- Red dot design award
The Red dot design award is a large and coveted [cite web | url = http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/dec2007/id20071210_698018.htm?chan=innovation_innovation+%2B+design_design+awards | title = BusinessWeek | accessdate= 2008-02-16] international product
design prize awarded by the "Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen" inEssen ,Germany . The aim of the prize is to honor outstanding designquality and trendsetters. Since 1955,designers and producers can apply for the prizes with the winners being presented in anannual ceremony . Winning products are presented in the "red dot design museum" on the premises of the ZollvereinWorld Cultural Heritage site in Essen.Categories
The red dot is awarded in three different categories:
Product design / design team
The oldest of the three awards, the "red dot award: product design" had been known as "Design Innovationen" until 2000. The
competition is open to several fields of manufacturing, including, but not limited tofurniture ,home appliances ,machines ,cars andtools . The product design ceremony also honors the most successful design teams over a period of time. Winners in the latter category have included Apple Computers in 2001, BMW Group in 2007 and the Bose Design Center in 2008.Communication designSince 1993, the "red dot award: communication design" is awarded for outstanding
achievements in the fields ofcorporate design ,advertising ,interactive media orsound design.Design concept
Since 2005, the "red dot design museum
Singapore " also awards a prize for whole design concepts.Number of applicants
The number of applicants has been rising steadily, as has been the number of awards. In 2007, there were over 2500 submissions from 43
countries for the product design prize (with 623 winning) and over 3800 submissions for the communication design prize (with 336 winning).External links
* [http://www.red-dot.de/ Homepage]
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