Red Dot Award: Design Concept 2026 - Call for Entries

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Tomorrow’s Best Professional Concepts Begin Today

Companies, design studios, inventors, and professionals in manufacturing and service industries are invited to submit inventions, novel ideas, aesthetic designs, and communication concepts that are not yet in mass production for sale before July 2, 2026. These are the precursors to future breakthrough products. Near-complete or fully developed products and services can also be entered under the 'Ready for Market' category. The competition’s highest honour, the Red Dot: Luminary, is awarded to the most groundbreaking projects among the top entries.

Two Decades of Groundbreaking Design Concepts

Red Dot Design Award has recognised the importance of emerging design concepts and innovations since 2005, the precursors of tomorrow’s leading products. With a commitment to unbiased evaluation based solely on design quality, the award welcomes 'Ready for Market' submissions from companies as well as research and academic projects from universities.

volumondo – Modular Office Furniture System by hint, Germany

Restoration Church & Courtyards, Chongzhou, Yanhua Pond by Dovdesign, China

Pininfarina x AC Future AI-THu, AI-THt, and AI-THd by Pininfarina, United States

Red Dot: Peter Zec Prize for the Best Projects by Designers Below 30

Young professionals and design students under the age of 30 are encouraged to enter their works as Next Gen projects at the Red Dot Award: Design Concept. Evaluated separately, the top distinction in this category is the Red Dot: Peter Zec Prize. This distinction comes with a prize of 10,000 Singapore Dollars from Prof. Dr. Peter Zec and is awarded to the most exceptional design concept.

Porsche 619 Electric Motorcycle by Peiheng Zhang, United States

The Fruit of My Woman, an opening title sequence by Xinyue Gu, United States

The Audion by Nipun Saxena, India and Thomas Nelson-Smith, Italy

Project Xylo, MIDI device by Kevin Yang, Austria

Award Ceremony and Winners’ Exhibition

The Award Ceremony is the centrepiece at the Red Dot Award: Design Concept where winning design teams from all over the world fly to Singapore to celebrate. It is also the unveiling of the Winners’ Exhibition at the Red Dot Design Museum in Singapore. The Red Dot: Luminary, as well as the Red Dot: Peter Zec Prize are also announced only during the Awarding Ceremony.

2026 Registration phases:

Entire registration period:       1 December 2025 – 29 April 2026

Early Submission                     1 December 2025 – 21 January 2026 Standard Submission              22 January 2026 – 18 March 2026 Late Submission                      19 March 2026 – 29 April 2026

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