The Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany is Germany’s highest official design prize. No entries are accepted for this award. Instead, products and personalities (alternating annually) are nominated and honoured by the German Design Council on behalf of the Federal Economics Ministry.
2008
GROHE Ondus (mechanical Version) 2008
Rainshower Family (Cosmo) 2008
Allure 2008
2007
K4 Sink mixer with extractable mousseur spout
K4 Sink mixer with extractable pull out handspray integrated
Allure Basin mixer with U-spout
Allure Basin mixer low spout
Allure 3-hole wash basin faucet wall mounted
Allure 3-hole wash basin mixer deck mounted
Lineare Basin mixer
2006
Rainshower System
2004
GROHE F1 Thermostat Shower
GROHE F1 Thermostatic bath
GROHE F1 3-hole bath combination
Movario
shower set
Movario Handshower
DESIGN PLUS
The Design Plus competition was launched in 1983 by Messe Frankfurt in cooperation with the "Rat für Formgebung" (Design Council) and the Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce (DIHK). The Design Plus award, presented alternatingly at the “Ambiente” international consumer goods trade fair in Frankfurt and the ISH show, the world’s largest sanitary exhibition, stands for product design which is not merely an end in itself but instead very much exemplary and trend-setting.
2007
GROHE Ondus VelvetBlack
2005
GROHE F1 Basin mixer
2001
Freehander
IF product design award
Organised annually since 1954, the iF design award is one of the world’s most prestigious design competitions, with more than 1,800 entries from 30 countries received each year. The jury comprises international top designers, who not only choose the respective prize-winners, but whose names also stand for the special role of iF and the iF label, which is widely regarded as a design quality seal.
2007
Allure range
Allure Basin mixer low spout
Allure 3-hole wash basin faucet wall mounted
Allure 3-hole wash basin mixer deck mounted
Rainshower headshower
Rainshower handshower
Rainshower range
2006
Lineare Basin mixer
2005
Rainshower System
2004
GROHE F1 Thermostatic bath / shower mixer
GROHE F1 Thermostatic shower mixer
red dot design award
The red dot design award is presented by “Designzentrum Nordrhein-Westfalen” (North Rhine-Westphalian Design Centre). More than 4,000 entries from 40 countries make it one of the biggest design competitions in the world. It is divided into three categories, namely product design, communication design and concept design. The coveted trophy is the “red dot”, the international seal of design quality.
2008
GROHE Ondus digital
(VelvetBlack & MoonWhite)
2007
red dot:
best of the best Grohe Ondus (mechanical Version)
VelvetBlack & MoonWhite
Zedra Sink mixer extactable pull out handspray integrated
iF Design Award China
With the iF design award.CHINA 2005, iF is offering a specific support for manufacturers that want to reach out to customers with
well designed products within the Asian-Pacific region. This award is an exellent plattform to effectivly position your brands and products using for example the exhibition of all award winning products in Shanghai.
2007
Top Selection GROHE Ondus (mechanical Version)
Eco X and Eco Y
2006
Allure Basin mixer with U-spout
Allure Basin mixer low spout
Allure 3-hole wash basin faucet wall mounted
Allure 3-hole wash basin mixer deck mounted
K4 Sink mixer with extractable mousseur spout
K4 Sink mixer with extactable pull out handspray integrated
2004
Movario Handshower
2003
Freehander
Eurofresh
Good Design Award Japan
The "Good Design Award" is Japan's only comprehensive design evaluation and commendation system. This system itself has its origins in the "Good Design Selection System" (generally known as the "G-Mark System") instituted by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry in 1957.
Having achieved to build a foundation to nurture the industry and design of Japan, many participation from every country in the world have been joining this award as a synthetic design evaluation system, and the awarded designs count more than 30,000 items so far.
2006
K4 Sink mixer with extractable mousseur spout
K4 Sink mixer with extactable pull out handspray integrated
Europe 40 Under 40 is an annual awards program that celebrates the next new talented generation of European designers. The program is directed to support new and emerging design talent that will influence the near future of European design, thinking, and theory with the direct consequence of impacting future environments and the future of European and international design. The key is to bring wider recognition to 40 of the most promising emerging designers working in the European Union and in other countries inside Europe, fostering and encouraging new talent and new creative thinking at the forefront of tomorrow's profession.
2008
Designpreis Baden Württemberg
This government award is given to manufacturers and designers for forward-looking, professional and excellent design work
with a new "Focus” topic each year, the competition presents a special challenge for entrants. The competition shows who has the best-designed solutions for current trends and for the topics that are of particular interest for experts and the general public.
This renowned competition can look back on a long tradition and enjoys an excellent reputation both in Germany and abroad.
The “Focus in Gold” and “Focus in Silver” design awards are highly sought after as guarantees of the highest design quality.
2004
GROHE F1 Basin MIxer
MATERIALICA Design & Technology Award
Manufacturers, designers, developers and draftspeople from the fields of material applications and surface technology are invited to participate in this international competition. At the core of the Materialica Design Award are the design-orientated application of materials and the successful combination of technical innovation and design quality. The aim of this competition, which has taken place annually since 2003, is to present the relevance of materials for applications orientated to industrial design and promote new methods for combining material and design along with the successful combination of innovative materials, technological precision and the challenging design specifications of industrial and consumer products.
GOOD DESIGN is the oldest and the most prestigious Awards Program organized worldwide.
Founded in Chicago in 1950 by the former MoMA curator Edgar Kaufmann, Jr., together with such pioneers in modern design as Charles and Ray Eames, Russel Wright, George Nelson, and Eero Saarinen, GOOD DESIGN honors the yearly achievements of the best industrial and graphic designers and world manufactures for their pursuit of extraordinary design excellence.
