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  • Decoding the world – CLEVER°FRANKE is Red Dot: Agency of the Year 2023

    Decoding the world – CLEVER°FRANKE is Red Dot: Agency of the Year 2023

    Successful agencies that shape and advance our industry are not sprinters, but marathon runners. This is why the Red Dot: Agency of the Year is chosen annually as part of the Red Dot Award: Brands & Communication Design – a special honorary title for which no one can apply. This award recognises the innovative spirit, long-term strategic thinking and exceptional communication performance of ag

  • Looking towards the future: A profession in transition | Award-winning communication design in the Red Dot Award: Brands & Communication Design 2023

    Looking towards the future: A profession in transition | Award-winning communication design in the Red Dot Award: Brands & Communication Design 2023

    Commercial artists have already turned into communication designers – but what is next? Communication is the key to economic success, and today the design industry is more important than ever. Nevertheless, the industry remains in a state of transition: our lives are determined by artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, 3D printing, algorithms and a tsunami of bits and bytes. Actually, in

  • Award ceremony for the Red Dot Design Award: big names on the international design scene celebrate in Essen

    Award ceremony for the Red Dot Design Award: big names on the international design scene celebrate in Essen

    Around 2,000 international guests accepted the invitation from the Red Dot Design Award to celebrate the winners of this year’s competition on 19 June 2023. These included such well-known names in the industry as Alastair Curtis (Logitech), Robert Sachon (Bosch), Flavio Manzoni (Ferrari), Simon Kidd (Black Magic) and Petteri Masalin (Fiskars).
    Red Dot Gala in Essen’s opera house
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  • Hiroshi Ishibashi to receive Red Dot: Personality Prize 2023 for exemplary dedication to championing design

    Hiroshi Ishibashi to receive Red Dot: Personality Prize 2023 for exemplary dedication to championing design

    Hiroshi Ishibashi has devoted his entire career to recognising and championing the value of design. The legacy he started when working for his family’s company, Bridgestone, culminated in the opening of the Artizon Museum in 2020. In between were around 40 years of hard work in the companies he founded himself as well as with international partners.
    Hiroshi Ishibashi will be awarded the 2023 Re

  • Logitech Design ist Red Dot: Design Team of the Year 2023

    Logitech Design ist Red Dot: Design Team of the Year 2023

    Under the leadership of Chief Design Officer Alastair Curtis, Logitech, the Swiss-based company, has undergone a fundamental transformation over the past ten years from a company known for its technology to an award-winning design company. Logitech has established itself as a design brand with a focus on quality and innovation.
    With carefully designed products and innovative digital solutions,

  • MetaDesign is Red Dot: Agency of the Year 2022

    MetaDesign is Red Dot: Agency of the Year 2022

    Having positioned itself as a creative brand consultancy, MetaDesign has been assisting companies in all brand-related matters since it was founded in 1979. These include brand design and employer branding, the development of digital products and services as well as in-store experiences and experiences at trade fairs or exhibitions. The agency now has approximately 300 employees in seven locations

  • Award ceremony in Berlin: Red Dot Design Award celebrates the year’s best agencies and designers

    Award ceremony in Berlin: Red Dot Design Award celebrates the year’s best agencies and designers

    28 October 2022 marked the celebration of the achievements of the winners of this year’s Red Dot Award: Brands & Communication Design. Guests from roughly 30 countries accepted the invitation from the Red Dot Design Award, where they celebrated the year’s best agencies and designers in a laid-back atmosphere in the Konzerthaus in Berlin.
    There were plenty of surprises, as the Agency of the

  • Jean-Claude Biver wins Red Dot: Personality Prize for revitalising the watchmaking industry

    Jean-Claude Biver wins Red Dot: Personality Prize for revitalising the watchmaking industry

    Jean-Claude Biver is one of the most successful managers in the watchmaking industry, and this year he has earned a very special honour. As part of the Red Dot Award: Product Design, he will receive the Red Dot: Personality Prize, which is being awarded in 2020 for the first time. Born in Luxembourg and raised in Switzerland, Biver has had an unmatched lasting impact on the watchmaking industry th

  • Red Dot CEO Professor Dr. Peter Zec awarded Federal Cross of Merit

    Red Dot CEO Professor Dr. Peter Zec awarded Federal Cross of Merit

    On 9 August 2019, Founder and CEO of the Red Dot Award Professor Dr. Peter Zec was awarded the Cross of Merit on the ribbon of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for his contribution to the design discipline by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. This honour stemmed from a proposal by Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia Armin Laschet. Zec has transformed the Red D