Red Dot Award 2017
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Description
What is Red Dot Award: Design ConceptIdentifying good design since 1950, the Red Dot Design Award received more than 18,000 applications in 2016. Making the competition one of the biggest and most prestigious design awards worldwide. In 2005, the award recognised the need to identify and celebrate new design concept and innovation, the precursor of tomorrow’s great product. Believing a design concept must be evaluated based on its design merit without prejudice, the award created a unprecedented platform that accept entries from companies to design students.
Types of Categories
There are 34 categories to select from. Each category name is deliberately vague and broad to encourage unhindered imagination and innovation. The list of examples following each categories are samples and should not limit your entry. A single design concept can be submitted multiple times under different categories if the concept has attributes that is fitting to different categories.
Bionics, Life Science, Childhood, Materials, Communication , Mobile Life, Culinary, Mobility, Domestic Aid, Personal Hygiene, Education, Play, Energy, Protection, Entertainment, Public Space, Fashion, Recreation, Flora and Fauna, Relax, Furniture, Security, Service, Green, Skin, Habitat, Smart, Illumination, Third Age, Industry, Travel, Interaction, Workplace, Interior Elements
Jury
Werner Aisslinger
The works of the designer Werner Aisslinger cover the spectrum of experimental and artistic approaches, including industrial design and architecture. He makes use of the latest technologies and has helped introduce new materials and techniques to the world of product design.
His works are part of prestigious, permanent collections of international museums such as the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Fonds National d’Art Contemporain in Paris, the Victoria & Albert Museum London, the Neue Sammlung Museum in Munich, and the Vitra Design Museum in Weil, Germany.
In 2013, Werner Aisslinger opened his first solo show called “Home of the future” in the Berlin museum Haus am Waldsee. Besides numerous international awards he received the prestigious A&W Designer of the Year Award in 2014. Werner Aisslinger lives in Berlin and works for companies such as Vitra, Foscarini, Haier, Canon, 25hours Hotel Bikini and Moroso, for whom he has developed the “Hemp chair” together with BASF, which is the first ever biocomposite monobloc chair.
The works of the designer Werner Aisslinger cover the spectrum of experimental and artistic approaches, including industrial design and architecture. He makes use of the latest technologies and has helped introduce new materials and techniques to the world of product design.
His works are part of prestigious, permanent collections of international museums such as the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Fonds National d’Art Contemporain in Paris, the Victoria & Albert Museum London, the Neue Sammlung Museum in Munich, and the Vitra Design Museum in Weil, Germany.
In 2013, Werner Aisslinger opened his first solo show called “Home of the future” in the Berlin museum Haus am Waldsee. Besides numerous international awards he received the prestigious A&W Designer of the Year Award in 2014. Werner Aisslinger lives in Berlin and works for companies such as Vitra, Foscarini, Haier, Canon, 25hours Hotel Bikini and Moroso, for whom he has developed the “Hemp chair” together with BASF, which is the first ever biocomposite monobloc chair.
Masayo Ave
Professor Masayo Ave, born in 1962 in Tokyo, graduated in architecture and design from Hosei University in Tokyo. She worked with I. Ebihara Architect and Associates before moving to Milan in 1990 to study and graduate with a Master of Arts in industrial design at the Domus Academy. She opened her own design studio by the name of “Ave design corporation” in 1992, with headquarters in Tokyo and Milan, received a scholarship in 1996 from the Akademie Schloss Solitude in Germany, and in 2000 launched her own collection called “MasayoAve creation”. She has received numerous international awards, including the ICFF 2000 Editors Award as well as the A&W Mentor Award 2006, and has been working as a designer for companies such as Authentics, DuPont Corian, Yamaha, and Panasonic. Since 2001, Masayo Ave has conducted research projects and workshops on the design value of tactile sensitivity and, while a professor at University of Arts in Berlin from 2004 to 2007, founded a design institute for haptic interface design, which she integrated into her own office in 2010 when it moved from Milan to Berlin.
Professor Masayo Ave, born in 1962 in Tokyo, graduated in architecture and design from Hosei University in Tokyo. She worked with I. Ebihara Architect and Associates before moving to Milan in 1990 to study and graduate with a Master of Arts in industrial design at the Domus Academy. She opened her own design studio by the name of “Ave design corporation” in 1992, with headquarters in Tokyo and Milan, received a scholarship in 1996 from the Akademie Schloss Solitude in Germany, and in 2000 launched her own collection called “MasayoAve creation”. She has received numerous international awards, including the ICFF 2000 Editors Award as well as the A&W Mentor Award 2006, and has been working as a designer for companies such as Authentics, DuPont Corian, Yamaha, and Panasonic. Since 2001, Masayo Ave has conducted research projects and workshops on the design value of tactile sensitivity and, while a professor at University of Arts in Berlin from 2004 to 2007, founded a design institute for haptic interface design, which she integrated into her own office in 2010 when it moved from Milan to Berlin.
