Good news for British business as eight UK companies win prestigious red dot product design awards

London, 22nd April 2009

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Eight UK companies have been awarded prestigious red dot product design awards in 2009.
According to the award’s organisers the record breaking 3,231 entries received for the red dot award: product design 2009, from a total of 49 nations, is testimony to the significance given to design by international companies within the current climate: the design value of a company is becoming a decisive factor in weathering the economic crisis.

Representatives from all the winning UK companies will come together on Thursday 23rd April to celebrate and explain what winning means to them. During a private reception between 5 and 6pm at Colebrook Bosson Saunders’ London showroom there will be the opportunity for members of the press to meet the eight winning companies, gather more information and ask questions.

The diversity of the winning products highlights not only the strength of product design in the UK and the value that UK companies place upon design, but also the breadth of expertise and success in diverse sectors of design and manufacturing. The British winners are:

Robert Welch Designs for Signature kitchen knives and knife block with built-in sharpener
Onzo with its Smart Energy Kit home energy monitoring system
Andrew Actman for Reykjavik Eyes optical frame
Dura with Dura Integrated Workshop System a modular range of steel furniture
Colebrook Bosson Saunders with its Rodney monitor support arm
Revo Technologies with Revo BLOK an iPod sound system
Kenwood for Kenwood FS620 food steamer
Vertu for its Vertu Signature mobile phone

The red dot organisers firmly believe that design quality can be a way out of the current economic crisis, stating the companies that offer the highest added value through design during the crisis also have much better chances of surviving, compared to their less creative competitors. Design expert and founder of the red dot design award Professor Dr. Peter Zec states for those companies that take advantage of the red dot design award and face a tough international comparison it will also be easier to find suitable investors.

For the British winners of the red dot product design award the value is tangible: it’s a fantastic stamp of approval and recognition that we are able to compete in the international business arena with our new products. The red dot design award is recognised in almost every country in the world now as a sign of quality, creativity and success, says Colebrook Bosson Saunders Director Peter Bosson.
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Enquiries:
For further press information please contact Lucie Parkin by email press@cbsproducts.co.ukor telephone 0208 693 9884 / 07980 649 308
For all other enquiries contact Colebrook Bosson Saunders sales@cbsproducts.co.uk or telephone 020 7940 4266

Note to editors:

Colebrook Bosson Saunders (CBS Products) design and manufacture innovative and elegant solutions that create space and comfort for people in a wide range of application areas. As technology develops at an ever increasing rate, so too do the opportunities to create stylish products to make that technology more meaningful to people’s lives.

CBS’s award winning products bridge the gap between furniture and technology, giving people the space and freedom to live and work in an environment designed around them. Through extensive expertise in ergonomics CBS create adjustable work spaces that promote a healthy and productive working environment.

CBS has a truly global presence; with offices in Europe, the USA, Australia and Japan, supporting a world-wide network of manufacturers, dealers and distributors.

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Red Dot Design Award
The red dot design award dates back to 1955. With around 11,000 entries from over 60 nations, the award is now the world’s largest and most distinguished design competition. It breaks down into the three different disciplines red dot award: product design, red dot award: communication design and red dot award: design concept.
The UK ranks 16th in the world (with 8 British businesses winning awards for their products), this does not include the multitude of British designers and design consultancies that have created winning designs for international companies, such as PearsonLloyd and Foster and Partners. It also excludes International companies who have their origins in the UK but have made entries as German companies, such as Dyson, which won a plethora of awards as Dyson GmbH. Other world famous names to have entered and won red dot product design awards this year include Apple for the iPod nano; Electrolux and Sony Corporation Tokyo, who picked up a mass of product design awards.
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