iF Product Design Award 2008
The iF product design award - a design distinction with international recognition value
| Category | Other Competition |
| Type | International Product Design Award |
| Genre | Product |
| Country | Germany |
| RegDeadline | 30 Sep 2007 GoogleCal iCal |
| 30 Sep 2007 (After the screening process we will ask all successful contestants to ship us their product by October 22, 2007) | |
| Eligibility | Manufacturers and designers of mass-produced products which have been on the market for three years or less or which are scheduled to go into mass production during the year of competition. |
| Target Field | 01. Audio/Video 02. Telecommunications 03. Computers 04. Lighting 05. Furniture/Home 06. Household 07. Leisure/Lifestyle 08. Industry/Buildings 09. Medicine/Health+Care 10. Office/Business 11. Public Design/Interior Design 12. Transportation 13. Advanced |
Description
As one of the world’s oldest design competitions, the iF product design award can look back on a rich, long tradition. This seal of fine design quality, in the shape of a square, red logo with its distinctive lettering, has stood for qualitatively outstanding design awards for over 50 years.
More entries than ever before: In the iF product design award 2007, 2,292 products from 35 countries were all chasing an award. The expert panel chose 754 winners from the generally high standard of designs submitted within the 12 categories.
Jury
Not yet announced
Competition Type
Two-Stage
Prize
Competition entries that successfully pass the main judging round are awarded an iF seal of design excellence. The award goes to the manufacturer and designer and is valid for the entire product lifecycle.
Immediately upon notification of having won a prize, you are entitled to use the iF logo for your own communication campaigns unrestricted and free of charge, for example in press releases or on the product or product packaging. To this end you will receive an iF winner manual consisting of a paper certificate, a CD with different iF logos, a series of text modules for your press releases and several photos of the judging session.
Entry Fee
By August 15, 2007: EUR 115 plus VAT
By September 15, 2007: EUR 145 plus VAT
By September 30, 2007: EUR 205 plus VAT
Entries
Screening process: Product information and two photos per competition entry
Timetable
Judging results: December 2007
iF awards ceremony: March 04, 2008
Promoter
iF International Forum Design
Official Website
http://www.ifdesign.de/awards_product_index_e