Gordon Bruce
Gordon Bruce is principal of Gordon Bruce Design LLC and has been a design consultant for 40 years working with many international corporations in Europe, Asia and the USA. He has worked with numerous multinational corporations on many different kinds of products at all scales – from airplanes to computers and medical equipment. From 1991 to 1994, Gordon Bruce was a consulting Vice-President for Art Center College of Design’s Kyoto programme and, from 1995 to 1999, Chairman of Product Design for the “Innovative Design Lab of Samsung” (IDS) in Seoul, Korea. In 2003, he played a crucial role in helping to establish Porsche Design’s North American office. For many years, he served as head design consultant for Lenovo’s Innovative Design Center (IDC) in Beijing and he is presently working with Bühler in Switzerland and Huawei Technologies, Co., LTD in China. Gordon Bruce is a visiting professor at several universities in the USA and in China. He is also an author of a monograph about the famous American architect and industrial designer, Eliot Noyes which was published by Phaidon Press. He is writing another design book while writing periodically for international design magazines. He recently received Art Center College of Design’s “Lifetime Achievement Award”.
Gordon Bruce is principal of Gordon Bruce Design LLC and has been a design consultant for 40 years working with many international corporations in Europe, Asia and the USA. He has worked with numerous multinational corporations on many different kinds of products at all scales – from airplanes to computers and medical equipment. From 1991 to 1994, Gordon Bruce was a consulting Vice-President for Art Center College of Design’s Kyoto programme and, from 1995 to 1999, Chairman of Product Design for the “Innovative Design Lab of Samsung” (IDS) in Seoul, Korea. In 2003, he played a crucial role in helping to establish Porsche Design’s North American office. For many years, he served as head design consultant for Lenovo’s Innovative Design Center (IDC) in Beijing and he is presently working with Bühler in Switzerland and Huawei Technologies, Co., LTD in China. Gordon Bruce is a visiting professor at several universities in the USA and in China. He is also an author of a monograph about the famous American architect and industrial designer, Eliot Noyes which was published by Phaidon Press. He is writing another design book while writing periodically for international design magazines. He recently received Art Center College of Design’s “Lifetime Achievement Award”.
Vivian Wai-Kwan Cheng
Vivian Wai-kwan Cheng, born in 1962 in Hong Kong, studied industrial design at the Swire School of Design, Hong Kong Polytechnic University. In 1987, she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree, and in the same year she was awarded a special prize in the Young Designers of the Year competition. She began her career as a watch designer and later continued as an industrial designer of fashion accessories. Afterwards, she joined Lambda Industrial Limited where she won the Governor’s Award for Industry: Consumer Product Design in 1989. Vivian Wai-kwan Cheng has made a major impact on the Hong Kong design scene; she has been a member of numerous important design boards. After 19 years of educational service at Hong Kong Design Institute, Vivian Cheng founded “Vivian Design” in 2014 to provide consultancy services in design networking, event management, design research and promote her own art in Jewellery and Glass.
Vivian Wai-kwan Cheng, born in 1962 in Hong Kong, studied industrial design at the Swire School of Design, Hong Kong Polytechnic University. In 1987, she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree, and in the same year she was awarded a special prize in the Young Designers of the Year competition. She began her career as a watch designer and later continued as an industrial designer of fashion accessories. Afterwards, she joined Lambda Industrial Limited where she won the Governor’s Award for Industry: Consumer Product Design in 1989. Vivian Wai-kwan Cheng has made a major impact on the Hong Kong design scene; she has been a member of numerous important design boards. After 19 years of educational service at Hong Kong Design Institute, Vivian Cheng founded “Vivian Design” in 2014 to provide consultancy services in design networking, event management, design research and promote her own art in Jewellery and Glass.
Cho Young Kil
Young Kil Cho was born in Seoul, 1958, graduated from Purdue University (BFA) and Pratt Institute (MID) in USA. He has worked as a product designer and director at Deskey association in New York, U.S.A and LG Design Center in Seoul Korea.
Today, Cho is the founder and president at a design consultancy in Seoul, Designmall Co. Ltd., one of the leading design consultants in South Korea and Southeast Asia. During his 30 year career, Cho has project managed for many successful products. He supports global Korean brands LG and Samsung, as well as Chinese major brands, such as Huawei Media. He is also consultant to many small and medium sized companies. His consultancy work includes design research, strategy, problem solving, and design for manufacturing.
