The registration phase for the Red Dot Award: Product Design 2025 starts on 16 September 2024.
| Registration phase | Period |
| Early Bird | 16 September – 11 October 2024 |
| Regular | 12 October 2024 – 17 January 2025 |
| Latecomer | 18 January – 31 January 2025 |
| Young Professionals Application Day* | 27 November 2024 for 24 hours |
| * The Young Professionals Application Day offers trained designers who graduated no more than five years ago the opportunity to apply for the draw for one of 50 free registration places. You can find more information about the Young Professionals Application Day here. |
| Pre-assembled products | 10 February – 28 February 2025, monday to friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. |
| Motor vehicles | 21 March 2025, between 6 and 8 a.m. |
| Address: | Please note: |
| Red Dot GmbH & Co. KG Product Design Red Dot Judging Hall Witzlebenstraße 14 45472 Mülheim an der Ruhr Germany | Please mark your package and the entry itself by using the labels sent to you, and inform your logistics company of the PI code allocated to you. Please make sure to deliver a fully functional product and take into account that the service provided by our logistics team is to receive deliveries. If your product has to be set up on site, this service must be provided by you. If you have completed a second entry in the metacategories “Smart Products” or “Innovative Products”, you only need to deliver your product once. |
| Pre-assembled products | 14 April – 28 April 2025, monday to friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. |
| Motor vehicles | 21 March 2025, at 5 p.m. |
| Adress: | Please note: |
| Red Dot GmbH & Co. KG Product Design Red Dot Judging Hall Witzlebenstraße 14 45472 Mülheim an der Ruhr Germany | Please hold your PI code ready or inform your logistics company about it. |
The registration fees vary depending on the registration date and include the preparation of the product for adjudication, the preparation of a jury dossier and the presentation during the jury session. Further fees will be charged for outsized products. If the submission wins an award, it is obligatory to purchase the Winner Package. Among other things, it includes use of the Winner Label as well as the presentation of the product in the yearbook, in the winners’ exhibition and online.
Registration phase | Registration fees per entry are excl. of VAT |
|---|---|
Early Bird | |
16 September – 11 October 2024 | 470 euros |
Regular | |
12 October 2024 – 17 January 2025 | 690 euros |
Latecomer | |
18 January – 31 January 2025 | 890 euros |
To enter the product in the metacategories “Smart Products” or “Innovative Products”, you must complete a second registration. This means the registration fee is incurred twice. |
The Red Dot: Best of the Best is awarded for innovative design and is the highest award in the Red Dot Award: Product Design, which is granted only to the best products in a category.
The “Winner Package Regular” includes the following services:
*The Winner Package costs vary depending on the size of your product and the exhibition space required. The exhibition team may decide to present large products as a film or a poster as appropriate.
The Red Dot is the distinction for high design quality. The international jury awards the sought-after quality symbol only to products that are excellently designed.
The “Winner Package Regular“ includes the following services:
*The Winner Package costs vary depending on the size of your product and the exhibition space required. The exhibition team may decide to present large products as a film or a poster as appropriate.
| Contact | Do you have questions? |
| Red Dot Team Red Dot Award: Product Design | We look forward to providing you with comprehensive advice. |
| E-Mail: pd(at)red-dot.de Tel.: +49 201 838885–45 | |
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An overview of all contact persons of the Red Dot Design Award can be found here.