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The '''Red Dot Design Award''' is an international, annual [[design competition]] for [[Product design|product]] and [[industrial design]], [[Communication design|brand and communication design]] as well as design concepts, in which the Red Dot quality label is awarded to winners. The Red Dot Design Award, which is organized by Red Dot GmbH & Co. KG, dates back to 1954 when the "Verein Industrieform e. V." was founded.<ref name="Woodham 2016 p. 554" /><ref name="Abel_2017">{{cite web |last=Abel |first=Katharina |date=6 April 2017 |title=Socially conscious or superfluous: Red Dot Award designs |url=https://www.dw.com/en/from-the-socially-conscious-to-the-superfluous-red-dot-award-winning-designs/a-38325575 |access-date=4 December 2022 |website=[[Deutsche Welle]]}}</ref>
The competition is divided into the three disciplines ''Red Dot Award: Product Design'', ''Red Dot Award: Brands & Communication Design'' and ''Red Dot Award: Design Concept''.<ref name="Woodham 2016 p. 554" /> Participation in the competition is subject to a fee, the submissions are then evaluated by an international [[Juried competition|jury]]. Products, concepts and works that have received the Red Dot Design Award are presented in exhibitions (e.g. the ''Red Dot Design Museum'' in [[Essen]]), yearbooks and online. In addition, winning designers and companies can use the "Red Dot" quality label for their product and [[corporate communication]].<ref name="Abel_2017" />
== History ==
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=== Red Dot Award: Product Design ===
[[File:Red_Dot_Award_Product_Design_2000-2018_Aibos.jpg|thumb|[[AIBO]]
[[File:Red_Dot_Design_Museum_Essen_2022_-_Pyramide.jpg|thumb|Award-winning [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] products at the Red Dot Design Museum in Essen]]
The oldest of the three awards, the ''Red Dot Award: Product Design'', had been known as ''Design Innovations'' until 2000. It is given for [[Product (business)|products]] with a "good or excellent design quality".<ref name="huerlimann">{{cite web |last=Hürlimann |first=Beat |date=November 22, 2022 |title=’Red Dot: Agency of the Year 2022’: Dr. Peter Zec: "MetaDesign schafft es seit über vier Jahrzehnten, Brands nachhaltig bei ihrer Positionierung zu begleiten" |url=https://www.horizont.net/schweiz/nachrichten/red-dot-agency-of-the-year-2022-dr.-peter-zec-metadesign-schafft-es-seit-uber-vier-jahrzehnten-brands-nachhaltig-bei-ihrer-positionierung-zu-begleiten-203848 |accessdate=March 20, 2023 |website=horizont.net |publisher=[[Deutscher Fachverlag]] |language=de}}</ref> The awarding ceremony takes place annually at the [[Aalto Theatre]] in Essen.<ref>{{cite web |last=Keiterling |first=Marc |date=2019-07-14 |title=Gala am Montag - Sonderausstellung seit Freitag auf Zollverein: 80 Red Dot-Sieger gekürt |trans-title=Gala on Monday - Special exhibition at Zollverein since Friday: 80 Red Dot winners chosen |url=https://www.lokalkompass.de/essen-nord/c-kultur/80-red-dot-sieger-gekuert_a1172688 |accessdate=2023-03-21 |website=Lokalkompass.de |publisher=[[Funke Mediengruppe]] |language=de}}</ref> Overall, the Red Dot Award: Product Design is composed of around fifty categories from a wide variety of areas such as computers, medical devices, glasses, office furniture, household or bicycles.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Fricke |first=Anna Katharina |date=2012-07-01 |title=Hochwertig und funktional |trans-title=High quality and functional |url=https://www.welt.de/incoming/article107613578/Hochwertig-und-funktional.html |access-date=2023-03-21 |website=www.welt.de |publisher=[[Die Welt]] |language=de}}</ref> Some of the best-known award-winning products include [[Sony]]'s robot dog [[AIBO]],<ref name="Ruhr Nachrichten 29092021">{{Cite news |last=Wölky |first=Rebekka |date=2021-09-29 |title=Die 1500 besten Designerstücke |language=de |trans-title=The 1500 best designer pieces |pages=2 |work=[[Ruhr Nachrichten]]}}</ref> the [[iPod]], [[IPhone (1st generation)|iPhone]]<ref name="If It's Hip, It's Here 2008">{{cite web |date=2008-03-29 |title=New 2008 Red Dot Design Award Winners! |url=https://www.ifitshipitshere.com/new-2008-red-dot-design-award-winners/ |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=www.ifitshipitshere.com |publisher=If It's Hip, It's Here |language=en}}</ref> and [[iMac]] from [[Apple Inc.