As the chairman of Korea Design Firms Association, he proposed a national policy for the importance of the design industry in Korea and increased national competitiveness. Cho also lectures at Dankook University, and Kookmin University.
Young Kil Cho was born in Seoul, 1958, graduated from Purdue University (BFA) and Pratt Institute (MID) in USA. He has worked as a product designer and director at Deskey association in New York, U.S.A and LG Design Center in Seoul Korea.
Today, Cho is the founder and president at a design consultancy in Seoul, Designmall Co. Ltd., one of the leading design consultants in South Korea and Southeast Asia. During his 30 year career, Cho has project managed for many successful products. He supports global Korean brands LG and Samsung, as well as Chinese major brands, such as Huawei Media. He is also consultant to many small and medium sized companies. His consultancy work includes design research, strategy, problem solving, and design for manufacturing.
As the chairman of Korea Design Firms Association, he proposed a national policy for the importance of the design industry in Korea and increased national competitiveness. Cho also lectures at Dankook University, and Kookmin University.
Martin Darbyshire
Martin Darbyshire is founder and CEO of the world-renowned strategic design consultancy tangerine. He is internationally respected for his design expertise and ability to deliver commercially successful design solutions for global clients including Samsung, LG, British Airways, Huawei, Sky, Heathrow Express, Cathay Pacific and Toyota.
Before founding tangerine, with Clive Grinyer in 1989, Martin worked for Moggridge Associates and worked in San Francisco at ID TWO (now IDEO). Martin is responsible for the commercial management of tangerine, leading design projects and creating new business opportunities for tangerine. He spends much of his time travelling to Asia, the US and Europe, sharing his expertise in design and innovation, both with clients and government design bodies, he has also been a UKT&I Ambassador for the UK Creative Industries sector.
Most notably, he led the multi-disciplinary team that created both generations of the “Club World” business class aircraft seating for British Airways – the world’s first fully flat bed in business class, which, since its launch in 2000, has remained the profit engine for British Airways.
Martin was a board member of ICSID (the ‘International Council of the Society of Industrial Designers) for two terms, during which time he judged the World Design Capital 2014. He is also formerly a visiting professor at Central St Martin’s, University of Arts.
Martin is a long-serving a juror at the Red Dot Design Awards in Europe and Asia, as well as a regular keynote speaker at design and business conferences globally. In 2015, he was appointed a trustee of the UK Design Council and was recently awarded the CIC International Award 2016 for export success by the Creative Industries Council, UK.
Martin Darbyshire is founder and CEO of the world-renowned strategic design consultancy tangerine. He is internationally respected for his design expertise and ability to deliver commercially successful design solutions for global clients including Samsung, LG, British Airways, Huawei, Sky, Heathrow Express, Cathay Pacific and Toyota.
Before founding tangerine, with Clive Grinyer in 1989, Martin worked for Moggridge Associates and worked in San Francisco at ID TWO (now IDEO). Martin is responsible for the commercial management of tangerine, leading design projects and creating new business opportunities for tangerine. He spends much of his time travelling to Asia, the US and Europe, sharing his expertise in design and innovation, both with clients and government design bodies, he has also been a UKT&I Ambassador for the UK Creative Industries sector.
Most notably, he led the multi-disciplinary team that created both generations of the “Club World” business class aircraft seating for British Airways – the world’s first fully flat bed in business class, which, since its launch in 2000, has remained the profit engine for British Airways.
Martin was a board member of ICSID (the ‘International Council of the Society of Industrial Designers) for two terms, during which time he judged the World Design Capital 2014. He is also formerly a visiting professor at Central St Martin’s, University of Arts.
Martin is a long-serving a juror at the Red Dot Design Awards in Europe and Asia, as well as a regular keynote speaker at design and business conferences globally. In 2015, he was appointed a trustee of the UK Design Council and was recently awarded the CIC International Award 2016 for export success by the Creative Industries Council, UK.
Lutz Fügener
Lutz Fügener began his studies at the Technical University Dresden, where he completed the equivalent of an associate’s degree in Mechanical Engineering. He then transferred to the Hochschule für Kunst und Design (art and design academy) Burg Giebichenstein, in Halle/Saale, Germany, where he obtained a degree in Industrial Design in 1995. Upon graduation, he immediately became junior partner of Fisch & Vogel Design in Berlin. Since then, the firm (today “studioFT”) has increasingly specialised in transportation design. Two years after joining the firm, Lutz Fügener became senior partner and co-owner. Since 2000, he is Chair of the bachelor’s programme in Transportation Design and is a member of the board of governors of the Hochschule Pforzheim.
