「standing Peeler」and 「Spoon Whisk」 have received the prestigious the red dot award : product design 2012!
◆What is red dot design award? ◆
It is an international product design competition organized by the Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen in Germany. The red dot design was established in 1955 and has been recognized as one of the world's largest and most prestigious industrial design awards, along with the iF (Germany ) and the IDEA (the United States).
The competition is divided into three categories: product design, communication design, and design concept. In the red dot award: product design category, the products that were released in the past two years are carefully selected by the expert jury teams based on nine criteria such as degree of innovation, functionality, ergonomic, and durability.
In 2012, a total of 4,515 products by over 1,800 companies and independent designers from 58 counties were submitted to the red dot award: product design.
「Circle Turner」was selected for the Design Museum Selection Vol. 13 hosted by the Japan Industrial Designer's Association (JIDA)
◆What's the Design Museum Selection?◆
The Design Museum Selection is a collection of the products selected by the Japan Industrial Designers' Association (JIDA) with the theme of "Idea from life and mature of the design."
Every single year, JIDA selects the products not only from new products but also products that are no longer sold in stores.
The selected products are recognized as the best products representing the era and valuable deign results to be preserved for the next generation.
「Circle Turner」is Marna's second product to be chosen to the Design Museum Selection after 「Spoon Colandar」in 2009.
We will exhibit at International Home & Housewares Show 2012 in Chicago U.S.A.
Show Dates : March 10 - 13, 2012
Booth No. : 4177
We will exhibit at Ambiente Frankfurt 2012 in Germany.
Show Dates : February 10 - 14, 2012
Area : JAPAN STYLE (Kitchen Trends)
Hall : 1.1
Booth No. : D17
We will exhibit at New York International Gift Fair Winter 2012 in U.S.A.
Show Dates : January 28 - February 2, 2012
Booth No. : 1868 at Japan Pavilion
Our website has been totally renewed on the occasion of 140th Anniversary.
We will provide you with our latest news more quickly and comprehensibly from now on.
Win the GOOD DESIGN AWARD 2011 !
Arch Shaped Grater
Standing Peeler
Spoon Whisk
MARNA has received the Good Design Award for 6 consecutive years since 2006 !
<Good Design Award General Information>
Good Design Award is a comprehensive program for the evaluation and encouragement of design organized by Japan Institute of Design Promotion (JDP).
This award system was originally born in 1957, out of the belief that design was essential in breaking out of the cycle of poverty in Japan. Since then, the Good Design Award has been given to outstanding designs for more than 50 years in the pursuit of prosperous lives and industrial development. Approximately 37,000 Good Design Awards have been given in continuing these efforts.
JDP receives approximately 3,000 submissions from more than 1,000 companies and designers from inside / outside of Japan every year. These designs are screened by about 60 design experts, who select and recommend those designs worthy of the Good Design Awards. However, the Good Design Awards is not a beauty contest, nor is it an award that assesses the design’s outcome in economic terms. Rather, the Good Design Awards is a system that aims to channel the eminent powers of distinctive designs to build prosperous lives and encourage sound industrial development. Indeed, it is a campaign to brighten and enrich society through design.
