Red Dot Award:
The Product Design competition has existed since 1954. Its award, the Red Dot, is an internationally recognised quality seal. The best products receive the Red Dot: Best of the Best award.
The origins of the Red Dot Design Award date back to 1955. The institution behind the competition is the Design Zentrum NRW, which is led by Professor Dr. Peter Zec since 1991. Its distinction, the Red Dot, is established internationally as one of the most sought-after quality marks for good design. In order to assess the diversity in the field of design in a thorough and professional manner, the award breaks down into three diciplines: the Red Dot Award: Product Design, Red Dot Award: Communication Design and Red Dot Award: Design Concept. Each award is organised once a year. From products to communication projects and packaging to design concepts and prototypes, the Red Dot Award tracks the most prominent trends worldwide.
With the help of the jury, the internationally organised competition “Red Dot Award: Product Design” appraises the best products of the year. In 48 categories, manufacturers and designers can enter their innovations. The jury only awards a Red Dot to products with a high design quality. The best products of a category are awarded the “Red Dot: Best of the Best” while entries which impress with a well-thought-out detail solution are awarded with the “Honourable Mention”.
Young talents are encouraged to a special degree: On the Young Professionals Application Day, graduates of design courses, who have obtained their academic qualifications within the past five years, have the opportunity to take part in the draw for one of 50 free registrations. In addition to the registration for the competition, the up-and-coming talents will be provided with comprehensive free benefits if they win an award.
It is a tradition to honour the laureates at the grand awards ceremony, the Red Dot Gala. The award-winning products will be displayed amongst others in the Red Dot Design Museums, the Online Presentation and in the Red Dot Design Yearbook. By featuring the sought-after winner label in their own marketing and communications, the laureates can distinguish themselves from their competitors.
Adjudication criteria:
The submitted products are evaluated according to the highest standards. The adjudication process follows a canon of strict criteria, which is constantly adapted to the latest findings in formal, technical, manufacturing, societal, industrial and ecological requirements. These criteria provide a guiding framework, which is filled in individually by each juror.
Interior Innovation Award
The Interior Innovation Award was initiated in 2002 by the imm cologne and is hosted by the German Design Council since then. It is one of the worldwide most prestigious design awards in the interior design industry and established itself as a seal of quality.
The Interior Innovation Award honors products which convince with a trend-setting design and therefore represent the innovative strength of the industry. In doing so, it does not matter whether technical production considerations, constructive, material-related or purely creative solutions constitute the innovation.
The who is who of the industry as well as small manufacturers and start-up companies are represented in the contest. Equal treatment of all participants is a basic principle of the contest – everyone can win regardless of the size of the company. The international jury judges neutrally and follows strict criteria.
The Interior Innovation Award is an independent, sector-oriented award at the IMM Cologne and is today considered as one of the most renowned design awards in the interior furnishing industry worldwide.
The German Design AwardThe whole world of architecture.
Architecture. Interior. Product. Communication. Concept.
Holistic networking: The international competition for architects, designers, the construction sector and industry.
The Iconic Awards is the first neutral international architecture and design competition that focuses on how the disciplines interact. The whole world of architecture.
It acknowledges visionary architecture, innovative products and sustainable communication from all fields of architecture, the construction and property sectors and the manufacturing industry in five main categories. As such the competition shines the spotlight on the elementary significance of the interaction of individual disciplines. It centres on the integrated and consistence presentation of products in architecture.
The German Design Award
THE PRIZE THAT VISUALIZES SUCCESS
The German Design Award directly contributes to the overall commercial success. Prizes will only be awarded to projects that truly represent pioneering contributions to the German and international design landscape. The highly esteemed, international jury guarantees this. The German Design Award identifies and presents unique design trends: a competition that advances the design-oriented scene.
The German Design Council, the expert for brand and design in Germany, bestows the German Design Award. Commissioned by the highest authority to represent new developments in the German design industry. Established on the initiative of the German Bundestag (the lower house of German parliament) as a foundation in 1953, it supports the industry in all matters consistently aimed at generating an added brand value through design. As a result, the German Design Council is one of the world’s leading competence centres for communication and brand management in the field of design. The exclusive network of foundation members includes in addition to designers and design associations, in particular the owners and brand directors of numerous renowned companies.
Golden Key Awards
The most innovative and most successful exhibitors.
The Golden Key award is awarded by the international jury to the most innovative and successful exhibitors at the 54th Belgrade Furniture Fair. The award was redesigned in 2015 regarding the amendment of the whole Fair visual identity. Gathering a team of international experts which decides about the award is the attempt to look at the whole Fair from the international perspective, i.e. as the relevant institution on the European map.
By this award the professional jury shows high quality, innovative and successful solutions, pointed out at this year’s Fair.