Lutz Fügener began his studies at the Technical University Dresden, where he completed the equivalent of an associate’s degree in Mechanical Engineering. He then transferred to the Hochschule für Kunst und Design (art and design academy) Burg Giebichenstein, in Halle/Saale, Germany, where he obtained a degree in Industrial Design in 1995. Upon graduation, he immediately became junior partner of Fisch & Vogel Design in Berlin. Since then, the firm (today “studioFT”) has increasingly specialised in transportation design. Two years after joining the firm, Lutz Fügener became senior partner and co-owner. Since 2000, he is Chair of the bachelor’s programme in Transportation Design and is a member of the board of governors of the Hochschule Pforzheim.
Kuan Cheng-Neng
Kuan Cheng-Neng, born in 1954, earned a Master’s degree in Industrial Design (MID) from the Pratt Institute in New York.
Prof. Kuan is currently a full professor and the vice president of Shih-Chien University, Taipei, Taiwan. With the aim of developing a more advanced design curriculum in Taiwan, he founded the Department of Industrial Design, the first of its kind, at Shih-Chien University in 1992 with special emphasis on innovative design curriculum and approaches in Taiwan; he served as department chair until 1999. Moreover, Professor Kuan founded the School of Design (including 4 departments: industrial design, architecture, fashion and communications) in 1997 and had served as the dean from 1997 to 2004 and as the founding director of the Graduate Institute of Industrial Design (Master of Arts in Design) from 1998 to 2007. Professor Kuan had also held the position of 16th chairman of the Board of China Industrial Designers Association (CIDA), Taiwan. In 2007, the School of Design was listed as the Top 60 the Best Design School in the World by ‘Businessweek’ USA; in 2009, the Master program was awarded as the Top 30 World’s Best Design Programs by ‘Businessweek’ USA.
Prof. Kuan’s fields of expertise include design strategy and management, design theory, and design creation. Having published various books on design and over 180 research papers and design articles, he is an active member of design juries homeland and international as well as a consultant to major enterprises on product development and design strategy.
Kuan Cheng-Neng, born in 1954, earned a Master’s degree in Industrial Design (MID) from the Pratt Institute in New York.
Prof. Kuan is currently a full professor and the vice president of Shih-Chien University, Taipei, Taiwan. With the aim of developing a more advanced design curriculum in Taiwan, he founded the Department of Industrial Design, the first of its kind, at Shih-Chien University in 1992 with special emphasis on innovative design curriculum and approaches in Taiwan; he served as department chair until 1999. Moreover, Professor Kuan founded the School of Design (including 4 departments: industrial design, architecture, fashion and communications) in 1997 and had served as the dean from 1997 to 2004 and as the founding director of the Graduate Institute of Industrial Design (Master of Arts in Design) from 1998 to 2007. Professor Kuan had also held the position of 16th chairman of the Board of China Industrial Designers Association (CIDA), Taiwan. In 2007, the School of Design was listed as the Top 60 the Best Design School in the World by ‘Businessweek’ USA; in 2009, the Master program was awarded as the Top 30 World’s Best Design Programs by ‘Businessweek’ USA.
Prof. Kuan’s fields of expertise include design strategy and management, design theory, and design creation. Having published various books on design and over 180 research papers and design articles, he is an active member of design juries homeland and international as well as a consultant to major enterprises on product development and design strategy.
Lu Xiaobo
Lu Xiaobo, born in 1959 in China, studied in industrial design at the Central Academy of Art and Design in China, today the Academy of Arts and Design of Tsinghua University, where he is currently a professor. He was an advanced visiting student, among others, at University of Kassel in Germany and from 1990 to 1999 he was assistant professor and vice director of the Department of Industrial Design at Tsinghua University, and professor and director of the same department until 2002. From 2001 to 2003, Prof. Lu there served as vice dean, and from 2002 to 2005 as vice dean of the University’s Academy of Arts and Design. From 2005 to 2011, he has been the dean as well as executive director of the Research Centre of Arts & Science of Tsinghua University. In January 2012, he was appointed Dean of Academy of Arts and Design and also Director of the Research Centre of Arts and Sciences. He has also been a guest researcher at the Microsoft Corporation in Seattle, USA, and is currently working for Microsoft Research in Asia. He is vice president of the China Industrial Design Association, a member of numerous associations in China, as well as a frequent juror for international competitions.
