention for Nuance (DenMat). Aura is KOR Water’s latest and most affordable sustainable hydration alternative, the Orion-18 is a smart new Smartphone optimized for blind users, and Nuance is an innovative composite syringe for dental professionals.

The International Design Awards celebrates the world’s most visionary designers and promotes the appreciation of design worldwide, honoring designs for excellence in originality, creativity, execution and overall impact.

What Gandhi (Yes, Gandhi) Taught Me About Design, Leadership, And Technology

Long before Gandhi was a political leader, he was a designer who created a loom to help Indians in their daily lives. RKS’ Ravi Sawhney writes about learning from Gandhi’s example for Fast Company.

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Connecting the Blind to the Digital World

Design Magazine (CIDA) April 2012

Check out China’s Design Magazine this month (Titled Extra-Ordinary Life) for a feature on the development for the Orion-18, and learn about RKS’ collaboration with LevelStar and APH to empower the blind with a smartphone designed to meet their specific needs. You can learn more about Design Magazine and CIDA (China Industrial Design Association) here, or download the article as a PDF.

Life Technologies and DenMat Announce Red Dot Awards

2012 Awards Received for Revolutionary Ion Proton™ DNA Sequencer and Innovative Nuance® Dental Syringe

March 21, 2012 - RKS is honored by the recognition received for our recent design collaborations with Life Technologies for the revolutionary Ion Proton™ benchtop sequencer, and with Den-Mat® Holdings (formerly Discus Dental) for the innovative Nuance® composite syringe. Both designs were recognized in 2012 with the prestigious Red Dot design award, conveyed for high design quality and designs that distinguish themselves for excellence.

Design Collaboration

Orchestrating Design Collaborations: Think Like a Family

The current issue of dmi Review tackles the topic of design collaboration, examining the benefits of collaborative design and exploring effective options for managing the collaborative process.  RKS’ Harnish Jani and CEO Ravi Sawhney contributed their professional point of view on the critical topic, co-authoring a feature entitled “Orchestrating Design Collaborations: Think Like a Family,” which shares a globally-recognized analogy to help guide managing modern design collaborations. 

Copies of the issue and article are available here.