Andreu World Receives Two International Red Dot Awards for High Design Quality
Nuez Chair and Capri Lounge receives Red Dot
The Red Dot jury has made its decision: After all of the products submitted were tested and assessed individually in the course of an evaluation process spanning several days, Nuez and Capri Lounge, designed respectively by Patricia Urquiola and Piergiorgio Cazzaniga for Andreu World, received the distinction âRed Dotâ. The panel of experts awards the internationally recognised seal of quality only to products that win them over with their high design quality.
Enveloping and technological, Nuez chair born from the idea of creating a seat modulating as if it were a sheet of paper. At the same time, Capri is a lounge chair with its own personality, focused on comfort and sophistication, which adds new options to its design.
Evaluation platform for good design
The Red Dot Award: Product Design has roots dating back as far as 1955 and determines the best products created each year. In 2018, designers and manufacturers from 59 countries submitted more than 6,300 objects to the competition. True to the motto âIn search of good design and innovationâ, a jury comprising roughly 40 members assessed the products individually based on the original. The strict judging criteria, which include level of innovation, functionality, formal quality, ergonomics and durability, provide a frame of reference which the jurors then complement with their own expertise.
A choice of three different distinctions are awarded: The Red Dot: Best of the Best is reserved for the best products in a category, while the Red Dot is the distinction for high design quality. An Honourable Mention is awarded for a particularly well-executed aspect of design work.
âI want to congratulate the award winners sincerely on their wonderful success in the Red Dot Award: Product Design 2018. Success in the competition is proof of the good design quality of the products and once again shows that companies are on the right path. When I speak about good design, I am referring to more than just an attractive product. All of the products are characterised by outstanding functionality. This demonstrates that the designers have understood their clients and their needsâ, said Professor Dr. Peter Zec, founder and CEO of the Red Dot Award.
Celebration to honour the laureates
The winners will be celebrated at the Red Dot Gala on 9 July 2018. The Red Dot: Best of the Best laureates will receive their well-deserved trophies on stage at Essenâs opera house, the Aalto-Theater, during the award ceremony. At the subsequent Designersâ Night in the Red Dot Design Museum Essen, the Red Dot laureates receive their certificates and can all celebrate their success together in the midst of the award-winning products, as the aftershow party is simultaneously the exhibition launch: For a four-week period, the special exhibition âDesign on Stage â Winners Red Dot Award: Product Design 2018â will feature the award-winning innovations as part of the worldâs largest exhibition of contemporary design.
The day of the Red Dot Gala coincides with the publication of the Red Dot Design Yearbook 2018/2019, which showcases all of the yearâs winning products. In addition, they can be found in the Online Exhibition, the Red Dot App and on Red Dot 21 from that date.
About Andreu World
Andreu World is a family-owned company that has developed a solid industrial culture based on the production of high-quality and comfortable seating and tables for workspaces, corporate and public, also for outdoor, hotels, shops and restaurants such as those that appear in this guide. They work with internationally renowned designers and architects such as Patricia Urquiola, Jasper Morrison, Lievore Altherr Molina, William Sawaya and Piergiorgio Cazzaniga. Good design, production capacity and commitment to sustainability are also their hallmarks. The company has promoted a culture of environmentally responsible production enabling them to manufacture the products only with woods from self-cultivating certified and reforested forests carrying the FSCŽ (Forest Stewardship Council) certification. andreuworld.com
About the Red Dot Design Award
In order to appraise the diversity in the field of design in a professional manner, the Red Dot Design Award breaks down into the three disciplines of Red Dot Award: Product Design, Red Dot Award: Communication Design and Red Dot Award: Design Concept. The Red Dot Award is one of the worldâs largest design competitions. In 1955, a jury convened for the first time to assess the best designs of the day. In the 1990s, Red Dot CEO Professor Dr. Peter Zec developed the name and brand of the award. Ever since, the sought-after Red Dot award has been the revered international seal of outstanding design quality. Further information available at www.red-dot.de.
