Kinesis Personal receives “red dot” for superior design quality
For its outstanding design Kinesis Personal by Technogym has now received one of the most coveted design prizes worldwide: the ‘red dot’. This quality seal for good design is awarded annually in the international ‘red dot design award’ competition by a jury of experts and only goes to products with a particularly sophisticated and innovative design.
An interior design element, an objet d’art, Kinesis Personal is in eloquent sync with the modern world of hip design and purpose. Integrating perfectly in homes, offices, hotels and spas, more than 200 workout moves in less than one square meter — Kinesis Personal moves the body and mind. Made for coordinated movements using resistance, the compact grace of Kinesis Personal is engineered for strength, flexibility and balance inundated workouts.
Kinesis Personal takes what the body does naturally, adds resistance and calculates a formula that ends in an experience humming with the joy of movement.
The international patented three-dimensional Full gravity technology is an authentic example of innovation Made in Italy.
The product assessment is carried out by an international jury of renowned design experts. They examine and test the products and assess them according to criteria such as degree of innovation, functionality, ergonomics, durability, ecological compatibility and clarity of function. This year, companies from 43 countries with a total of 2,548 products faced the jury’s verdict.
The award ceremony will take place on 25 June 2007 in the Essen Aalto Theatre in front of more than 1,000 guests. Following the ceremony, the Kinesis Personal will first be presented with the other award-winning products in a special exhibition, before it will then be exhibited in the red dot design museum, the largest exhibition of contemporary design worldwide, for the duration of one year.
For further information please go to www.red-dot.de/press.
Background information
The red dot design award
With more than 6,000 entries in its categories red dot award: product design, red dot award: communication design, and red dot award: design concept the red dot design award is one of the leading and largest design competitions worldwide. Since 1955, the Essen Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen has annually selected outstanding design quality and paid official tribute to the award-winning products in an exhibition.
Award ceremony and special exhibition
The festive award ceremony takes place on 25 June 2007 in the Essen Aalto Theatre. The award-winning works will be exhibited in the special exhibition “Design on stage – winners red dot award: product design 2007” from 26 June to 23 July 2007 in the red dot design museum in Essen. The red dot design museum houses the largest permanent exhibition of contemporary design world-wide.
Facts and figures of the red dot award: product design 2007
Entries: 2,548 (2006: 2,068)
Nations: 43 (2006: 41)
red dot awards: 523 (2006: 485)
red dot: best of the best awards: 43 (2006: 36)
Award ceremony: 25 June 2007, 6.00 pm in the Essen Aalto Theatre
Special exhibition: 26 June to 23 July 2007 in the red dot design museum
The jury of the red dot award: product design 2007
• Masayo Ave, Italy/Japan
• Prof. Rido Busse, Busse Design Ulm, Germany
• Tony K. M. Chang, Taiwan Design Center, Taiwan
• Vivian Cheng Wai Kwan, Hong Kong
• Mårten Claesson, Co-founder of the Swedish design partnership Claesson Koivisto Rune, Sweden
• Sebastian Conran, Conran & Partners, Great Britain
• Robin Edman, The Swedish Industrial Design Foundation, Sweden
• Prof. Roy Fleetwood, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
• Kenneth Grange, Kenneth Grange Design Ltd., Co-Founder of Pentagram, Great Britain
• Prof. Herman Hermsen, The Netherlands
• Carlos Hinrichsen, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile
• Daniel Huber, Spirit Design Innovation and Branding, Austria
• Prof. Dr. Florian Hufnagl, Die Neue Sammlung - Pinakothek der Moderne, Germany
• Tapani Hyvönen, Managing Director ED-design Ltd., Finland
• Soon-In Lee, Korea Institute of Design Promotion (KIDP), South Korea
• Prof. Stefan Lengyel, Lengyel Design, Germany/Hungary
• Thomas Lockwood, Design Management Institute, USA
• Francesco Milani, Milani design & consulting AG, Switzerland
• Simon Ong, Kingsmen Creatives Ltd., Singapore
• Martin Pärn, Estonian Society of Designers, Estonia
• Dirk Schumann, Schumann - Büro für industrielle Formentwicklung, Germany
• Nils Toft, CBD A/S, Denmark
• Danny Venlet, Venlet Interior Architecture, Belgium
• Zhang Jin Jie (JinR), China
