Idea (disambiguation)

An idea is an image existing or formed in the mind.

Idea or IDEA or similar may also refer to:

People

Idea Vilariño (1920–2009), a Uruguayan poet, essayist and literary critic
General Idea, a collective of three Canadian artists, Felix Partz, Jorge Zontal and AA Bronson, who were active from 1967 to 1994

International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, an intergovernmental organization with regional offices in Latin America (Costa Rica), Asia and the Pacific (Australia) and Africa (Ethiopia)
Local Government Improvement and Development, a United Kingdom local government organization previously known as the Improvement and Development Agency (IDEA)

Idea (political party), a political party in Slovakia
Identity and Action (IDEA), a political party in Italy
IDEA – List for Veneto, a former political party in Veneto, Italy
Ieros Desmos Ellinon Axiomatikon (ΙΔΕΑ, Sacred Bond of Greek Officers), a right-wing group of officers in the Greek army in the 1940s–1960s whose members led the Greek military junta of 1967–74
Megali Idea, an irredentist concept of Greek nationalism
Szeged Idea, refers to the proto-fascist ideology that developed among anti-communist counter-revolutionaries in Szeged, Hungary in 1919

IDEA (journal), a law review published by an independent student organization at the Franklin Pierce Center for Intellectual Property at the University of New Hampshire School of Law
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, a U.S. federal law on the education of primary school students with disabilities
Wisconsin Idea, the policy developed in the U.S. state of Wisconsin that fosters public universities' contributions to the state

Idea, another word for Motif (music)
Idea (album), by the Bee Gees
Idea (TV special), about the Bee Gees
Idea Records, a record label
The Idea (musical), an 1893 Broadway musical
Eyedea (1981–2010), a rapper and part of the hip-hop duo Eyedea & Abilities
"Wrong Idea", a 2001 song by Americans rappers Bad Azz and Snoop Dogg featuring Kokane, and Lil' ½ Dead

Fiat Idea, a compact car
International Design Excellence Awards, an award program previously co-sponsored by BusinessWeek magazine, and in 2010 Fast Company magazine and the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA)
I.DE.A Institute, an automobile design and engineering company
IDEA, a high-mileage plug-in hybrid electric van produced by Bright Automotive

IDEA League, a loose alliance of five European universities
Idea (news agency), an evangelical news agency in Germany
Innovation, Development and Employment Alliance, a business coalition aiming to secure intellectual property rights
Institute for Dynamic Educational Advancement, an organization promoting computer-based learning
Intelligent Design and Evolution Awareness Center, a Christian nonprofit organization formed as a student club to promote the pseudoscientific principle of intelligent design at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
International Diving Educators Association, a scuba diver training agency
Idea Cellular, a wireless telephony company in India
International Deaf Education Association (IDEA), an organization focused on the program of educating the deaf in Bohol, Philippines initiated by the United States Peace Corps
IDEA (supermarkets), a retail chain in Serbia
Idea, the Serbian brand for the Konzum supermarket chain
International Dialogue for Environmental Action, an international campaign launched by Ms Leyla Aliyeva on July 12, 2011 in Baku, Azerbaijan
IDEA Public Schools, a Texas non-profit organization of tuition-free K-12 charter schools