Onzo to Attend Event to Mark Prestigious Design Award for Eight UK Companies.

London, 22nd April 2009

Representatives from the eight UK companies awarded the prestigious red dot product design award in 2009 will come together on Thursday 23rd April to celebrate and explain what winning means to them. During a private reception there will be the opportunity for members of the press to meet the eight winning companies, gather more information and ask questions.

Onzo will be represented by Research and Development Director Neil Tierney and members of the design team.

The reception, press briefing and photo-call will take place at the showroom of Colebrook Bosson Saunders, 23 Union Street, London SE1, from 5.00 pm to 6.00pm on 23rd April.

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 placed on design by international companies within the current climate:. The design value of a company is becoming a decisive factor in weathering the economic crisis.

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
  • Zichi Yalcin for his folding plug “ThinPlug”

The red dot organisers believe that design quality can be a way out of the current economic crisis. As they say, “the companies that offer the highest added value through design during the crisis also have much better chances of surviving compared with their less creative competitors.”