Innovation is in! We invite you to a celebration of ingenuity and innovative design at the first ever Cool Idea! Award gallery event, sponsored by Proto Labs.





Get up close and personal with 9 genius products that have received a Proto Labs Cool Idea! Award, mingle with industry professionals, and enjoy some food and drink.





Featured Recipients:

r-one

Roughrider Wheelchair

SkyLight

6dot

SOLOSHOT

Everpurse

FLOOME

VOTO

Garageio





The Proto Labs Cool Idea! Award program provides a total of $250,000 in services each year to entrepreneurs developing new products in the United States and Europe. Unlike other product awards that recognize products after they’re in mass production and on store shelves, the Cool Idea! Award is meant to help innovative ideas come to life.





2014 Cool Idea! Award Judge Panel:

Brooks Atwood – POD Design

Ray Hu – Core77

David Lang – OpenROV

Larry Lukis – Proto Labs

Scott N. Miller – Dragon Innovation

Joe Rizk – IDEO





Read more about the Cool Idea! Award Program here!