Cooper Journal: IDEA Bronze award for litl interactive experience

IDEA Bronze award for litl interactive experience

by The Editors on June 28, 2010 | Comments (1)

Congratulations to the litl team for a great showing at the International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA), taking home awards in packaging, hardware and software, the latter of which we're proud to have contributed to. We're thrilled to have been part of such an amazing team and grateful for the recognition from the IDEA panel and litl.

Here's what the judges had to say about the litl user interface:

Designed to remove the barriers between you and web content, it is extremely simple to use and eliminates the clutter and distractions of traditional computer interfaces.

Credits from the litl blog:

Thank you and credit to John Chuang, Aaron Tang, Chris Bambacus, Chris Moody, Havoc Pennington, Eben Eliason and Ron Frank of litl; Daniel Kuo, David Fore, Jenea Hayes and Noah Guyot of Cooper; and Christian Marc Schmidt and Lisa Strausfeld of Pentagram.

1 Comment

David Fore

July 2, 2010

Congratulations, Cooper! Nice to get an award for the fine work your organization does.

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