Lu Xiaobo, born in 1959 in China, studied in industrial design at the Central Academy of Art and Design in China, today the Academy of Arts and Design of Tsinghua University, where he is currently a professor. He was an advanced visiting student, among others, at University of Kassel in Germany and from 1990 to 1999 he was assistant professor and vice director of the Department of Industrial Design at Tsinghua University, and professor and director of the same department until 2002. From 2001 to 2003, Prof. Lu there served as vice dean, and from 2002 to 2005 as vice dean of the University’s Academy of Arts and Design. From 2005 to 2011, he has been the dean as well as executive director of the Research Centre of Arts & Science of Tsinghua University. In January 2012, he was appointed Dean of Academy of Arts and Design and also Director of the Research Centre of Arts and Sciences. He has also been a guest researcher at the Microsoft Corporation in Seattle, USA, and is currently working for Microsoft Research in Asia. He is vice president of the China Industrial Design Association, a member of numerous associations in China, as well as a frequent juror for international competitions.
Wolfgang K. Meyer-Hayoz
Wolfgang K. Meyer-Hayoz, born in 1947, studied mechanical engineering, visual communication and industrial design and graduated from the Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design. The professors Klaus Lehmann, Kurt Weidemann and Max Bense had formative influence on the design philosophy he has today. In 1985, he founded the Meyer-Hayoz Design Engineering Group with offices in Winterthur/Switzerland and Konstanz/Germany. The company offers consultancy services for business start-ups, small- and medium-sized enterprises, as well as world market leaders within the five defined fields of competence design strategy, industrial design, user interface design, temporary architecture and communication design, and has received numerous international awards. From 1987 to 1993, Meyer-Hayoz was volunteering as president of the Swiss Design Association (SDA); he is member of the Association of German Industrial Designers (VDID), of Swiss Marketing and the Swiss Management Society (SMG). Aside from his work as a designer and a consultant, Wolfgang K. Meyer-Hayoz is among others a guest lecturer at the University of St. Gallen and a member of the society for the promotion of the Institute of Marketing. Wolfgang K. Meyer-Hayoz serves as juror on international design panels. Besides working on complex design processes in the company’s focus areas medical engineering as well as machine and equipment design, he also moderates Change Management- and Turnaround projects in the fields of design strategy.
Wolfgang K. Meyer-Hayoz, born in 1947, studied mechanical engineering, visual communication and industrial design and graduated from the Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design. The professors Klaus Lehmann, Kurt Weidemann and Max Bense had formative influence on the design philosophy he has today. In 1985, he founded the Meyer-Hayoz Design Engineering Group with offices in Winterthur/Switzerland and Konstanz/Germany. The company offers consultancy services for business start-ups, small- and medium-sized enterprises, as well as world market leaders within the five defined fields of competence design strategy, industrial design, user interface design, temporary architecture and communication design, and has received numerous international awards. From 1987 to 1993, Meyer-Hayoz was volunteering as president of the Swiss Design Association (SDA); he is member of the Association of German Industrial Designers (VDID), of Swiss Marketing and the Swiss Management Society (SMG). Aside from his work as a designer and a consultant, Wolfgang K. Meyer-Hayoz is among others a guest lecturer at the University of St. Gallen and a member of the society for the promotion of the Institute of Marketing. Wolfgang K. Meyer-Hayoz serves as juror on international design panels. Besides working on complex design processes in the company’s focus areas medical engineering as well as machine and equipment design, he also moderates Change Management- and Turnaround projects in the fields of design strategy.
Jure Miklavc
Professor Jure Miklavc is a graduate in industrial design from the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana, Slovenia, and has more than 20 years of experience in the field of design. Miklavc started his career working as a freelance designer, before founding his own design consultancy Studio Miklavc. Studio Miklavc works in the field of product design, visual communications, brand development and is a consultancy for a variety of clients from light design, electronic goods, user interfaces, transport design to medical equipment. Sports equipment that they designed gained worldwide success. From 2013 onwards, the studio works for the prestigious Italian motorbike manufacturer Bimota. Designs by Studio Miklavc have also received many highest international awards and have been displayed in numerous exhibitions. Jure Miklavc has been involved in design education since 2005 and is now a permanent lecturer and head of industrial design at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana.
Professor Jure Miklavc is a graduate in industrial design from the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana, Slovenia, and has more than 20 years of experience in the field of design. Miklavc started his career working as a freelance designer, before founding his own design consultancy Studio Miklavc. Studio Miklavc works in the field of product design, visual communications, brand development and is a consultancy for a variety of clients from light design, electronic goods, user interfaces, transport design to medical equipment. Sports equipment that they designed gained worldwide success. From 2013 onwards, the studio works for the prestigious Italian motorbike manufacturer Bimota. Designs by Studio Miklavc have also received many highest international awards and have been displayed in numerous exhibitions. Jure Miklavc has been involved in design education since 2005 and is now a permanent lecturer and head of industrial design at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana.
