The Red Dot Design Museum Singapore relocates to Marina Bay
In 1955, the “Ständige Schau formschöner Industrieerzeugnisse” (Permanent Show of Elegant Industrial Products) was established in Villa Hügel in Essen, Germany. It evolved over the years to become the Red Dot Design Museum. Today, the Red Dot Design Museum Essen in Germany presents the world’s largest exhibition of contemporary design. It currently houses around 2,000 international design objects in the former boiler house of the Zeche Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex. All exhibits are award-winning design works from the Red Dot Design Award which is organised in three disciplines: product design, communication design and design concept.
Red Dot enters Singapore
In 2005, Red Dot established its second Red Dot Design Museum in Singapore, at the former Traffic Police Headquarters building located along Maxwell Road. Having initiated a new international design competition that same year, the museum in Singapore became home to the newly established Red Dot Award: Design Concept. The 1928 conservation building was renamed to “Red Dot Traffic” to commemorate its history.
Asian design hotspot
Over the last 12 years, the Red Dot Design Museum Singapore welcomed some 645,800 visitors and hosted more than 688 events. It also hosted 12 international design awarding ceremonies and welcomed more than 5,000 designers from all over the world. The museum was named one of the top 18 design and art museums in the world in 2012 by the Paper Business Magazine and continued to be featured by both regional and international magazines, radio stations and television every year.
From Maxwell Road to Marina Bay
The lease of the Red Dot Traffic building at 28 Maxwell Road ceased at the end of April 2017. The Red Dot Design Museum will relocate to the Marina Bay City Gallery at 11 Marina Boulevard in the last quarter of 2017. The gallery will undergo extensive refurbishment over a six-month period.
Pursuing to be an exciting destination at Marina Bay, the Red Dot Design Museum will be the latest addition to the Bay as a design focal point, offering a world class museum experience, interesting design content and exciting design events.
The new Red Dot Design Museum will feature several galleries to host year-round exhibitions of award winning designs. It will also collaborate with partners to host design related exhibitions and expand its iconic MAAD, Market of Artists and Designers, to be organised at the Marina Bay.
