Awards

red dot: agency of the year

Every year red dot chooses an agency/a design office as “red dot: agency of the year”. This special honour, which entrants cannot apply for, is to distinguish an agency for the particularly continuous and innovative design achievements in the field of communication design.

red dot: client of the year

When creative people and their clients work together, great things can happen. Especially gutsy and decisive people who trust the creative competence of their design agencies create the medium for spectacular, trend-setting productivity in all areas of communication design. Such courage is now being rewarded: for the first time, red dot is celebrating those clients who have earned the most awards with the title, “red dot: client of the year.”

red dot

The “red dot” quality label distinguishes works which have been certified by the jury to have very high design standards. In total, only 6.4 per cent of all submitted works received an award in last year’s competition.

red dot: best of the best

The best work in a category receives the “red dot: best of the best” for highest design quality. The winners of this distinction are invited onto the stage at the awards presentation where they receive their certificate.

red dot: grand prix

Among the works that have received a “red dot: best of the best”, the jury can award a “red dot: grand prix” for an especially outstanding work in each category, thus distinguishing them in particular. The winners of the “red dot: grand prix” are not announced until the award ceremony and receive the red dot trophy as a symbol of this special distinction.

red dot: junior prize

Students and young designers can participate with their works in the “red dot: junior award”. Good design achievements receive the “red dot” quality label, outstanding works the “red dot: best of the best”. Among all these works a “red dot: junior prize” is awarded to the best student work.