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The red dot design award 2008 |
Products submitted to the red dot design award are assessed by
an international jury consisting of renowned design experts. They
examine and test the products and assess them according to criteria
such as degree of innovation, functionality, ergonomics, longevity,
ecological compatibility and clarity of function. This year companies
from 51 countries with a total of 3,203 products faced the judgement
of the jury.
The exhibition of the winning products in the red dot design
museum
Together with the other award-winning products, the frame will be
on display from 24 June to 27 July 2008 in the exhibition “Design
on stage – winners red dot award: product design 2008”
at the red dot design museum on the premises of the ‘Zeche
Zollverein’ World Cultural Heritage Site. With approximately
1,500 products on more than 4,000 square metres, the red dot design
museum houses the largest permanent exhibition of contemporary design
worldwide.
The red dot design award
Today, the red dot design award, the origins of which go back to
1955, is one of the largest and most renowned design competitions
worldwide. It consists of the individual disciplines “red
dot award: product design”, “red dot award: communication
design”, and “red dot award: design concepts”,
which has been held annually in Singapore since 2005. In 2007 the
competition recorded more than 7,000 entries from 60 nations in
total.
For further information please visit the following website: “www.red-dot.de/press“
Facts and figures of the red dot award: product design 2008
Entries: 3,203 (2007: 2,548)
Nations: 51 (2007: 43)
red dot awards: 676 (2007: 623)
red dot: best of the best awards: 50 (2007: 43)
Dates:
Award ceremony: 23 June 2008, 6.00 pm in the Essen Aalto Theatre,
Essen, Germany
Special exhibition: 24 June to 27 July 2008 in the red dot design
museum, Essen, Germany
The jury of the red dot award: product design 2008
Sybs Bauer, Designkunst, Germany
Gordon Bruce, Gordon Bruce Design LLC, USA
Tony K. M. Chang, Taiwan Design Center, Taiwan
Vivian Cheng Wai Kwan, Hong Kong
Mårten Claesson, Co-founder of the Swedish design partnership
Claesson Koivisto Rune, Sweden
Sebastian Conran, Conran & Partners, Great Britain
Vincent Créance, MBD Design, France
Martin Darbyshire, tangerine, Great Britain
Robin Edman, The Swedish Industrial Design Foundation, Sweden
Joachim Faust, HPP Hentrich-Petschnigg & Partner, Germany
Prof. Lutz Fügener, Fachhochschule Pforzheim, Germany
Prof. Renke He, Hunan University China, School of Design, China
Prof. Herman Hermsen, The Netherlands
Prof. Carlos Hinrichsen, Pontificia Universidad Católica
de Chile, Chile
Prof. Dr. Florian Hufnagl, Die Neue Sammlung – Pinakothek
der Moderne, Germany
Annette Lang, Annette Lang Product Design, Germany
Kristiina Lassus, Kristiina Lassus Studio, Italy
Prof. Soon-In Lee, Seoul Design Center, South Korea
Prof. Stefan Lengyel, Lengyel Design, Germany/Hungary
Dr. Thomas Lockwood, Design Management Institute, USA
Wolfgang Mayer-Hayoz, Meyer-Hayoz Design Engineering Group,
Switzerland
Kazuo Tanaka, GK Design Group, Japan
Nils Toft, CBD A/S, Denmark
Danny Venlet, Venlet Interior Architecture, Belgium
The jury’s assessment criteria:
Degree of innovation
Functionality
Formal quality
Ergonomics
Durability
Symbolic and emotional content
Product peripherals
Self-explanatory quality
Ecological soundness
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