The iPoint pencil sharpeners are a proud recipient of a 2006 GODD DESIGN AWARD. The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design announces the Museum's annual GOOD DESIGN™ Awards for 2006 won by the world's most prestigious industrial design firms and manufacturers in over 25 countries. iPoint from Westcott is a proud recipient of one of those awards.

Founded in 1950, GOOD DESIGN is the world's oldest and most celebrated awards program that bestows international recognition upon designers and manufacturers for advancing new and innovative product concepts and for stretching the envelope beyond what is considered standard product and consumer design.

The Awards for 2006 are for the following categories: electronics, sports equipment, children's products, furniture, office products, industrial equipment, medical equipment, fabric/textiles, automotive/transportation, urban furniture/architecture, tabletop, kitchen andbath, household appliances, household products, lighting, hardware/tools, personal products, and graphics and packagingósure to influence the environments and the ways in which we live, work, and play around the world and in the new millennium.

For the 2006 edition of GOOD DESIGN, The Chicago Athenaeum received hundreds of applications from 6 continents contributing to the international importance of the historic GOOD DESIGN Awards. Over 250 products and graphic designs were selected by a distinguished jury of recognized architects, designers, and authorities in the design world for recent designs worthy of the Museumís GOOD DESIGN Award, attesting to the design energy, vitality, and current innovation in global design today.

The Jury for GOOD DESIGN based their decisions on aesthetic criteria stated in the original 1950 Program -- criteria which measures innovation, form, materials, construction, concept, function and utility. Product appearance and aesthetic appeal is also considered. To learn more, please visit the Chicago Athenaeum website.