The Museum’s historic GOOD DESIGN program originated in Chicago in 1950 and was organized by Edgar J. Kaufmann, Jr., former curator of the Museum of Modern Art. Originally the program introduced state-of-the-art, modern products into the office and...

The world of materials is developing swiftly and becoming increasingly complex. Designers have known for a long time that the success of a product and its design also depends on the right choice of materials. Pioneering materials can provide...

With more than 12,000 submissions from more than 60 countries, the international “red dot design award” is the largest and most renowned design competition in the world. It is divided into the “red dot award: product design”, the “red dot award:...

The Plus X Award honours manufacturers for the quality advantage of their products. This adds to the recognition culture benefiting innovative companies that today are already thinking about tomorrow.

Albert Einstein once said: "More than the...

Since their introduction in the year 1953, the iF design awards have been a reliable indicator of outstanding quality in design. The iF logo, awarded by international experts, is trusted the world over and denotes proven design quality.

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The Australian International Design Award™ is presented to a number of products each year in recognition of design excellence. Australian International Design Award™ products have, in the opinion of the judges, met and exceeded all applicable...

Design Plus was launched by the Design and Life Initiative in 1985. Its sponsors are the Messe Frankfurt Exhibition GmbH, German Design Council (Rat für Formgebung) and the Association of the German Chambers of Industry and Commerce (Industrie- und...

Excellence in design is an important endorsement that provides customers with orientation on a large market. The EUROBIKE AWARD 2009, shows consumers what is innovative and functional as well as environmentally friendly and sustainable on the bicycle...

The OutDoor Industry Award is an internationally acclaimed design competition for the Outdoor industry. The awards are given for particularly innovative design and outstanding quality.

Every year since 2006, Messe Friedrichshafen GmbH in...

Only the most innovative products of the year are nominated for the BIKE “Milestone Award”. In Europe’s largest online survey of its kind, BIKE readers select their favourite products. At Eurobike 2008, BIKE – Europe’s biggest mountain bike magazine...

The Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany is the country‘s highest distinction in the field of design. It is known as the »Prize of Prizes«. The reason: no other design award sets such strict criteria on entries. Thus, a company can only...

The internationally acclaimed U.S. outdoor magazine “Outside“ has been sticking to its principles and informing its readers with articles about the sport and critical reviews of clothing and equipment since 1978. It publishes a biannual “Outside...

Mono magazine (Japanese for “goods/object”) is one of Japan’s leading design magazines. Since its first edition in 1982, it has concentrated on unique and high-quality products, which represent the design trends of the year in question.

The “...

Compasso d'Oro is the name of an Industrial Design award originated in Italy in 1954 by the La Rinascente company from an original idea of Gio Ponti and Alberto Rosselli.

From 1964 it has been hosted exclusively by Associazione per il Disegno...

For six years the editors of skionline.pl have awarded new products on the sport goods market which are innovative, functional, and original. The products always carefully chosen, subject to rigorous testing and analysis and if the tests prove high...

SkiMAGAZIN is Europe’s biggest ski magazine. Every year at the ispo Winter trade fair in Munich an expert reader survey awards an innovation prize to the best product innovations in five categories.

The VOLVO SportsDesign AWARD has, in a very short time, become one of the most sought-after awards for industry, designers and students.

For the third time, an international jury in cooperation with the German Design Council and the magazine...

As befits an exciting and fast-changing industry, the Slide Awards recognise the hottest, most talked about products at the industry tradeshow. The awards celebrate the ‘Best in Show’ in 3 categories: Hardware, Software and Accessories and were judged...

WT Award is an international reward for technological innovation. The Well-Tech observatory finds out, every year, hundred of materials, products and technologies between the most innovative at international level. The sixty international innovations...

The European Ski Award honours the best product innovations of the ski sector for the next winter season in the categories hardware, ski boots, ski bindings, skiwear, nordic and kids.

 Over recent years, the Baden-Württemberg International Design Award has made a name for itself as a “focus” competition. Its unique concept of focusing on a specific issue – Focus Green in 2008, for example, or Focus Safety in...

Dope Awards is all about finding and awarding sites that are "Dope", that's why for us the personality and impact that the site delivers are one of the most important criteria to judge. We also understand that in order for a site to...

China has unique, flourishing markets that are comprised of a diverse group of people with strikingly distinct lifestyles and preferences. In order to compete in the Chinese market, designs have to be more than just functional and aesthetically...

Runner’s World magazine is official media partner to the ispo and first presented its Runner’s World ispoAward in summer 2002. The award is given to outstanding products for active runners based on the following three categories: hardware...

The history of cycling is full of fascinating technological developments. Manufacturers are constantly striving to innovate bike and equipment design and construction. The TOUR Milestone is awarded by TOUR magazine’s editorial team and readers...