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The Red Dot Design Award is a German international design prize awarded by Red Dot GmbH & Co. KG. There are prize categories for product design, brands and communication design, and design concept. Since 1955, designers and producers can apply for the prizes, with the winners being presented in an annual ceremony. Winning products are presented among others in the ''Red Dot Design Museum'' on the premises of the historical Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in
The Red Dot is awarded in three different categories:
The Red Dot Design Award is a German international design prize awarded by Red Dot GmbH & Co. KG. There are prize categories for product design, brands and communication design, and design concept. Since 1955, designers and producers can apply for the prizes, with the winners being presented in an annual ceremony. Winning products are presented among others in the ''Red Dot Design Museum'' on the premises of the historical Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen
Essen (; Latin: ''Assindia'') is the central and, after Dortmund, second-largest city of the Ruhr, the largest urban area in Germany. Its population of makes it the fourth-largest city of North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne, Düsseldorf and ...
. The Red Dot Design Museum Essen, the first Red Dot Design Museum, was built in 1997. The second Red Dot Design Museum was built in Singapore in 2005. The Red Dot Design Award had more than 15,500 submissions from 70 countries in 2014, and in 2016 alone, 1,559 Red Dots were awarded, 102 of them in the "Best of the Best" category. It is considered one of the most prestigious awards in the design industry.
Cost
As of April 2020, the registration fee for consideration of a Red Dot award ranges from €99 (for an individual designer in the Design Concept category) to €510 (for a latecomer in the Product Design category), excl. VAT. Those who win a Red Dot award are required to purchase an additional "Winner Package", the price of which ranges up to €5,999.Categories
The Red Dot is awarded in three different categories:
Red Dot Award: Product Design
The oldest of the three awards, the ''Red Dot Award: Product Design'', had been known as ''Design Innovationen'' until 2000. The competition is open to several fields of manufacturing, including furniture, home appliances, machines, cars, and tools. The prize-winners include Berendsohn in 2003, Inga Sempé in 2007, De Vorm in 2012, andLunar Design
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in 2015. TROIKE was the 2016 winner with the bottle opener called "Circus".
Red Dot Award: Brands & Communication Design
The Red Dot Award: Brands & Communication Design recognizes the best brands and creative works of the year. It is split into two sections: Brands and Communication D