The Best Product Designs for 2005 from Businessweek

The Best Product Designs, my personal picks out of the businessweek 158 long list are:

Johnson Controls 9100 Series Environmental Room Control Sensors. I have these mercury bulb thermostats in my house and with two settings, freezing or roasting and nothing in between.

The Mac Mini. Apple has always delivered beautiful products, the Mac Mini might not be so hot in terms of performance but it looks real nice.



I love my iPod photo and the JBL OnStage would make a cool addition to it. So far I connected my iPod to some old PC speakers so I can listen to music when I shower.



Alienware has always had cool designs and this Alienware ALX Desktop Computer beast is another one with silent liquid cooling.

This BenQ LCD Monitor Crazy Arm looks like it came right out of the Matrix. I think it looks real cool and would love to have all my gadgets hooked up to it.



Motorola Razr V3 Mobile Phone is an incredible phone, beautiful, useful and razor slim.



I am addicted to coffee and like to try all kinds, the CafeSolo coffee-maker is a new way to make your coffee. Buy the CafeSolo Coffee Maker from Amazon if you want.

Remember the Rubik Cube? well the 3D Mechanical Puzzle looks like it is going to be the new puzzle that will have everyone struggling to solve.

Nokia has some nicely designed phones and other that are not so great. The Nokia 2650 Mobile Phone is one of the better phones, not too complicated and nice looking also.

The MINI_motion Watch is a really ince looking watch, I understand they sold out and now they are making some more.

I always had a problem with those ear bud headphones that always fall off. The other headphones that have ear clips also hurt my ears after a while. These Philips HS740 Lasso Fashion Headphones look like they might be the best solution.

I don't need a knife but the Gerber Truss Clip Knife is so cool looking, I need to own this one and carry it around with me.



Is it a laptop ? Is it a TV? Is it an entertainment center? Is it cool looking?
This is what it is.

I wonder if this jeep is sold anywhere? I have not seen any on the road driving sidways.

HP has put together your own personal HP Masher Digital Music Mixing Device Concept which is a suitcase that can uses ipods and allows you to mix your own music. Truly amazing.

Other cool designs that I liked are:

Lexus LF-A Concept Car
Snap Bracelet Concept
HP DJammer concept
Microsoft Windows Home Center
Nike ID