Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany
The contest for the award of awards
The Design Award is the official recognition of excellence in design offered by the Federal Republic of Germany. It is the central promotion of design by the Federal Ministry of Economy and Technology. Since 2006, the award has been conferred for excellence in design of products from the areas of product and communications design each year.
Companies cannot apply for the Design Award, but are nominated by the German Council for Styling and the Federal Ministry of Economy and Technology. This nomination, however, requires that a product has already been awarded a national or international award. No other design award defines such a demanding criterion to be met by the participants. For this reason, the Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany is called »Award of Awards« by many opinion leaders in the design sector.
Design Center Stuttgart
The Design Center Stuttgart of the federal state Baden-Württemberg is the oldest institution of its kind and is at the same time the only state design centre of the Federal Republic of Germany. Annually, the Design Center Stuttgart of the Federal State of Baden-Württemberg invites entries for the International Design Award of Baden-Württemberg.
The state prize is awarded to producers and designers for innovative, professional, outstanding achievements in design. The awards “Focus in Gold” and “Focus in Silver” are coveted confirmations of the highest standard of design quality. The annually changing focus on a theme represents an extremely high challenge on the applicants. The renowned competition can look back to a long tradition and enjoys a high standing at home and abroad.
iF Hannover
iF is a service provider connected with performing design-related tasks. Since 1954 iF has achieved international acknowledgement through the annually staged iF design award. It is regarded as one of the most prestigious design competitions world-wide and has recorded more than 1,800 applications from 30 countries each year. The jury, composed of top international designers, not only selects the award-winning entries, but also guarantees the exceptional position of iF and the high quality of the well-known iF label. The know-how in connection with the organisation of competitions, tenders or pitches is, among others, a core expertise, which iF as a service provider also offers to companies, institutions and political parties. It frequently concerns questions of design, architectural competitions, the allocation of advertising budgets and other topics in connection with the provision of creative services.
Design Center NRW
Since 1955 the North-Rhine Westphalia Design Center has awarded its renowned dot for internationally outstanding product design. In 2000 the Design Innovations – which was the previous title of the competition – were awarded a new international title: red dot award: product design. Producers and designers of a wide variety of industrial products can submit work all year round in eleven product groups for the highly coveted award with the red dot. And the numbers are increasing annually...
The red dot award, with over 4,000 submissions from altogether 40 countries, is considered to be the most important design competition world-wide. This competition is divided into three areas, which are announced and judged independently from one another: product design, communication design and concept design. The red dot is a coveted trophy and is the international seal for design quality.
There is more to the red dot than a mere competition – it stands for membership of the best in design and business.
Good Design, Chicago
The Chicago Athenaeum is an International Museum of Architecture and Design, appropriately founded in the world’s first city of modern architecture and design – Chicago.
Founded in 1988, the museum is entirely dedicated to the following areas: architecture, industrial, and product design, graphic design and urban planning.
The objective of the museum is the advancement of public education and esteem of “Good design” – from the “spoon to city” – and how design can have a positive impact on the human environment.
As the only independent national Museum of Architecture and Design, the Chicago Athenaeum demonstrates leadership and innovation and brings the topic of design and its impact on the quality of life before a national and international public.
Simultaneously, the museum has not only expanded its international program by presenting significant exhibitions on architecture and design in cities throughout the United States but also in Europe, Asia and the Americas.
The museum is sponsored by its membership and by grants from corporations, foundations as well as local and national government agencies.
Plus X Award
The Plus X Award was initiated to recognize outstanding technology products. This award does without rhetorical expressions like “price-performance ratio”: The five Plus X factors of genuine branded articles are highlighted and honored. A jury of renowned members helps communicate to end consumers what brand quality in innovation, design, ease of use, ecology and ergonomics can achieve.
Products from the markets of consumer electronics and telecommunications, information technologies, household appliance, living technology, photo and car entertainment, power tools and gardening devices are eligible for Plus X Awards, which means setting definite standards: The consumers will acquire enhanced quality products having individually awarded Plus X factors.
DP3D - The Golden Flame 2007
The DP3D is focused on the holistic view on a brand, on the successful transfer of a brand identity to product design or on room stagings of the most different shades. The DP3D illustrates that the three-dimensional brand staging has a very intensive and lasting effect on the brand image. Therefore DP3D will constitute an even stronger key element in the brand strategy in the future. With the Golden Flame, the DP3D will be a guidepost for forcing the context between brand and design, thus establishing new metrics for measuring 3D design.
