Apple Design Awards
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The Apple Design Awards is a special event hosted by Apple Inc. at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference. The event is meant to recognize the best and most innovative Macintosh software and hardware produced by independent developers, as well as the best and most creative uses of Apple's products. The ADAs, as they are commonly known, are awarded in a variety of categories which vary from year to year. The Apple Design Awards have been presented each year since 1996, though for the first two years of their existence they were known as the Human Interface Design Excellence, or HIDE, awards.
Since 2003 the physical awards were designed with an Apple logo that glows when touched. These new awards were engineered and built by Sparkfactor Design.[1][2] The early awards were dubbed the "Heidis", but this name was dropped in 1998, in favor of the simpler Apple Design Awards.
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[edit] 2008 Winners
Best Leopard Student Product:
Best Mac OS X Leopard Graphics and Media Application:
- Winner: ScreenFlow by Vara Software Limited
- Runner Up: FotoMagico by Boinx Software Ltd.
Best Mac OS X Leopard User Experience:
- Winner: Macnification by Orbicule
- Runner Up: Checkout by Werck BV
Best Mac OS X Leopard Game:
- Winner: Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock [1] by Aspyr Media
- Runner Up: Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars [2] by Electronic Arts
Best Mac OS X Leopard Application:
- Winner: ScreenFlow by Vara Software Limited
- Runner Up: Bee Docs’ Timeline 3D Edition by Bee Documents
Best iPhone Web App:
- Winner: Remember the Milk by Remember the Milk
- Runner Up: AP Mobile News Network by The Associated Press
Best iPhone Game Winner:
Best iPhone Entertainment Application Winner:
- AOL Radio by AOL LLC
Best iPhone Social Networking Application Winner:
Best iPhone Productivity Application Winner:
Best iPhone Healthcare & Fitness Application Winner:
- MIM by MIMvista Corp.
[edit] 2007 Winners
Best Mac OS X Leopard Application
- Winner: Delicious Library 2 (alpha), Delicious Monster
- Runner Up: iBank 3.0a, IGG Software
Best Mac OS X User Experience
- Winner: Coda 1.0, Panic Software
- Runner Up: Sandvox 1.2, Karelia Software
Best Mac OS X Developer Tool
Best Mac OS X Dashboard Widget
- Winner: BART Widget, Bret Victor
- Runner Up: Pemdas 1.1, Donkey Entertainment
Best Mac OS X Scientific Computing Solution
- Winner: Papers 1.0, mekentosj.com
- Runner Up: SingleCrystal 1.3, CrystalMaker Software
Best Mac OS X Game
- Winner: World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, Blizzard Entertainment
- Runner Up: Wacky Mini Golf! 1.01, DanLabGames
Best Mac OS X Student Product
- Winner: Picturesque 1.0, Acqualia
- Runner Up: Pathway 1.0, Dennis Lorson
[edit] 2006 Winners
Best Mac OS X User Experience
Best OS X Graphics
Best Developer Tool
Best Scientific Computing Solution
Best Game
- Winner: The Sims 2
- Runner Up: Wingnuts 2 [10]
Best Mac OS X Student Product
Best Widget
Best Automator Workflow
- Winner: Build Real Estate Catalog/Ultimate Productivity Action Pack [15]
- Runner Up: Lecture Recording Workflow 1.2, University of Michigan School of Dentistry [16]
[edit] 2005 Winners
Best Mac OS X Tiger Technology Adoption
- Winner: Transmit 3.2, Panic, Inc.
- Runner Up: iSale 1.7, equinux USA, Inc.
- Special Mention: OmniOutliner 3.0.3, The Omni Group
Best Mac OS X User Experience
- Winner: Delicious Library 1.5, Delicious Monster
- Runner Up: 3D Weather Globe & Atlas Mac OS X Edition, Software MacKiev
Best Product New to Mac OS X
- Winner: Comic Life 1.1, plasq
- Runner Up: Delicious Library 1.5, Delicious Monster
- Special Mention: eDrawings for Mac 2006, SolidWorks
Best Mac OS X Entertainment Product
- Winner: World of Warcraft 1.3.1, Blizzard Entertainment
- Runner Up: Jammin' Racer 1.01, DanLabGames
Best Use of Open Source
- Winner: OsiriX 1.6.4, Antoine Rosset, Osman Ratib, Lance Pysher, David Davies-Payne, Luca Spadola, Bruce Rakes
- Runner Up: Blender 2.36, Blender Foundation
- Special Mention: AdiumX, Evan Schoenberg, Adam Iser
Best Mac OS X Scientific Computing Solution
- Winner: DataTank 2005-5, Visual Data Tools, Inc.
- Runner Up: OsiriX 1.6.4, Antoine Rosset, Osman Ratib, Lance Pysher, David Davies-Payne, Luca Spadola, Bruce Rakes
- Special Mention: Mathematica, Wolfram Research
Best Mac OS X Server Solution
- Winner: Quicksilver InfiniBand Software for Mac OS X, SilverStorm Technologies (now QLogic), Small Tree Communications
- Runner Up: Elektron 1.0.1, Corriente Networks LLC
Best Mac OS X Student Product
- Winner: GraphClick, Simon Bovet [17]
- Runner Up: iMap 3.1, Peter Schols [18]
- Special Mention: Sonic Birth, Antoine Missout [19]
[edit] 2004 Winners
Best Mac OS X Product
- Winner: Big Bang Chess 1.0, Freeverse Software
- Runner-up: Unison 1.0.2a, Panic Inc.
