Recognition
Metaform Product Development has earned numerous international design and industry awards including the prestigious BusinessWeek + IDSA IDEA Industrial Design Excellence Award, CES Consumer Electronics Show Innovations Design and Engineering Award, Chicago Athenaeum Good Design Award, and the ID Magazine Annual Design Review Selection, just to name a few. Metaform's designs have also been published and exhibited internationally. Our greatest honor, however, comes from seeing people use, enjoy, and benefit from the products we create.
Awards

2017 IDA International Design Award, GOLD 1st Prize | LUMINNO GlowaSwitch
2014 United States Utility Patent US8770424 | Luminescent Wall Plate
2011 IBM SmartCamp Austin People's Vote Award | Waldo Health
2009 European Patent EP1942345 | Self-purging, air-stabilizing breath analysis
2008 Inc. Magazine Seven New Technology Marvels | BACtrack B70
2007 United States Patent USD539683 | Breathalyzer
2007 CES Innovations Design + Engineering Award, Eco-Design | Sun Ray 270
2006 Chicago Athenaeum Good Design Award | Sun Ray 270
2003 United States Patent USD476549 | Switch Trim Plate
2003 Wi-Fi Planet Best of Show Award | Firetide HotPoint Mesh Router
2003 DEMOmobile DEMOgod Award | FIretide HotPoint Mesh Router
2000 Action Toy Review Toy of the Year| Star Wars Episode I ActionFleet
1999 Industrial Designer Society of America Bay Area's Best | VCR Co-Pilot
1999 BusinessWeek IDEA, Bronze, Consumer Products | VCR Co-Pilot
1999 Toy Fair Golden Toy Award | Star Wars Episode I ActionFleet
1996 Action Toy Review Toy of the Year | Star Wars Classic ActionFleet
1995 Toy Fair Golden Toy Award | Star Wars Classic ActionFleet
1993 Modern Plastics Annual Design Awards, Grand Prize | Polaroid MicroCam
1992 USOC SETC Sports Equipment Design Award | Gymtek Vaulting System
1991 ID International Designer's Choice Mark | Electronic Abacus
1991 ID Magazine Annual Design Review, Selection, Concepts | Electronic Abacus
Exhibitions
2007 - 2008 Prototype to Product
San Francisco International Airport Museums
San Francisco, California, USA
2007 International CES Innovations Showcase
Consumer Electronics Show, Sands Expo Center
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
2007 Points of View: Experiences in the Industrial Design Profession
Thompson Art Gallery, San Jose State University School of Art & Design San Jose, California, USA
2000 New Century Product Design Exhibition
Industrial Design Associations of China + Guangdong Province
Guangzhou, China
1999 Vision + Reality
ID projects honored nationally and internationally in the '90s
Curated by Aaron Betsky, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
San Francisco, California, USA
1999 IDSA Bay Area's Best
Center for the Arts, Yerba Buena Gardens
San Francisco, California USA
1991 West Coast Industrial Design Exhibition
SFO International Airport
San Francisco, California USA
Speaking Engagements + Teaching
Metaform's David Shaw has taught Industrial Design in the California State University system and has guest lectured at universities both in the United States and Asia including San Jose State University, San Francisco State University, and Chang Gung University in Taiwan among others.
David has also given presentations at numerous public and corporate events expounding the profund role of industrial design and the benefits considerate design brings to both business and society.
David has also served as an invited featured lecturer for the IDSA Industrial Designers Society of America Professional Lecture Series.
To disuss cost/fees and schedule a speaking engagement, please email us at: info@metaformdesign.com
Publications
Inc. 5000 Issue August 26, 2008
October 16, 2007
Daab Summer 2006
September 15, 2003
Japan 1999 Special Edition
The Yearbook of Industrial Design Excellence Fall 1999
June 9, 1999
May 1996
April 1996
June 1993
International Design November 1991
International Design Annual Design Review July / August 1991