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It's been suggested over at TeleRead that possibly focus groups should have been applied to this process... also suggestions that there may have been internal political issues at work, or an overemphasis placed on the winner's credentials. I don't have enough info to address the political or credentials issue, but I agree a larger focus group would have been advisable.
We do know that the IDPF gave itself about a week, 2 weeks max, to decide on a winner (so they could notify them in enough time for them to possibly attend their NYC conference). Is a week or so enough time to properly evaluate over 200 entries and pick a winner? In this case, I'd say "I don't think so."
I would also love to see the gamut of entries, along with their explanatory text... but now that the winner has been chosen, what's the chance the IDPF will allow anyone to second-guess them? I expect that unless all of the entrants decide to post their designs in one place for evaluation, we will never see most of them, and therefore never know what the winner beat.
(Oh... I'm sorry... I was supposed to have moved on. My bad.)
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