Call for Entries for Red Dot Product Design Award

The Red Dot Award: Product Design 2019 starting signal will be given on Oct. 15, 2018. Designers and companies from around the world then have until Feb. 1, 2019 to submit products from all areas of daily life for a chance to win an award at this design competition. The first of the three registration phases, which allows participants to benefit from a discounted registration fee, ends on November 9.

From everyday to unusual, participants can this year choose between 48 product categories for submissions. They can submit entries for everything from consumer electronics to aircraft, medical devices, jewelry, robotics and furniture for evaluation by an international jury.

“The first thing I notice is the huge variety of categories and the growing quality of products,” said Red Dot Jury Member and UK Design Strategist Michael Thomson during the adjudication process in 2018. In fact, the experts were already impatient last year to find out what innovations would be presented in 2019.

For more than 60 years, a jury consisting of experienced experts from different specialist fields have been coming together to search out the best designs of the year. Throughout an evaluation process that lasts several days, they try out and discuss the products, and eventually reach a decision on the design quality of the submissions. In line with the motto “In search of good design and innovation,” during the assessment process, they look for criteria such as the level of innovation, functionality, formal quality, durability and ergonomics.

If a design receives an award, the winners may use the internationally recognized winner label. It assures the long-term association of the product with design quality and offers consumers a benchmark. Award-winning entries are furthermore presented in the Red Dot Design Yearbook, in international exhibitions, as well as online and in the Red Dot App.

Registration Phases 

Early Bird: Oct. 15 to Nov. 9, 2018
Regular: Nov. 10, 2018 to Jan. 9, 2019
Latecomers: Jan. 10 to Feb 1, 2019

Sources: Press materials received from the company.