iF Design

Hanover, November 26, 2009

The results of the iF product design award 2010 are in

“Good design isn’t born of good marketing, it’s created by designers.” Out of a total entry of 2,486 products, 778 have been given the coveted iF logo by the jury of the iF product design award 2010.

Once more, the exciting task of the jury has drawn to a close in Hanover. Out of 2,486 products from 1,016 entrants from 38 countries, the jury of the iF product design award has chosen 778 as the best designs.


The jury gave its professional opinion on the design quality of the entries in 16 product categories, and noted that – especially in economically uncertain times – design is a decisive factor in terms of market success and value creation, with many of the submitted products setting new benchmarks in their respective fields. According to jury chairman Fritz Frenkler,: “Good design isn’t born of good marketing, it’s created by designers.”


The Jury

The dedicated and lively jury came together at the trade fair in Hanover under the chairmanship of Fritz Frenkler, (f/p design, Munich/Germany). The jury consisted of Klaus Bischoff, (Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg/Germany), Ulrike Brandi, (ULRIKE BRANDI LICHT GmbH, Hamburg/Germany), Christoph Böninger, (brains4design GmbH, Munich/Germany), Claudia de Bruyn, (two GbR, Ratingen/Germany), Jan-Hendrik de Groote, (Tupperware General Services NV, Aalst/Belgium), Jocelyn Deris, (Jocelyn Deris, Paris/France), Hans-Georg Derks, (Forster Küchen- & Kühltechnik AG, Dietlikon/Switzerland), Nedda El-Asmar, (Nedda El-Asmar, Antwerp/Belgium), Hagen Fendler, (VanBerlo GmbH, Munich/Germany), Paul Flowers, (Grohe AG, Düsseldorf/Germany), Gerald Kiska (Kiska GmbH, Anif/Salzburg/Austria), Stefan Kiss (Steelcase Werndl AG, Rosenheim/Germany), Sophie Lovell (Sophie Lovell, Berlin/Germany), Peter Mac Cann (nofixedabode | design, Dublin/Ireland), Eberhard Meurer (S. Siedle & Söhne Telefon- und Telegrafenwerke OHG, Furtwangen im Schwarzwald/Germany), Chiaki Murata (METAPHYS, Osaka/Japan), Gerhard Nüssler (Siemens-Electrogeräte GmbH, Munich/Germany), Cédric Ragot (Cédric Ragot Design Studio – V1.0, Montreuil/France), Marie Rahm (Polka, Vienna/Austria), Claus Sagel (Vauth-Sagel Systemtechnik GmbH & Co. KG, Brakel-Erkeln/Germany), Stefan Schöning (stefan.schöning.studio, Antwerp/Belgium), Roger Swales (GRO Design, Eindhoven/The Netherlands) and Peter Thonet (Thonet GmbH, Frankenberg/Eder/Germany).

The 778 winners of the iF product design award 2010 were judged in the following categories:

01. Transportation Design
02. Leisure / Lifestyle
03. Audio / Video
04. Telecommunications
05. Computer
06. Office / Business
07. Lighting
08. Furniture / Home Textiles
09. Kitchen / Household
10. Bathroom / Wellness
11. Buildings
12. Public Design / Interior Design
13. Medicine / Health+Care
14. Industry / Skilled Trades
15. Special Vehicles / Construction / Agriculture
16. Advanced Studies


Of these 778, the 50 further winners of the iF gold award for ‘best in competition’ will be announced during the awards ceremony on the 2 March 2010, the first day of CeBit.

The iF product design award yearbook 2010 will also be published on this day. Packed with products chosen by the jury and with the jury statements for each category, it is, once more, an arbiter of international contemporary design.

The iF online exhibition with all the award-winning entries can be viewed on the iF website from 2 March 2010 onwards. The iF ranking, showing the ranking points in all respective competitions, can also be seen here.

>>Members of the press can request a list of all award winners as well as picture material from the iF press office.

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