Millennium product
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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 TX1
- 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.