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  • World’s Best Communication Design 2025 – Red Dot Design Museum Essen presents more than 800 international projects

    From 27 February to 31 May 2026, the Red Dot Design Museum Essen presents “World’s Best Communication Design 2025”, featuring more than 800 awarded brand and communication design projects from 39 countries.
    What would usually circulate as a case study, reel or PDF takes shape in a public space here.
    The exhibition brings together printed works, objects and digital applications in a curated s

  • Call for Entries – Red Dot Award: Brands & Communication Design 2026 now open

    The Red Dot Award: Brands & Communication Design 2026 has launched. From now on, agencies, in-house teams, companies and independent designers can submit their work to the international competition.
    The award is open to all those shaping brands and communication through strong ideas, clear concepts and excellent execution – regardless of medium, channel or format.
    Red Dot stands internat

  • Award ceremony and exhibition opening – Red Dot Award: Brands & Communication Design

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    Award CeremonyFriday, 7 November | Konzerthaus BerlinVernissageSaturday, 8 November | Museum of Communication Berlin
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    On 7 November 2025, the Red Dot Gala will take place at the Konzerthaus Berlin – the highlight of the Red Dot Award: Brands & Communication Design. On the following day, 8 November, Red Dot will open the studio exhibition “Bes

  • Save the Date | Red Dot Gala 2025 – Brands & Communication Design

    Award Ceremony | 7 November 2025 | Konzerthaus Berlin, Germany» Press Accreditation
    On 7 November 2025, the Red Dot Gala, the highlight of the Red Dot Award: Brands & Communication Design, will take place at the Konzerthaus Berlin. During the festive awards ceremony, the best projects of the year will be honoured and outstanding achievements in international communication design celebrated

  • 70 Years of the Red Dot Design Museum: Anniversary Exhibition “70 Years of Design – Masterpieces Selected by Peter Zec”

    On 5 October 2025, the Red Dot Design Museum Essen opened the anniversary exhibition “70 Years of Design – Masterpieces Selected by Peter Zec” with a festive matinee, exactly seventy years to the day after the first exhibition promoting design (“Permanent Exhibition of Attractively Designed Industrial Products”) was inaugurated at Villa Hügel. The show bridges the gap between the beginnings in 195

  • Red Dot Award: Product Design 2025 – The best designers of the year celebrate in Essen

    Images of the award ceremony can be found here.
    On 8 July 2025, Essen became the hotspot of the international design scene. Creatives, companies and design enthusiasts from all over the world gathered on Tuesday evening for the Red Dot Award: Product Design 2025 award ceremony. It was an evening full of emotions, exciting moments and impressive designs, which began in the iconic Aalto Theatre –

  • Progress through movement – BRP Design & Innovation Team is Red Dot: Design Team of the Year 2025

    BRP, a global leader in powersports products, propulsion systems and boats, has been awarded the prestigious title “Red Dot: Design Team of the Year 2025”. The title recognises BRP’s longstanding commitment to innovative and solution-driven design, and its pursuit of creating the ultimate, well balanced consumer experience.
    With a reputation for reimagining adventure across asphalt, dirt, water

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