Ken Nah
In 1983, Professor Dr. Ken Nah received his B.S. from Hanyang University, South Korea, majoring in Industrial Engineering. His interest in human factors/ergonomics led him to pursue a Master’s Degree from Korea Advanced Institute for Science and Technology (KAIST) in 1985. He gained his Ph.D. in 1996 in Engineering Design from Tufts University. Ken Nah is also a USA certified professional ergonomist (CPE). From 2002 to 2006 and 2015 to 2016, he was the dean of the International Design School for Advanced Studies (IDAS). Currently, he is a professor of Design Management and also the director of the Human Experience and Emotion Research (HE.ER) Lab at IDAS, Hongik University, Seoul. He has also held the post of director at the International Design Trend Center (IDTC) since 2002 and was the director general of “World Design Capital Seoul 2010”. Alongside his teaching career, Ken Nah is also the president of the Korea Institute of Design Management (MIDM) and the vice president of the Korea Association of Industrial Designers (KAID). Recently, Dr. Nah has been very active in spreading the value of design, designeering, and design thinking through giving lectures and workshops to the decision makers in various sectors of Korea, publishing books in a reader-centered fashion, and mentoring students and design start-ups.
In 1983, Professor Dr. Ken Nah received his B.S. from Hanyang University, South Korea, majoring in Industrial Engineering. His interest in human factors/ergonomics led him to pursue a Master’s Degree from Korea Advanced Institute for Science and Technology (KAIST) in 1985. He gained his Ph.D. in 1996 in Engineering Design from Tufts University. Ken Nah is also a USA certified professional ergonomist (CPE). From 2002 to 2006 and 2015 to 2016, he was the dean of the International Design School for Advanced Studies (IDAS). Currently, he is a professor of Design Management and also the director of the Human Experience and Emotion Research (HE.ER) Lab at IDAS, Hongik University, Seoul. He has also held the post of director at the International Design Trend Center (IDTC) since 2002 and was the director general of “World Design Capital Seoul 2010”. Alongside his teaching career, Ken Nah is also the president of the Korea Institute of Design Management (MIDM) and the vice president of the Korea Association of Industrial Designers (KAID). Recently, Dr. Nah has been very active in spreading the value of design, designeering, and design thinking through giving lectures and workshops to the decision makers in various sectors of Korea, publishing books in a reader-centered fashion, and mentoring students and design start-ups.
Rajesh Nandan
Rajesh Nandan is the Founder, Publisher and Chief Executive Officer of the design industry’s premier regional media house, Indesign Media Asia Pacific. After acquiring his first magazine at the age of 22 in 1993, Raj continued to launch a suite of magazine titles throughout the 90s which would become the foundation for his boutique publishing house in 2000 under the flagship title, Indesign. In 2010, the company moved further throughout Asia with digital and print titles in Indonesia, Singapore, Hong Kong – including welcoming India to the fold in the very near future. The root of his success lies in Raj being a very early proponent of the potential for digital platforms to support our region’s creative talent.
Rajesh Nandan is the Founder, Publisher and Chief Executive Officer of the design industry’s premier regional media house, Indesign Media Asia Pacific. After acquiring his first magazine at the age of 22 in 1993, Raj continued to launch a suite of magazine titles throughout the 90s which would become the foundation for his boutique publishing house in 2000 under the flagship title, Indesign. In 2010, the company moved further throughout Asia with digital and print titles in Indonesia, Singapore, Hong Kong – including welcoming India to the fold in the very near future. The root of his success lies in Raj being a very early proponent of the potential for digital platforms to support our region’s creative talent.
Dirk Schumann
Dirk Schumann, born in 1960 in Germany, studied product design at the Münster University of applied Sciences. After graduating in 1987, he worked for two design studios and until 1991, he was lecturer at the product design unit of Münster University of Applied Sciences. In 1992, he founded his own design studio, Schumanndesign in Münster. Since then, he has been focusing on conceptual architecture, creating visionary home design ideas and holding lectures at international conferences. Dirk Schumann has taken part in exhibitions, both in Germany and abroad, showcasing works that have garnered several awards. Schumanndesign is working for different international companies in Europe and Asia. Since 2006 he is member of the Red Dot Award: Product Design. In 2015 Schumanndesign founded Schumanndesign China.Schumann&Wang in Xiamen City.
Dirk Schumann, born in 1960 in Germany, studied product design at the Münster University of applied Sciences. After graduating in 1987, he worked for two design studios and until 1991, he was lecturer at the product design unit of Münster University of Applied Sciences. In 1992, he founded his own design studio, Schumanndesign in Münster. Since then, he has been focusing on conceptual architecture, creating visionary home design ideas and holding lectures at international conferences. Dirk Schumann has taken part in exhibitions, both in Germany and abroad, showcasing works that have garnered several awards. Schumanndesign is working for different international companies in Europe and Asia. Since 2006 he is member of the Red Dot Award: Product Design. In 2015 Schumanndesign founded Schumanndesign China.Schumann&Wang in Xiamen City.
