Red Dot Design Award

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communication design award concept design award design award international design competition product design award

The Red Dot Design Award is a prestigious international design competition that honors outstanding product, communication, and concept design across a wide range of industries.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Red Dot Design Award canonical	10
Red Dot Award: Brands & Communication Design	2
Red Dot Award: Product Design	2
Red Dot: Best of the Best	2
Red Dot Award: Communication Design	1
Red Dot Award: Communication Design 2018	1
Red Dot Award: Design Concept	1
Red Dot Design Award (for design, series context)	1
Red Dot Design Award winners	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3033607 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: Red Dot Design Award
Context triple: [Philippe Starck, notableAward, Red Dot Design Award]

A. National Design Award for product design
The National Design Award for product design is a prestigious American honor recognizing outstanding innovation and excellence in industrial and product design.
B. Design Museum Designer of the Year
Design Museum Designer of the Year is a prestigious British design award presented by London’s Design Museum to recognize outstanding innovation and impact in contemporary design across multiple disciplines.
C. Presidential Design Award (United States)
The Presidential Design Award (United States) was a prestigious national honor recognizing excellence and innovation in American architecture, urban planning, and design, conferred by the U.S. government.
D. Alvar Aalto Medal
The Alvar Aalto Medal is a prestigious international architecture award honoring outstanding contributions to creative and significant modern architecture in the spirit of Finnish architect Alvar Aalto.
E. 2009 Mies van der Rohe Award
The 2009 Mies van der Rohe Award is the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture given that year to recognize outstanding architectural achievement, notably awarded to the Oslo Opera House.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Red Dot Design Award
Target entity description: The Red Dot Design Award is a prestigious international design competition that honors outstanding product, communication, and concept design across a wide range of industries.

A. National Design Award for product design
The National Design Award for product design is a prestigious American honor recognizing outstanding innovation and excellence in industrial and product design.
B. Design Museum Designer of the Year
Design Museum Designer of the Year is a prestigious British design award presented by London’s Design Museum to recognize outstanding innovation and impact in contemporary design across multiple disciplines.
C. Presidential Design Award (United States)
The Presidential Design Award (United States) was a prestigious national honor recognizing excellence and innovation in American architecture, urban planning, and design, conferred by the U.S. government.
D. Alvar Aalto Medal
The Alvar Aalto Medal is a prestigious international architecture award honoring outstanding contributions to creative and significant modern architecture in the spirit of Finnish architect Alvar Aalto.
E. 2009 Mies van der Rohe Award
The 2009 Mies van der Rohe Award is the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture given that year to recognize outstanding architectural achievement, notably awarded to the Oslo Opera House.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	communication design award ⓘ concept design award ⓘ design award ⓘ international design competition ⓘ product design award ⓘ
awardGivenFor	outstanding communication design ⓘ outstanding design concepts ⓘ outstanding product design ⓘ
country	Germany ⓘ
evaluationCriterion	durability ⓘ ecological compatibility ⓘ emotional content ⓘ ergonomics ⓘ functionality ⓘ innovation ⓘ self-explanatory quality ⓘ symbolic content ⓘ
exhibitionVenue	Red Dot Design Museum Essen ⓘ Red Dot Design Museum Singapore ⓘ
field	brand design ⓘ communication design ⓘ concept design ⓘ graphic design ⓘ industrial design ⓘ interface design ⓘ product design ⓘ
founder	Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
hasAward	Honourable Mention ⓘ Red Dot ⓘ Red Dot: Best of the Best ⓘ linked to: Red Dot Design Award
hasPart	Red Dot Award: Brands & Communication Design ⓘ linked to: Red Dot Design Award Red Dot Award: Design Concept ⓘ linked to: Red Dot Design Award Red Dot Award: Product Design ⓘ linked to: Red Dot Design Award
headquartersLocation	Essen ⓘ Germany ⓘ North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
inception	1955 ⓘ
language	English ⓘ German ⓘ
motto	In search of good design ⓘ
notableFor	international participation ⓘ large number of annual submissions ⓘ
organizer	Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen ⓘ
reputation	prestigious design prize ⓘ
selectionProcess	expert jury ⓘ jury evaluation ⓘ
symbol	red dot logo ⓘ
website	https://www.red-dot.org/ ⓘ

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Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Philippe Starck → notableAward → Red Dot Design Award ⓘ

Fernando Romero → notableAward → Red Dot Design Award ⓘ

Nadine Chahine → awardReceived → Red Dot Design Award ⓘ

Patricia Urquiola → hasWon → Red Dot Design Award ⓘ

Philippe Starck → awardReceived → Red Dot Design Award ⓘ

subject linked to: Starck

Red Dot Design Award → hasPart → Red Dot Award: Product Design ⓘ