The product design competition has existed since 1955. Its award, the “red dot”, is an internationally recognised quality seal. The best products receive the “red dot: best of the best” award.
The competition for design concepts and prototypes is held annually in Singapore. The highest award for the best of all concepts is the red dot: luminary which includes prize money of $5,000.
The highest award in the communication design competition is the “red dot: grand prix” for the best work in a category. The “red dot: junior prize”, which includes prize money of 10,000 euros, will be awarded to the best student work.
design award news
Tuesday, 5 June 2007
Porsche Design presents its first mobile in the red dot design museum
Once more, the red dot design museum was the presentation venue for an exciting new product: Yesterday, Porsche Design Group and the French Sagem Communication (Safran Group) presented the first Porsche Design mobile phone P’9521. In May 2006, both companies signed a licence agreement and the result of this cooperation is very impressing: The Porsche mobile phone unites a puristic design made of high-quality, natural materials such as aluminium and mineral glass with an innovative technology. More »
Friday, 1 June 2007
Interview with Universal Home scholarship winner Chao Zheng
The 22-year-old architecture student Chao Zheng from Wuhan, China, has been researching the universal home for the future in the ‘Universal Home’ research project together with the other international scholarship holders since October 2006. More »
Tuesday, 29 May 2007
Beautiful New World – Is Design Dubai’s Future?
The first International Design Forum (IDF) is presently taking place in Dubai. It focuses on design in and for the Arabian world and is about to become a great success. Since 27 May 2007 the participants have been discussing jointly with renowned designers, architects and personalities from industry and science about the future role of design and creativity as innovative driving force. As official partner of the IDF red dot is on location with an exhibition of award-winning products and engages in strengthening the role of design as an economic factor in the Arabian world and actively promoting Arabian designers. More »
Tuesday, 29 May 2007
red dot on tour - Professor Dr. Zec as design and economy expert in Dubai
The exhibition with which red dot is currently presenting itself at the International Design Forum in Dubai has turned out to be a great success. It is well received by organisers and speakers alike. Even H.H. Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, president of the Executive Council of Dubai and patron of the International Design Forum, insisted on visiting the exhibition of award-winning products and talking to Professor Dr. Peter Zec, initiator of the red dot design award and member of the Design Advisory Council of the International Design Forum, about the red dot design award when paying a short visit to the Forum. More »
Wednesday, 23 May 2007
Prominent Korean visitor in the red dot design museum
A city of millions discovers the subject of design for its purposes: Seoul. In July last year, the Mayor of Seoul, OH Se Hoon surprised the design world with his inauguration speech in which he claimed that, “the 21st century is the age of design. From today on we are all designers with the task of making Seoul the best city in the world. […]”. There has rarely been such a clear commitment to the subject of design from the leading politician of a country before. More »
Friday, 18 May 2007
Flashback: red dot award: design concept 2005 - “Totemo” designed by Joey Roth
While still a student in Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania, Joey Roth came up with a concept to strip down the computer to its bare essentials, transforming it into an aesthetically pleasing form with 2 powerful benefits, silence and a well-cooled CPU. More »
Friday, 18 May 2007
Interview with Iris Prehn
Iris Prehn, industrial designer from Kiel and scholarship winner of the ‘Universal Home’ project, has been researching new materials and designs for the 60+ generation. Until September she is designing the ‘Universal Home’, an integrative home for the future. In an interview with red dot online, Iris Prehn spoke about her visions of a future Universal Home and about her current state of research. More »
Wednesday, 16 May 2007
red dot is the knowledge partner of the International Design Forum Dubai
In the face of the Arab world’s constantly growing significance for the international market the International Design Forum (IDF) will this year for the first time take place from 27 to 29 May 2007 in Dubai. red dot is the official partner of the IDF and with its involvement aims to actively promote the role of design as an economic factor in the Arab world as well as Arab designers. More »
Tuesday, 15 May 2007
red dot award: design concept 2007 – the race is heating up!
It is getting exciting in the red dot award: design concept 2007. Until 25 June 2007, companies, designers, innovators, and design students can register for the competition. By now, the quality level of the submitted concepts is already very high. Meet the challenge of this international competition and use the opportunity to become one of the winners! More »
Monday, 14 May 2007
Flashback: red dot award: red dot award: design concept 2005
Latest development of the Syringe-button For their design concept “syringe-button” the Russian designers Volodymyr Makarov and Vladislav Kropatchev received a red dot in the first red dot award: design concept ever and their concept has been successfully promoted all over Russia ever since. More »
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