Best Product New to Mac OS
- Winner: Contribute 2, Macromedia Inc.
- Runner-up: GraphViz 1.12 (v11), Pixelglow Software
Most Innovative Mac OS X Product
- Winner: ToySight 1.0, Freeverse Software
- Runner-up: SwordfishExpress 2.0, buyolympia.com
Best Mac OS X User Experience
- Winner: Unison 1.0.2a, Panic Inc.
- Runner-up: SOHO Business Cards 1.0, Chronos LLC
Best Mac OS X Technology Adoption
- Winner: Big Bang Chess 1.0, Freeverse Software
- Runner-up: PulpFiction 1.0, Freshly Squeezed Software
Best Mac OS X Open Source Product
- Winner: GraphViz 1.12 (v11), Pixelglow Software
- Runner-up: PureFTPd Manager 1.2, Jean-Matthieu Schaffhauser
Best Mac OS X Server Solution
- Winner: iNquiry 4.05d, The BioTeam
- Runner-up: gridMathematica 1.1, Wolfram Research, Inc.
Best Mac OS X Entertainment Product
- Winner: Unreal Tournament 2004 for Macintosh v1.0, MacSoft
- Runner-up: Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne v1.0, Blizzard Entertainment
Best Mac OS X Scientific Computing Solution
- Winner: Mac TetrUSS v010804, NASA Langley Research Center
- Runner-up: Volocity 2.6.1, Improvision
- Honorable Mention: IBM XL Fortran Advanced Edition 8.1, IBM
Best Mac OS X Student Product
- Winner: 4Peaks, Alexander Griekspoor, Tom Groothuis, Oncology Graduate School Amsterdam
- Runner-up: Curvus Pro X, Simon Bovet, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Best QuickTime Content for Education
- Winner: Conflict Lab’s Rotunda, Conflict Lab, Inc.
- Runner-up: Commanding Heights, WGBH Interactive
Best QuickTime Content for Promotion
- Winner: Robbie Williams “Knebworth” QuickTime Promo, Bluish, Ltd.
- Runner-up: Yamashiro Restaurant Virtual Tour, Axis Images
Best QuickTime Content for Entertainment
- Winner: FreeCaster Sports, Barsark AB
- Runner-up: Bright and Shine, Antonio Hui
Best Performance Demo of a Shipping Product
- Winner: ATI Technologies, Inc , ATI Animusic’s Pipe Dream Demo
- Runner-up: ATI Technologies, Inc , ATI Rendering with Natural Light Demo
Most Innovative Apple Technology Performance Demo
- Winner: Advanced Analytic System Design, Inc., Freefall
- Runner-up: Symbiot, Symbiot iSIMS
[edit] 2003 Winners
Best Mac OS X Product (Best of Show)
- Winner: Salling Clicker 1.5, Salling Software
- Runner Up: World Book 2003 Jaguar Edition, Software MacKiev
Most Innovative Mac OS X Product
- Winner: Salling Clicker 1.5, Salling Software
- Runner Up: Starry Night Pro 4.0, SPACE.com Canada
Best Mac OS X User Experience
- Winner: Starry Night Backyard 4.0, SPACE.com Canada
- Runner Up: Transmit 2, Panic
Best Mac OS X Technology Adoption
- Winner: World Book 2003 Jaguar Edition, Software MacKiev
- Runner Up: Spell Catcher X, Evan Gross
Best Mac OS X Student Product
- Winner: Hydra 1.0.1, Martin Ott, Martin Pittenauer, Dominik Wagner, and Ulrich Bauer (now renamed SubEthaEdit)
- Runner Up: SignalScope 1.0.5, Benjamin Faber
Best Mac OS X Use of Open Source
- Winner: Fugu 1.0, University of Michigan
- Runner Up: VLC 0.5.3, Samuel Hocevar
Best Mac OS X Server Solution:
- Winner: iNquiry 1.0, BioTeam
- Runner Up: Radmind 0.8.4, University of Michigan
Best QuickTime Content Created by a Student
- Winner: Drive By Punch, Stephen Mebs [20]
- Runner Up: Nature and Water, Mario Palomera
Best QuickTime Content Created by an Individual
- Winner: OICs MusicBox Presenting Superfluid, Robert West and Michael Schaff
- Runner Up: Paraphonic Midnight Sounds, Jonathan Puckey
Best QuickTime Content Created by a Company
- Winner: BMW Films Campaign—"The Hire" Enhanced Film Experience, Fallon Worldwide
- Runner Up: The Beautiful Mistake QuickTime Player, Tubatomic Studio
[edit] 2002 Winners
Best New Mac OS X Product
- Winner: Toon Boom Studio 1.1, Toon Boom
- Runner Up: Marketcircle DayLite 1.0.1, Marketcircle Inc.
