Everyone likes a pat on the back and home appliance giant Philips ( www.philips.com.hk ) is no exception. It recently scooped a number of accolades given annually by various global design bodies including four Industry Forum (IF) awards in Hanover, Germany, three Industrial Design Excellence awards (IDEA) in the United States, the Design for Asia award and the Australian Design award. Among the winning products were the Key 004 portable digital audio player (left), the EM Emotive Micro Range audio system (above left) and the AJ3 136 clock radio (above) with personalised wake-up sounds. These products will be released in Hong Kong later this year.