3M Recognized for Design Excellence

3M Recognized for Design Excellence
They stick. They protect. They project. Some clean. Some manage wounds, while others manage light.

For more than 100 years, the signature innovation behind 3M's 55,000+ products has delivered practical and ingenious solutions to the world, and recent honors suggest such innovation is actually by design.

Three products recently received recognition for advancing standards in product design: the Filtrete ultra slim air purifier, the 3M digital media system (DMS) 710 multimedia projector, and the Scotch paper cutter.

The Filtrete air purifier received the 2006 GOOD Design Award from The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design (household products category), and the 3M multimedia projector was selected for inclusion in the ADI (Associazione per il Disegno Industriale) Design Index 2006, a publication in Italy that recognizes select products for quality and innovation in aesthetics, form, function and type.

The Scotch paper cutter also received design honors from both organizations (office products category for the GOOD Design Award).

"3M continues to be dedicated to the critical combination of performance with design," said Mauro Porcini, 3M design manager.