The award results of the 2020 Red Dot Award: Product Design have been released this month. This year's Red Dot Award: Product Design has not only set up two new categories, but also the number of entries has reached a record high. Apple, Honda, Philips and other internationally renowned brands are still popular for awards. At the same time, there are many young brands on the award list. Now let's take a look at the latest awards and highlights of the 2020 Red Dot Award: Product Design, and take a look at it with us! The 202020Red Dot Award: Product Design received more than 6,500 entries from 60 countries and regions, of which 1,644 won the Red Dot and 76 won the Red Dot: Best of the Best.

At the beginning of March, the judges of the 2020 Red Dot Award: Product Design gathered in Essen, Germany, to conduct a strict review of the entries for the 2020 Red Dot Award. These participating products have different elements and characteristics. In order to select works with excellent design quality and touching, the review work needs to be completed by 40 judges. The number of entries for the 2020 Red Dot Award: Product Design has reached a record high. Due to the introduction of two new categories-"smart products" and "innovative products", this year's focus is also on innovative design.

The number of entries is at a record high.

The 2020 Red Dot Award: Product Design received more than 6,500 entries from different designers and companies, an increase of 18% over last year. Participants came from 60 countries and regions, 5 more than in 2019. Red Dot Jury Simon Husslein praised the diverse entries at the judging site: "We have found excellent products here. Through the corridors to enjoy the dazzling array of works, the number is amazing! These include some outstanding top works. Finding them, screening them, and then awarding them are the most interesting links".

Precise examination and intense discussion

The review process, which lasts for several days, follows two basic processes: centralized product review and open discussion among the judges. The jury will try out all the entries. The content of the review includes not only the artistic aesthetics of the product, but also the selection of product raw materials, craftsmanship, surface structure, ergonomic design and practicality, etc. This means that the judges will personally ride the participating bicycles or cars, and cut the fruit with a knife or squeeze the fruit with a juicer.

Adriana Monk, founder of Monk Design Design Studio, exclaimed when testing the participating cars and motorcycles at Essen Airport: "Because I am also a product designer, I have always believed that product design needs to combine form and function. For example, the car is for driving, which is very important, and the driving experience allows you to feel the meaning of the car". Reviewers from different countries and different professional fields inspired many interesting and vivid ideas in the discussion. The discussion is crucial for the on-site review of the Red Dot Award, because the jury must reach an agreement to award a product award, and the judges must follow the "In search of good design and creativity" The concept of ", find the best product to award the award.

Only 1.2% products won the Red Dot Best Design Award

In the end this year, only 76 products won the highest honor of the Red Dot Award: Product Design: Red Dot: Best of the Best, accounting for 1.2% of the total products. This figure symbolizes the unparalleled design quality of the winning products. In addition, 1,644 products won the Red Dot Award, which also proved the excellent design quality of the winning products. Professor Peter Zack, founder and chairman of the Red Dot Award, said: "I would like to congratulate all the winning works of the Red Dot Award: Product Design. I understand how the observing judges examine the entries in detail and sometimes have intense discussions, and it is rare to reach an agreement through these discussions. Therefore, I am very confident that the winning works are all high-quality design works."

Focus on Intelligence and Innovative Products

This year, for the first time, contestants can choose to submit their products to the two new categories of "smart products" and "innovative products. Famous brands such as Apple, Acer, Braun, Fuji, Hans Geyer, Honda, Philips and Bosch have all submitted their own innovative products. Apple, in particular, is far ahead in the number of winning works in these two new categories-winning four Red Dot: Best of the Best: iPhone 11 Pro, AirPods Pro, Mac Pro and Pro Display XDR.

In addition, "Linus" designed by Fuseproject and processed by Yale University®"Smart Lock won the Red Dot Award. This product provides users with an unprecedented sense of security: it can automatically lock or unlock, can enter without a key, and can show who is in and out. The automatic unlocking function ensures that the user can automatically open the door when approaching the lock. This smart device also won the favor of the review with its modern streamlined design language and form.

The review also awarded the Red Dot: Best of the Best (Red Dot: Best of the Best) to the transportation robot "gita" under the category of "innovative products. The transport robot "gita" developed by Piaggio Fast Forward Company can free users' hands, help users with luggage or office supplies and follow them closely. Because it has a 360-degree omnidirectional camera and sensor, it can avoid all obstacles. It is equipped with large tires to ensure its rapid movement.


Details of Information Release of Award-winning Works

All the winning works will be displayed in the online exhibitions on the official website of the Red Dot Design Award and the official website of the Red Dot Design Museum in June 2020. At the same time, the winning works will also be displayed in the German Red Dot Design Museum from June 22. "Red Dot Design Award Yearbook 2020/2021" will be published in July 2020.

The official WeChat public platform of the Red Dot Design Museum will announce the relevant information of the award-winning products as soon as possible, so stay tuned!