The independent expert panel assesses each entry strictly and fairly, live
and on site, according to criteria such as degree of innovation, formal
quality, functionality and ecological compatibility. The jury awards the highest
single distinction “Red Dot: Best of the Best” for ground-breaking design. Only
the best entries in a category receive this award.
Professor Dr. Peter Zec, founder and president of the Red Dot Award: “With their extraordinary feel for creativity and keen eye for unmatched
precision, the Red Dot: Best of the Best laureates deserve this highest
recognition. We will honour them at the formal presentation of the Red Dot
Trophy on stage at the Aalto-Theater in Essen.”
4 July 2016 marks the culmination of the Red Dot Award: Product Design
2016. During the glamorous awards ceremony, the Red Dot: Best of the Best
laureates will accept their trophies in front of around 1,200 guests. At the
subsequent after-show party “Designers’ Night”, the winners will celebrate until
the early hours in the Red Dot Design Museum Essen in the midst of
prize-winning products. All award-winning products will be presented in the
special exhibition “Design on Stage” for four weeks before becoming part of the
permanent exhibition.
With about 2,000
exhibits from 45 nations, the Red Dot Design Museum Essen displays the complete
range of current product design. In the former boiler house of the UNESCO World
Heritage Site Zollverein coal mine, it presents products that have won the Red
Dot on five floors and approximately 4,000 square metres. Every year, the
world’s largest exhibition of contemporary design informs around 150,000
visitors about current trends and top achievements.
About the Red Dot Design Award:
In order to appraise
the wide scope of design in a professional manner, the Red Dot Design Award is
broken down into the three distinct disciplines: the Red Dot Award: Product
Design, Red Dot Award: Communication Design and Red Dot Award: Design Concept.
The Red Dot Award is organised by the Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen in
Essen, Germany. With more than 17,000 entries in 2015 alone, it is one of the
largest competitions in the world. It was in 1955 that a jury convened for the
first time to assess the best designs of the day. The name and brand of the award
were developed in the 1990s by Red Dot CEO, Professor Dr. Peter Zec. Since then
the sought-after “Red Dot” is the revered international seal of outstanding
design quality. Further information: www.red-dot.org.
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