Song Kee Hong
Professor Song is an associate professor and deputy head at the Industrial Design Division of the National University of Singapore. He brings over two decades of design experience with global design agency Ziba, HP’s printing division and cross-disciplinary consultancy Design Exchange; where he serves as Design Director.
In his professional practice, he has worked with notable brands across diverse industries including HP, Intel, Lenovo, P&G, Philips, Siemens and Welch Allyn.
His work has received over twenty International design awards – including the prestigious Red Dot Luminary Award. Recent work includes Product, UX & UI Design for finance, healthcare, industrial & air travel sector.
He graduated in 1990 with a BFA Industrial Design degree from the University of Kansas and is a recipient of the prestigious IDSA Student Merit Award from the Industrial Designers Society of America.
Professor Song is an associate professor and deputy head at the Industrial Design Division of the National University of Singapore. He brings over two decades of design experience with global design agency Ziba, HP’s printing division and cross-disciplinary consultancy Design Exchange; where he serves as Design Director.
In his professional practice, he has worked with notable brands across diverse industries including HP, Intel, Lenovo, P&G, Philips, Siemens and Welch Allyn.
His work has received over twenty International design awards – including the prestigious Red Dot Luminary Award. Recent work includes Product, UX & UI Design for finance, healthcare, industrial & air travel sector.
He graduated in 1990 with a BFA Industrial Design degree from the University of Kansas and is a recipient of the prestigious IDSA Student Merit Award from the Industrial Designers Society of America.
Kazuo Tanaka
Kazuo Tanaka graduated, in 1983, from Tokyo University of the Arts, majored in industrial design.He is president CEO of GK Design Group Incorporated, a comprehensive freelance design office in Japan founded in 1952. Mr. Tanaka has been elected president of Japan Industrial Designers Association (JIDA) and taking on many kinds of activities since 2013. In 2007, he was elected member of the board of directors of International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (ICSID) and has been active, also as a regional adviser, in many international programs. Mr. Tanaka has also been serving as; Deputy Chairperson of China International Design Industry Union (CIDIU), and a board member of Japan Institute of Design Promotion (JDP). He also has been involved as a juror in many design promotion activities in and out of the country like Good Design Award(Japan), Red Dot Design Award(Germany), Australian International Design Awards, and others.
Kazuo Tanaka graduated, in 1983, from Tokyo University of the Arts, majored in industrial design.He is president CEO of GK Design Group Incorporated, a comprehensive freelance design office in Japan founded in 1952. Mr. Tanaka has been elected president of Japan Industrial Designers Association (JIDA) and taking on many kinds of activities since 2013. In 2007, he was elected member of the board of directors of International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (ICSID) and has been active, also as a regional adviser, in many international programs. Mr. Tanaka has also been serving as; Deputy Chairperson of China International Design Industry Union (CIDIU), and a board member of Japan Institute of Design Promotion (JDP). He also has been involved as a juror in many design promotion activities in and out of the country like Good Design Award(Japan), Red Dot Design Award(Germany), Australian International Design Awards, and others.
Aleks Tatic
Aleks Tatic, born 1969 in Cologne, Germany, is product designer and founder of Tatic Designstudio in Milan, Italy. After his studies at the Art Center College of Design in the USA and Switzerland, he specialised in his focal areas, sports and lifestyle products, in various international agencies in London and Milan. Afterwards, he guided the multiple award-winning Italian design studio Attivo Creative Resource to international success, leading the agency for 12 years.
Together with his multicultural team of designers and product specialists, he today designs and develops – amongst others – sailing yachts, sporting goods, power tools, FMCGs and consumer electronics for European and Asian premium brands. Aleks Tatic lectures practice-oriented industrial design and innovation management at various European universities and seminars.
Aleks Tatic, born 1969 in Cologne, Germany, is product designer and founder of Tatic Designstudio in Milan, Italy. After his studies at the Art Center College of Design in the USA and Switzerland, he specialised in his focal areas, sports and lifestyle products, in various international agencies in London and Milan. Afterwards, he guided the multiple award-winning Italian design studio Attivo Creative Resource to international success, leading the agency for 12 years.
Together with his multicultural team of designers and product specialists, he today designs and develops – amongst others – sailing yachts, sporting goods, power tools, FMCGs and consumer electronics for European and Asian premium brands. Aleks Tatic lectures practice-oriented industrial design and innovation management at various European universities and seminars.