Most Innovative Mac OS X Product
- Winner: Watson 1.5, Karelia Software, LLC
- Runner Up: Toon Boom Studio 1.1, Toon Boom
Best Mac OS X User Experience
- Winner: OmniGraffle 2.0, Omni Development Inc.
- Runner Up: STX 1.0, Salon Transcripts
Best Mac OS X Technology Adoption
- Winner: OmniGraffle 2.0, Omni Development Inc.
- Runner Up: Vektor 3 3.1.3, Manfred Schubert
Best Mac OS X Open Source Port
- Winner: TeXShop 1.19, Richard Koch, Mathematics Department, University of Oregon
- Runner Up: SIDekick 1.1, Axel Wefers
Best Mac OS X Student Product
- Winner: MacJournal 2.1, Dan Schimpf
- Runner Up: CanCombineIcons 2.1.0, David Remahl
[edit] 2001 Winners
Best New Mac OS X Product
- Winner: OmniWeb 4.0, The Omni Group
- Runner Up: Xtools 1.0.3, Tenon Intersystems
Most Innovative Mac OS X Product
- Winner: Xtools 1.0.3, Tenon Intersystems
- Runner Up: MYOB AccountEdge 1.0, MYOB US, Inc.
Best Mac OS X User Experience
- Winner: OmniWeb 4.0, The Omni Group
- Runner Up: Drive 10 1.0.0, Micromat, Inc.
Best Mac OS X Technology Adoption
- Winner: AutoCompleter 1.0, Catchy Software
- Runner Up: REALbasic 3.2, REAL Software, Inc.
[edit] 2000 Winners
Best New Product
- Winner: ViaVoice Millennium Edition, IBM
- Runner Up: Thinking Home 1.0, Always Thinking, Inc.
Most Innovative Product
- Winner: LiveStage Professional, Totally Hip Software Inc.
- Runner Up: Thinking Home 1.0, Always Thinking, Inc.
Best Look & Feel
- Winner: Math Mysteries 1.0, Tom Snyder Productions
- Runner Up: REALbasic 2.0, REAL Software, Inc.
Best Apple Technology Adoption
- Winner: Thinking Home 1.0, Always Thinking, Inc.
- Runner Up: LiveStage Professional, Totally Hip Software Inc.
[edit] 1999 Winners
Best New Product
- Winner: REALbasic 1.0, REAL Software
- Runner-Up: Disk Warrior 1.0, Alsoft
Most Innovative
- Winner: Disk Warrior 1.0, Alsoft
- Runner-Up: REALbasic 1.0, REAL Software
Best Macintosh User Experience
- Winner: Food Chain 1.0, Cajun Games
- Runner-Up: REALbasic 1.0, REAL Software
Best Apple Technology Adoption
- Winner: Cutie Mascot Jr. 1.5, Kohshin Graphic Systems
- Runner-Up: Virtual Game Station, Connectix
[edit] 1998 Winners
Most Innovative
- Winner: Flash 2, Macromedia
- First Runner-Up: Legacy of Time: The Journeyman Project 3, Presto Studios, Inc.
- Second Runner-Up: Office 98 Macintosh Edition, Microsoft Corporation
Best Look & Feel
- Winner: Preflight Pro 1.0, Extensis Corporation
- First Runner-Up: PlusMaker 1.0.1, Alsoft, Inc.
- Second Runner-Up: Virtual PC 2.0, Connectix Corporation
Best Apple Technology Adoption
- Winner: Stuffit Deluxe 4.5, Aladdin Systems, Inc.
- First Runner-Up: PowerMail 2.0, CTM Development
- Second Runner-Up: FaceSpan 3.0, Digital Technology International
[edit] 1997 Human Interface Design Excellence (HIDE) Award Winners
Most Innovative
- Winner: Kai’s Power GOO 1.0, MetaTools, Inc.
- First Runner Up: Starry Night Deluxe 2.0, Sienna Software, Inc.
- Second Runner Up: YOYO Telephone Manager for Macintosh 1.5.1, Big Island Communications, Inc.
Most Elegant
- Winner: Starry Night Deluxe 2.0, Sienna Software, Inc.
- First Runner Up: CalcWorks 1.5.2, John Brochu
- Second Runner Up: AMBER: Journeys Beyond 1.0, Changeling, Inc.
Best Look & Feel
- Winner: YOYO Telephone Manager for Macintosh 1.5.1, Big Island Communications, Inc.
- First Runner Up: Adobe Illustrator 6.0, Adobe Systems, Inc.
- Second Runner Up: Symantec Visual Cafe for Macintosh 1.0, Symantec Corp.
Best Overall Design
- Winner: YOYO Telephone Manager for Macintosh 1.5.1, Big Island Communications, Inc.
- First Runner Up: Starry Night Deluxe 2.0, Sienna Software, Inc.
- Second Runner Up: Kai’s Power GOO 1.0, MetaTools, Inc.
[edit] References
- ^ Sparkfactor Design portfolio. Retrieved on 2007-04-08.
- ^ Mekentosj. inside the apple design award. Retrieved on 2007-05-30.