Juror: 2009 Consumer Electronics Show (CES)

Rick was a juror for the 2009 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Innovations Awards.

Spark Awards: Livescribe & one or a bunch

Silver for the one or a bunch vases and bronze for the Livescribe Smart Pen. They are on display at the Autodesk gallery in San Francisco until January. 

IDEA Finalist: Automatic Teapot

The Automatic Teapot is an IDEA Finalist in the 2008 IDSA IDEA Competition sponsored by the Industrial Designers Society of America and Business Week magazine.

Keynote Speaker: Innovation Conference – Taipei, Taiwan

"Design Makes it Different When All Else is the Same" was the topic of Rick Lewis' keynote talk at the 2007 SME Innovation & Transition Conference in Taipei, Taiwan. The symposium, hosted by the Small & Medium Enterprise Administration, Ministry of Economics and the China Productivity Center, focused on challenges facing companies as they look to grow in the global marketplace.

SFO Airport Museum: Prototype to Product Exhibition

The Tea Spot Automatic Teapot, was featured at the SFO Airport Museum Exhibition – Prototype to Product Exhibition. July 2007-January 2008. The exhibition featured thirty-three projects from the San Francisco Bay Area design community.

IDSA / IDEA Bronze Award

The Luna: Light + Air Door, designed for COCIF Cooperativa, won a 2006 Industrial Design Excellence Award [IDEA] sponsored by Business Week Magazine.

Juror: 2004 IDSA Industrial Design Excellence Awards

Rick was a juror for the 2004 Industrial Designers Society of America IDEA Awards. An exciting experience over the course of two days with all 17 jurors reviewing, voting and debating the merits of the entries.

Luna: Light + Air Door

The Luna: Light + Air Door, designed for COCIF Cooperativa, won a Honorable Mention in the La Porta del Paradiso / a door to paradise competition by designboom.

Luna was also exhibited at the Milan Furniture Fair in the Milan Triennale.

Speaker: International Housewares Show / Chicago

Magic: designs that engage, inspire and satisfy was Rick's topic for his speech at the 2004 International Housewares Show in Chicago.

For a summary of the essential elements in the speech go to the "How" Tab at the top of the page.

Workshop: Designing the Experience - Taipei, Taiwan

Rick led a two day workshop on what designing experiences is all about at the China Productivity Center Innovation Design Conference. The workshop included hands-on lessons.

Attendees included design managers and designers from companies including Acer, Tsann Kuen, Mustek and Tatung University.