Axel Thallemer
Axel Thallemer was born in 1959 in Munich. He studied philosophy at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University, and obtained a “Diplom-Ingenieur in Interior Architecture with civil engineering” from the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. He received a DAAD postgraduate scholarship in business, public relations, and psychology at NYSID, New York. He has undertaken professorships at Munich and Hamburg, and from 2004 on, has been Dean and Chair of Industrial Design at Linz, Austria, repositioning design under the brand scionic®. Axel has been a visiting professor to date at 16 universities in the US and Asia, among them the University of Houston (USA), the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Guangzhou and Tsinghua University, Beijing (China), and Shih-Chien University, Taipei (Taiwan) and Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) and Musashino Art University – Science of Design, Tokyo (Japan). Since 2014, Axel has been the Deputy Head of Research at the National University of Singapore’s School of Design and Environment’s Division of Industrial Design.
Axel Thallemer was born in 1959 in Munich. He studied philosophy at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University, and obtained a “Diplom-Ingenieur in Interior Architecture with civil engineering” from the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. He received a DAAD postgraduate scholarship in business, public relations, and psychology at NYSID, New York. He has undertaken professorships at Munich and Hamburg, and from 2004 on, has been Dean and Chair of Industrial Design at Linz, Austria, repositioning design under the brand scionic®. Axel has been a visiting professor to date at 16 universities in the US and Asia, among them the University of Houston (USA), the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Guangzhou and Tsinghua University, Beijing (China), and Shih-Chien University, Taipei (Taiwan) and Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) and Musashino Art University – Science of Design, Tokyo (Japan). Since 2014, Axel has been the Deputy Head of Research at the National University of Singapore’s School of Design and Environment’s Division of Industrial Design.
Nils Toft
Nils Toft, graduated as an architect and designer from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen in 1986.
Starting his career as an industrial designer, Nils Toft joined the former Christian Bjørn Design in 1987, an internationally active design studio in Copenhagen with branches in Beijing and Ho Chi Minh City. Within a few years, he became a partner of CBD and, as managing director, ran the business.
Today, Nils Toft is the founder and managing director of Designidea. With offices in Copenhagen and Beijing, Designidea works in the following key fields: communication, consumer electronics, medicine, and graphic arts, as well as projects in business development, design strategy and human behaviour. Understanding Design psychology and Human Factors and storytelling has become increasingly more important for the design of today’s product or service experience. “Design is a visual language that can tell the stories that feed our desires.”
Nils Toft, graduated as an architect and designer from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen in 1986.
Starting his career as an industrial designer, Nils Toft joined the former Christian Bjørn Design in 1987, an internationally active design studio in Copenhagen with branches in Beijing and Ho Chi Minh City. Within a few years, he became a partner of CBD and, as managing director, ran the business.
Today, Nils Toft is the founder and managing director of Designidea. With offices in Copenhagen and Beijing, Designidea works in the following key fields: communication, consumer electronics, medicine, and graphic arts, as well as projects in business development, design strategy and human behaviour. Understanding Design psychology and Human Factors and storytelling has become increasingly more important for the design of today’s product or service experience. “Design is a visual language that can tell the stories that feed our desires.”
Danny Venlet
Danny Venlet was born in 1958 in Victoria, Australia and studied interior design at Sint-Lukas, the Institute for Architecture and Arts in Brussels. Back in Australia in 1991, Venlet started to attract international attention with large-scale interior projects such as the Burdekin hotel in Sydney, and Q-bar, an Australian chain of nightclubs. His design projects range from private mansions, lofts, bars and restaurants all the way to showrooms and offices of large companies. The interior projects and the furniture designs of Danny Venlet are characterised by their contemporary international style. He says that the objects arise from an interaction between art, sculpture and function. These objects give a new description to the space in which they are placed – with respect, but also with relative humour. Venlet objects are discreet, but for this reason, no less obvious. Today, he teaches his knowledge to students at the Royal College of the Arts in Ghent.
Danny Venlet was born in 1958 in Victoria, Australia and studied interior design at Sint-Lukas, the Institute for Architecture and Arts in Brussels. Back in Australia in 1991, Venlet started to attract international attention with large-scale interior projects such as the Burdekin hotel in Sydney, and Q-bar, an Australian chain of nightclubs. His design projects range from private mansions, lofts, bars and restaurants all the way to showrooms and offices of large companies. The interior projects and the furniture designs of Danny Venlet are characterised by their contemporary international style. He says that the objects arise from an interaction between art, sculpture and function. These objects give a new description to the space in which they are placed – with respect, but also with relative humour. Venlet objects are discreet, but for this reason, no less obvious. Today, he teaches his knowledge to students at the Royal College of the Arts in Ghent.
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The Red Dot: Best of the Best is awarded for groundbreaking design and is the top prize in the Red Dot Award: Design Concept. This prize is reserved for the best works in a category.The Reddot award winner
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