|Apple]], as well as the [[Ferrari]] [[LaFerrari]] and [[Ferrari 296|296 GTB]].<ref name="Pastuglia 2022">{{cite web |last=Pastuglia |first=Lorenzo |date=31 March 2022 |title=Ferrari, poker ai Red Dot Award: premiate Daytona SP3 e 296 Gtb |trans-title=Ferrari, poker at the Red Dot Awards: Daytona SP3 and 296 Gtb honoured |url=https://www.gazzetta.it/motori/la-mia-auto/31-03-2022/ferrari-poker-red-dot-award-premiate-daytona-sp3-296-gtb.shtml |access-date=22 February 2023 |website=[[La Gazzetta dello Sport]] |language=it}}</ref>
Previous winners were, for example, the Waterson Self-Closing Swing Clear Hinge, (2023)<ref>{{cite web |last=red-dot.org |date=2003-10-13 |title=Red Dot Design Award: Waterson Self-Closing Swing Clear Hinge |url=https://www.red-dot.org/project/waterson-self-closing-swing-clear-hinge-63157 |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=Red Dot |language=en-GB}}</ref>
==== Red Dot: Design Team of the Year ====
[[File:Red_Dot_Awarding_Ceremony_2022_Philips.jpg|thumb|The [[Philips]] Experience Design Team was named Red Dot: Design Team of the Year 2022.]]
Every year since 1988, a design team that has distinguished itself through its continuously innovative design achievements has been honored with the ''Red Dot: Design Team of the Year'' award, as part of the Red Dot Award: Product Design.<ref name="huerlimann" /> The Red Dot: Design Team of the Year is honored by handing over the "Radius", a sculpture as a challenge trophy<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2016-07-04 |title=Königsliga der Designer: Red Dot Award |trans-title=The premier league of designers: Red Dot Award |url=https://www.dw.com/de/k%C3%B6nigsliga-der-designer-red-dot-award/a-19376604 |access-date=2023-03-28
Previous winners were, for example, the Philips Experience Design Team (2022),<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schürmann |first=Martina |date=2022-06-21 |title=Großer Bahnhof: Thalys-Zug bekommt Design-Preis in Essen |url=https://www.waz.de/staedte/essen/grosser-bahnhof-thalys-zug-bekommt-design-preis-in-essen-id235685451.html |access-date=2023-05-05 |website=WAZ |language=de-DE}}</ref> [[Porsche Design|Studio F. A. Porsche]], (2021),<ref>{{Cite web |last=Minichberger |first=Michael |date=2021-07-17 |title=Pinzgauer jubeln über den Design-Oscar |url=https://www.sn.at/salzburg/wirtschaft/pinzgauer-jubeln-ueber-den-design-oscar-106688701 |access-date=2023-04-19 |website=Salzburger Nachrichten |language=de}}</ref> Waterson In-house Design Team, (2023)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-13 |title=Red Dot Design Award: Waterson Self-Closing Swing Clear Hinge |url=https://www.red-dot.org/project/waterson-self-closing-swing-clear-hinge-63157 |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=Red Dot |language=en}}</ref> and the [[Fiskars]] Design Team (2020).<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2020-05-28 |title=Die Bereicherung Des Alltags - Fiskars Ist Red Dot Design Team 2020
=== Red Dot Award: Brands & Communication Design ===
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== Publication of winners ==
[[File:Red_Dot_Design_Yearbooks_2022_Edition.jpg|thumb|Red Dot Design Yearbook 2022/23]]
The award-winning projects are presented in various formats. All award-winning products are presented in annual [[Yearbook|yearbooks]] since 1985, which are published by ''Red Dot Edition'' since 2001. Designers whose products receive the "Red Dot: Best of the Best" award are presented in exclusive interviews. Award-winning brands and works in graphic and communication design are published in the annual ''International Yearbook Brands & Communication Design''. Concepts and studies are presented in the ''Red Dot Design Concept Yearbook'', which is being published since 2005.