2004 AM Excellence in Design 1st Place Majors Product: Arrow Gastop Criteria: “This year’s Excellence in Design (EID) winning entries represent a successful combination of innovative technologies and unusual styling. All excel in the areas of aesthetics; ergonomics/human factors; and innovative features—the three criteria by which a three-person panel of industrial design experts judged the entries.”
2003 Design Journal ADEX Gold Award (Award for Design Excellence) Product: Arrow Gastop Criteria: As judged in the kitchen & bath category by interior designers and architects. “Design Journal as a way of recognizing superior product design introduced the Awards for Design Excellence (ADEX).”
2003 Appliance Advisor.com BEST of SHOW Product; Arrow Gastop Criteria: As judged at the KBIS 2003 (Kitchen & Bath Industry Show) from new products introduced. “In this report ApplianceAdvisor will discuss every new major appliance introduced at the Kitchen and Bath Show. “ We walk the shows till our feet bleed, interrogate the unwilling, and sift through gobs of mind jellifying press kits.”
2001 Building Products TOP 100 Products Award Product: Dial 2000 MagicTouch Electric Cooktop Criteria: “This award certifies that MagicTouch cooktop from Caldera was one of the Top 100 lead-generating products of 2001.”
2000 Kitchen & Bath Business 1st Place Cooking Equipment PRODUCT INNOVATORS Award Product: Dial 2000 MagicTouch Electric Cooktop Criteria: “In honor of your excellence in product design and function – based upon innovation, aesthetics, technical advancements, and value.”
1997 AM Excellence in Design Runner-Up Majors Product: MagicTouch Electric Cooktop: SMT36 Criteria: “A three-person panel of industrial-design experts evaluated entries according to these criteria: 1) aesthetics 2) ergonomics/human factors 3) innovative features. Ergonomics and product innovations played even greater roles in AM's Tenth Annual Excellence in Design competition, as this year's entries incorporated sophisticated features in stylish ways.”
1995 AM Excellence in Design 1s Place Majors and #1 Overall Product: Gas burners installed directly into a one-piece granite countertop. Criteria: Judged for innovation, human factors and aesthetics. “While representative of a diverse range of products – 10 categories in all – the winners are linked by a common thread: innovation. A panel of industrial design experts gravitated towards those entries that demonstrated innovation as it pertains to styling, human factors and overall uniqueness of design and product concept.”
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