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Spider ILD01 receives “red dot” for superior design quality

For its outstanding design, the Spider ILD01 mower of the Dvořák company receives one of the most sought-after design awards world-wide: the red dot. The quality label is awarded annually for superior design quality and innovative design in the “red dot design award” international competition.

Receiving an award in an internationally renowned design competition such as the “red dot award” is an important indicator whether a product has the potential to be successful on an international scale. “Many companies participating in the red dot design award have been successfully investing in innovation and design for a long time in order to stand out from the competition and to convey their brand values”, explains Professor Dr. Peter Zec, initiator of the red dot design award and president of the international design association ICSID. “However, creativity by itself is not enough; the products also have to be of high quality. And it is also the task of design to communicate this quality.”

The jurors were impressed with the overall very high quality standards of the submitted products, which can now be found in all industries. This development makes it increasingly difficult to receive one of the awards in the international design competition. At the same time, the importance of such an award becomes even greater for companies, because it is an objective quality label for good design. In the face of clearly increased design quality, a total of 485 of the 2,068 submitted products received a “red dot” for high design quality and a further 36 products received the “red dot: best of the best” for pioneering design in their category.

Award ceremony and special exhibition
The festive award ceremony takes place on 26 June 2006 in the Essen Aalto Theatre. The award-winning works will be exhibited in the special exhibition “Design on stage – winners red dot award: product design 2006” from 27 June to 23 July 2006 in the red dot design museum in Essen. The red dot design museum houses the largest permanent exhibition of contemporary design world-wide.


The red dot design award
With more than 5,000 entries in its categories red dot award: product design, red dot award: communication design, and red dot award: design concept the red dot design award is one of the leading and largest design competitions worldwide. Since 1955, the Essen Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen has annually selected outstanding design quality and paid official tribute to the award-winning products in an exhibition.

For further information visit the web-site www.red-dot.de/press.