Millennium product
Appearance
The Millennium Product status was awarded by the Design Council to British products and companies which show "imagination, ingenuity and inspiration" as well as "innovation, creativity and design".[1]
Over 4,000 products were submitted, and 1,012 were selected for the award.[2] The products were exhibited adjacent to the Millennium Dome during 2000.
Notable Millennium Products
Products and services
- Azoxystrobin agricultural fungicide
- British Aerospace's Skeleton Bobsled
- BBC's Walking With Dinosaurs TV series
- Freeplay Energy radio
- MindGym video game
- Mondex
- NHS Direct
- Open.... interactive TV service
- Remarkable recycled pencil
- Royal Mail's Millennium Stamps
- Spectrum Technologies Capris 50 Laser Wire marking System
Buildings and construction
- American Air Museum in Britain
- British Film Institute's London IMAX cinema
- Lantau Link, Hong Kong
- The Lighthouse, Glasgow, Scotland's Centre for Design and Architecture
- National Marine Aquarium, Plymouth
- Reichstag building reconstruction in Berlin by Foster and Partners
Transport
- London Taxis International TXI
- Lotus Elise
- Optare Solo bus
- Ford Puma Millennium Edition
References
- ^ http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=12341
- ^ "Millennium Products". Design Council. Archived from the original on 27 August 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.