<ref name="Zec Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen 2005 p.">{{cite book |last=Zec |first=Peter |title=Red dot design yearbook 2005/2006 |date=2005 |publisher=AV Edition |isbn=978-3899860252 |editor=Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen |location=Stuttgart |language=de}}</ref> Together with the yearbooks, a chronicle of international product and design culture has been developed of the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Reinhardt |first=Frank A. |title=Die rote Linie: auf der Suche nach Spitzenleistungen im Design. Eine Fallstudie am Beispiel des Design-Zentrums Nordrhein-Westfalen; 1954 - 2004 |last2=Wanninger |first2=Claudia |publisher=AV Edition |year=2004 |isbn=978-3-89986-047-4 |location=Ludwigsburg |pages=60 |language=de |trans-title=The red line: in search of excellence in design. A case study using the example of the Design Centre North Rhine-Westphalia; 1954 - 2004}}</ref> Further, all winners of the three categories can be viewed online, ranging back to the year 2011. The design concepts awarded by the jury and the award-winning works in brand and communication design can also be accessed.<ref name="Red Dot 2022">{{cite web |date=7 December 2022 |editor=Red Dot |title=Red Dot Design Award – Winners |url=https://www.red-dot.org/de/search |access-date=9 December 2022 |website=Red Dot Design Award |language=de}}</ref> Selected winners from each category are exhibited in three museums, which are located in Essen, Singapore and [[Xiamen]]. The Red Dot Design Museum in Essen is one of the most important design museums with the world's largest exhibition of contemporary design.<ref name="Pietsch Grubbe 2013 p. 195">{{cite book |last=Pietsch |first=R. |title=DuMont Bildband Entdecke Deutschland: 100 Touren zu Natur, Kultur und Geschichte |last2=Grubbe |first2=G. |publisher=Dumont Reiseverlag |year=2013 |isbn=978-3-7701-8935-9 |page=195 |language=de |trans-title=DuMont illustrated book Discover Germany: 100 tours on nature, culture and history}}</ref> In Essen, on an area of around 4000 m
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== Financing ==
In the 1950s, the Haus der Industrieform e.V. association received part of its financial resources from [[Krupp]]. The family and the Krupp Group financed both the furnishing of the Industrieform building and the renovation of the [[Old Synagogue (Essen)|Old Synagogue]].<ref name="Reinhardt Wanninger 2004 p. 53">{{cite book |last=Reinhardt |first=Frank A. |title=Die rote Linie: auf der Suche nach Spitzenleistungen im Design. Eine Fallstudie am Beispiel des Design-Zentrums Nordrhein-Westfalen; 1954 - 2004 |last2=Wanninger |first2=Claudia |publisher=AV Edition |year=2004 |isbn=978-3-89986-047-4 |location=Ludwigsburg |page=53 |language=de |trans-title=The red line: in search of excellence in design. A case study using the example of the Design Centre North Rhine-Westphalia;
Further, a fee is charged for registering works.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Posener |first=Alan |date=2020-08-09 |title=Red Dot Award: Ein roter Punkt als Gelddruckmaschine |trans-title=Red Dot Award: A red dot as a money printing machine |url=https://www.welt.de/kultur/article213099134/Red-Dot-Award-Ein-roter-Punkt-als-Gelddruckmaschine.html |access-date=2023-03-21 |website=www.welt.de |publisher=Die Welt |language=de}}</ref> In order to enable smaller design offices and companies to take part in the Red Dot Design Award, 50 free places in the competition are raffled among young designers every year.<ref name="Abel_2017" />
Each of the approximately 3,500 winning designs each year are required to pay a fee which can range between 1,950 and 7,500 euros, depending on the category and prize.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dates & Fees {{!}} Red Dot Award: Brands & Communication Design |url=https://www.red-dot.org/bcd/communication-design/dates-fees |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=Red Dot |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Dates & Fees {{!}} Red Dot Award: Product Design |url=https://www.red-dot.org/pd/dates-fees |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=Red Dot |language=en}}</ref>
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