Why Red Dot Design Award 2019:

In the list of renowned communication awards, the «Red Dot Award: Communion Design» ranks among the top. It is geared to all creative minds from agencies, design offices and companies with strong communication campaigns as well as renowned designers, new talents and freelancers.

Essen Red Dot Design Award 2019 winner:

The Red Dot is the prestigious distinction for high design quality. The international jury awards this coveted quality seal

exclusively to products that stand out from comparable entries due to their good design or innovative character.

Honourable of Red Dot Design Award Essen 2019:

The jurors of the competition award a particularly successful detail or aspect of creative performance with an Honourable Mention. Products that stand out for a well thought-out solution are awarded with this honourable recognition.

Winners’ Benefits of Red Dot Design Award Essen 2019:

Red Dot winner label: This quality seal defines the best products of the year.The internationally renowned and recognised Red Dot winner label creates the highest degree of attention at first glance –on packaging, in advertisements, on websites, at the trade fair stand and in TV commercials.

Red Dot Design Yearbook:

The volumes “Living”, “Doing” and “Working” document the winners of the Red Dot Award: Product Design and present photographs, background information and designer profiles. The yearbook, which is published worldwide, is regarded as a reference work, collector‘s item and archive of award-winning, contemporary design.

Adjudication criteria of Essen Industrial Design 2019:

The judging criteria provide a guiding framework which is interpreted individually by each juror.

• Degree of innovation
• Ergonomics
• Product periphery
• Functionality
• Durability
• Self-explanatory quality
• Formal quality
• Symbolic and emotional content
• Ecological compatibility

Product categories of Red Dot Design Award Germany 2019:

1. Living rooms and bedrooms
2. Households
3. Kitchens, kitchen furnishings and kitchen appliances
4. Tableware and cooking utensils
5. Bathrooms, spas and personal care
6. Heating and air conditioning technology
7. Lighting and lamps
8. Garden furnishings, garden and BBQs
9. Outdoors, trekking and camping
10. Sports
11. Bicycle and bicycle accessories
12. Leisure, games and fun
13. Musical instruments and equipment
14. Babies and children
15. Fashion, lifestyle and accessories
16. Watches
17. Jewellery
18. Interior design
19. Interior design elements
20. Materials and surfaces
21. Urban design and public spaces
22. Office furnishings and office chairs
23. Stationery
24. Industry, machinery and robotics
25. Tools
26. Life science and medicine
27. Vehicles (land, water and aerospace)
28. Vehicle accessories
29. Consumer electronics and cameras
30. Communication
31. Computers and information technology

Red Dot Gala 2019:

During the glamorous award ceremony, the Red Dot Gala, the Red Dot: Best of the Best award-winners will be in the limelight. On 4 July 2019 they will receive their deserved Red Dot Trophy on stage at the Essen opera house, the Aalto-Theater, and with it the recognition of the international design scene in front of an audience of 1,200 guests.

Another highlight of the gala is the honouring of the Red Dot: Design Team of the Year. Designers and companies cannot apply for this title. It is a distinction that stands out from all other awards and the highest recognition of a sustainable design policy.