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maud ARCA-SWISS
16-Apr-2009, 03:22
With its outstanding and innovative design, the Rm3d® by ARCA-SWISS
succeeded in one of the most renowned and hardest international design
competitions worldwide.
In the red dot award product design competition, the Rm3d® was awarded the
“red dot” quality seal for high design quality by the top-class expert jury.
This award is only conferred to particularly creative, innovative, and
high-quality products. In total 3,231 products from 49 nations faced the
expert judgement this year. The festive awards presentation with more than
1,000 guests will take place on 29 June 2009 in the Essen Opera House, the
Aalto Theatre.
Products submitted to the red dot design award are assessed by an
international jury consisting of renowned design experts. They examine and
test the products and assess them according to criteria such as degree of
innovation, functionality, ergonomics, longevity, ecological compatibility
and clarity of function. This year companies from 49 countries with a total
of 3,231 products faced the judgement of the jury.
The exhibition of the winning products in the red dot design museum:
Together with the other award-winning products, the ARCA-SWISS Rm3d® will be
on display from 30 June to 26 July 2009 in the exhibition “Design on stage –
winners red dot award: product design 2009” at the red dot design museum on
the premises of the ‘Zeche Zollverein’ World Cultural Heritage Site. With
approximately 1,500 products on more than 4,000 square metres, the red dot
design museum houses the largest permanent exhibition of contemporary design
worldwide.
The red dot design award:
Today, the red dot design award, the origins of which go back to 1955, is
the largest and most renowned design competition worldwide. It consists of
the individual disciplines “red dot award: product design”, “red dot award:
communication design”, and “red dot award: design concept”. In 2008 the
competition recorded around 11,000 entries from 61 nations in total.

The jury of the red dot award: product design 2009

· Manuel Alvarez-Fuentes, Mexico
· Sybs Bauer, Designkunst, Germany
· Gordon Bruce, Gordon Bruce Design LLC, USA
· Prof. Rido Busse, Busse Design Ulm, Germany
· Shashi Caan, USA
· Tony K. M. Chang, Taiwan Design Center, Taiwan
· Vivian Cheng Wai Kwan, Hongkong
· Mårten Claesson, Co-founder of the Swedish design partnership Claesson
Koivisto Rune, Sweden
· Vincent Créance, MBD Design, France
· Martin Darbyshire, Tangerine, Great Britain
· Robin Edman, The Swedish Industrial Design Foundation, Sweden
· Joachim Faust, HPP Hentrich-Petschnigg & Partner, Germany
· Prof. Lutz Fügener, Fachhochschule Pforzheim, Germany
· Makio Hasuike, Italy
· Keith Helfet, South Africa, Great Britain
· Prof. Renke He, Hunan University China, School of Design, China
· Dr. Carlos Hinrichsen, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile
· Prof. Dr. Florian Hufnagl, Die Neue Sammlung – Pinakothek der Moderne,
Germany
· Tapani Hyvönen, Managing Director ED-design Ltd., Finland
· Kristiina Lassus, Kristiina Lassus Studio, Italy
· Soon-In Lee, Korea Institute of Design Promotion (KIDP), South Korea
· Prof. Stefan Lengyel, Lengyel Design, Germany, Hungary
· Prof. Ron A. Nabarro, Israel
· Simon Ong, Kingsmen Creatives Ltd., Singapore
· Dirk Schumann, Schumann – Büro für industrielle Formentwicklung, Germany
· Nils Toft, Partner and Managing Director of CBD A/S, Denmark
· Danny Venlet, Venlet Interior Architecture, Belgium

Gordon Moat
21-Apr-2009, 23:18
Just helping you out a bit on this: http://www.red-dot.de/

Anyway, congratulations on staying innovative. They don't have the 2009 results posted on line yet, but I look forward to seeing the results.

Ciao!

Gordon Moat Photography (http://www.gordonmoat.com)

P.S. - If you want to trade me a Misura in leather bag for a website layout, you know where to find me.
:rolleyes: ;)

franche
23-Apr-2009, 11:06
With its outstanding and innovative design, the Rm3d® by ARCA-SWISS
succeeded in one of the most renowned and hardest international design
competitions worldwide.
In the red dot award product design competition, the Rm3d® was awarded the
“red dot” quality seal for high design quality by the top-class expert jury.
This award is only conferred to particularly creative, innovative, and
high-quality products. In total 3,231 products from 49 nations faced the
expert judgement this year. The festive awards presentation with more than
1,000 guests will take place on 29 June 2009 in the Essen Opera House, the
Aalto Theatre.
Products submitted to the red dot design award are assessed by an
international jury consisting of renowned design experts. They examine and
test the products and assess them according to criteria such as degree of
innovation, functionality, ergonomics, longevity, ecological compatibility
and clarity of function. This year companies from 49 countries with a total
of 3,231 products faced the judgement of the jury.
The exhibition of the winning products in the red dot design museum:
Together with the other award-winning products, the ARCA-SWISS Rm3d® will be
on display from 30 June to 26 July 2009 in the exhibition “Design on stage –
winners red dot award: product design 2009” at the red dot design museum on
the premises of the ‘Zeche Zollverein’ World Cultural Heritage Site. With
approximately 1,500 products on more than 4,000 square metres, the red dot
design museum houses the largest permanent exhibition of contemporary design
worldwide.
The red dot design award:
Today, the red dot design award, the origins of which go back to 1955, is
the largest and most renowned design competition worldwide. It consists of
the individual disciplines “red dot award: product design”, “red dot award:
communication design”, and “red dot award: design concept”. In 2008 the
competition recorded around 11,000 entries from 61 nations in total.

The jury of the red dot award: product design 2009

· Manuel Alvarez-Fuentes, Mexico
· Sybs Bauer, Designkunst, Germany
· Gordon Bruce, Gordon Bruce Design LLC, USA
· Prof. Rido Busse, Busse Design Ulm, Germany
· Shashi Caan, USA
· Tony K. M. Chang, Taiwan Design Center, Taiwan
· Vivian Cheng Wai Kwan, Hongkong
· Mårten Claesson, Co-founder of the Swedish design partnership Claesson
Koivisto Rune, Sweden
· Vincent Créance, MBD Design, France
· Martin Darbyshire, Tangerine, Great Britain
· Robin Edman, The Swedish Industrial Design Foundation, Sweden
· Joachim Faust, HPP Hentrich-Petschnigg & Partner, Germany
· Prof. Lutz Fügener, Fachhochschule Pforzheim, Germany
· Makio Hasuike, Italy
· Keith Helfet, South Africa, Great Britain
· Prof. Renke He, Hunan University China, School of Design, China
· Dr. Carlos Hinrichsen, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile
· Prof. Dr. Florian Hufnagl, Die Neue Sammlung – Pinakothek der Moderne,
Germany
· Tapani Hyvönen, Managing Director ED-design Ltd., Finland
· Kristiina Lassus, Kristiina Lassus Studio, Italy
· Soon-In Lee, Korea Institute of Design Promotion (KIDP), South Korea
· Prof. Stefan Lengyel, Lengyel Design, Germany, Hungary
· Prof. Ron A. Nabarro, Israel
· Simon Ong, Kingsmen Creatives Ltd., Singapore
· Dirk Schumann, Schumann – Büro für industrielle Formentwicklung, Germany
· Nils Toft, Partner and Managing Director of CBD A/S, Denmark
· Danny Venlet, Venlet Interior Architecture, Belgium