The iF Award, the internationally renowned industrial design award, has made an indelible historical contribution to promoting the development of international industry, and the subsequent industrial awards have also continuously increased their influence in the next decade. With the development of China's industry, more and more outstanding industrial designers have appeared on the stage of the iF award, and the local industrial design competition in China has also begun to become increasingly popular, playing an important role in promoting the development of local industrial. Now let’s take a look at several important industrial awards at home and abroad.
iF Award: The highest award remains unshakable, China's industry leads the way
It is no exaggeration to say that the "iF" award is the highest award in the field of contemporary industrial design that is internationally recognized as the highest award in the field of contemporary industrial design. The award has been held for 61 years so far. It is held regularly every year by the Hannover Industrial Design Forum (iF Forum), the oldest industrial design organization in Germany. Focusing on the balance between the 'overall quality of the product' and 'sense of value' is the characteristic of the award.
The Chinese brand of industrial products did not win the award for the first time until 2005. In March 2005, Asus won the "iF Gold Award" for its W1N laptop, becoming a breakthrough in my country's design industry in the past 50 years. Since then, China's excellent industrial design products have been continuously emerging on the stage of "iF". Computer brands such as Lenovo and Asus have won the award in 2006. After 2013, Xiaomi, ZTE, OPPO and others have all appeared on the podium of the award.
Red Dot Award: Chasing iF, simple and professional
The Red Dot Award originated from Germany. At first, it was purely a German award, which can be traced back to 1955, but it gradually grew into an internationally renowned creative design award. Every year, awards are presented by the "Design Innovation" competition held in Germany. After evaluating the innovation level, function, human function, ecological impact and durability of the participating products, the judges finally selected the winning products.
In recent years, the Red Dot Design Award has begun to catch up with the authoritative status of iF and has become increasingly recognized in the standards of professional evaluation. In contrast, the Red Dot Award, which is not promising itself as a for-profit organization, seems simple and professional, making more and more professionals begin to pay attention to the selection of Red Dots.
IDEA Award: No less than iF influence
The full name of the IDEA Award in the United States is the American Industrial Design Excellence Award. IDEA is an industrial design competition hosted by American Business Week and reviewed by IDSA (of). The award was established in 1979 and was mainly awarded to products that have been released. Although it only has 25 years of history, it has an influence no less than iF.
IDEA has had a great influence around the world since the 1990s. The annual awards and awards ceremony has not only become the most important event for the American manufacturing industry to highlight the design achievements, but also has a strong attraction to companies in other countries around the world.
G-Mark Award: Eliminate the shame of "counterfeiting" from the cabinet to the private camp
In 1957, when the Japanese Foreign Minister made a diplomatic visit to the UK, he was protested in person against the proliferation of counterfeiting Japanese products. After returning to China, the Japanese cabinet immediately established a "Good Award" system under the Ministry of Trade and Industry, hoping to clear away the shame of counterfeiting a big country.
In 1998, G-Mark began to be privatized, changing its name, and becoming a "real" design award completely sponsored by the public. It also included new awards such as "Building Environment Design Department" and "Communication Design Department", and established a "New Field Design Department" for the newly launched experimental design field, emphasizing comprehensive design capabilities.
Domestic: An innovative industrial design competition with "reward" talents
Taking your attention back to the country, the Innovation Shunde Industrial Design Competition, which originated in the "hometown of home appliances", has now become one of the most large-scale and influential industrial design competitions in my country. Since its establishment in 2008, the competition has been successfully held for seven sessions with the strong support of design institutions, colleges and designers across the country, and tens of thousands of innovative industrial design works have been commended and valued.
The 2015 Innovation Industrial Design Competition is sponsored by SKG Group and hosted by Foshan Shunde Industrial Design Association. It will kick off on October 27 and will stop collecting works on November 27 (24:00). Compared with last year, this event was sponsored by SKG. Not only will the provincial, Hong Kong and Macao designers be sincerely invited to participate in the event, Professor Liu Guanzhong, a professor at the School of Fine Arts of Tsinghua University, serve as the director judge, and also invite internationally renowned judges to participate in the review to achieve the collision of international thinking. In addition to receiving generous prizes, trophies and certificates, winners will be shortlisted for re-evaluation and will have the opportunity to enter the matchmaking meeting within the SKG Group, a supporting unit of this competition; the top 20 finalists can also have face-to-face communication with the design experts of 100 million yuan in corporate design. The most eye-catching thing about this competition is that all the works or projects of participants can eventually reach a cooperation with SKG, SKG will provide it with a 1 million yuan startup fund.
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Summarize
Comparing the domestic industrial design awards, although there is a certain gap between the international awards, the competition has gradually become international, the scale has become larger, and the rewards have become richer. In addition to the domestic industrial development in recent years, domestic industrial design awards are expected to come from behind in the near future.
