The Design and Business Catalyst Award takes traditional design competitions a step further by recognizing excellence in market and financial performance as well as strategic and social impact. Created by IDSA and BusinessWeek magazine, the competition rewards management’s foresight in using the power of design beyond the actual design process. The purpose of the Catalyst Award is to recognize winning design’s business success. Calculated to capture data on design impact, the Catalyst will show companies that design is fundamentally woven into business success. The Catalyst Award competition is open to all designers from around the world with one notable exception: jurors, their employees and immediate family members may not enter the competition. Deadline: 10 July 2006, with a late deadline on 17 July.