red dot Museum (2009 trip)

Not sure how I forgot to post this one, I suppose it was probably since this trip was taken so shortly before I came back to Canada for 'vacation' last year (09). Went to the red dot Museum in Essen Germany on 19.07.09, located on the UNESCO Zollverein World Cultural Heritage site. Made the trip namely because of the fact that the GMG Yepp child bike seat that we designed at work was awarded a 2009 red dot award, which I thought was pretty prestigious and a big enough deal to make the trip, see it in the museum, and just check it all out in general.

-glowing ped tunnel - at the train station in Essen

-Entrance to the Zollverein Coal Mine UNESCO site

-Fancy glass signage

-red dot Museum entrance

-Tupperware Design exhibit - Tupperware was awarded the design team of the year (past winners of this award include Braun, Philips, Audi, Sony, Apple...

-these bowls look familiar - I swear at least 3 of them still exist in cupboards back home

-collapsible bowls - have had one of these too

-nice colourful exhibit - fitting to Tupperware

-general info on red dot design awards 2009

-real nice looking Dell computer - love the wood

-Bosch oven with white glass facade

-super designery fireplace

-Dell mini projector - sooo small

-interesting task chair - sat comfortably

-awesome flash drives - I love the pure and simple design on these, as well as the graphic that actually tells you what the capacity of the drives is (I think)

-Vicon big square baler - yup, even farm equipment wins red dot awards (although I'm curious as to what the criteria is, and how much farm stuff gets sent in, and what kind of people judge it, and if their background is sufficient to truly judge them)

-the Dyson airblade - soo cool, works so well (working display model)

-nice outdoor firepit - i think it's supposed to be fire under the grill, and spare logs to the side

-smart syringe design

-some nice Grohe shower heads

-GMG Yepp Maxi - yup, there it is, in a kind of awkward spot, but it's in a corner with a BMW bike among other things, so I guess we did well

-the info on the GMG Yepp Maxi -I think it's the same text in the red dot design yearbook 2009

-nice and swoopy wood rocker - I think I took a picture of this one earlier (or maybe later) at the furniture fair in Kortrijk Belgium

-stainless sink - nice, shallow, minimalist, and looks medical even

Well, I guess that's the quick highlights. Really cool site, nice exhibit, if you win, it's worth the trip to see.