"interzum award: intelligent material & design 2021"

Name: interzum
Start: 2021-05-04
End: 2021-05-07
Location: Koelnmesse GmbH

Tablet screen with interzum award website

Purpose of the competition

With “interzum award: intelligent material & design”, Koelnmesse recognises the design quality of products and materials presented at “interzum”. An expert jury assesses all of the competition entries in terms of their design quality, functionality and their innovation potential. Only those products that can win over the jury in terms of those criteria receive the renowned award.

Online award ceremony

It is not yet possible to foresee how the pandemic situation will develop in 2021. For reasons of planning security, the award ceremony will therefore be held online for the first time this year.

On 4 May 2021 all prize winners will be presented to the trade audience, media and interested members of the public on the competition website.

Registration

Entry rules

Only exhibitors at interzum @home 2021 are entitled to take part in the "interzum award: intelligent material & design 2021". There is no entry fee and you can register as many products as you wish from industrial series production.

The products entered must be launched on the market by 4 May 2021, and at the same time their market launch cannot be more than two years ago (3 May 2019).

Please send us a product description, pictures of your object and a short film about the object – especially in the case of products requiring explanation – as part of your registration by 12 April 2021 at the latest.

One video link can be provided:

When registering a product, it is possible to provide a video link: Please embed your product video in the public or non-public area of a well-known video portal (e.g. Vimeo). The product video should be downloadable.

Online registration

You can register for the competition here .

Function & Components

Lamps and (digital) lighting systems, semi-finished products for cabinet, kitchen, office and modular furniture, fittings, (digital) locks, built-in parts, hinges, connectors, etc.

Materials & Nature

Wood, veneers, parquet flooring, interior works, decorative surfaces, decor papers, laminates, wood-based panels, laminated plastic, mineral materials, edges, surface treatments, embossing cylinders, sheet metals, natural materials, press plates, etc.

Textile & Machinery

Machines for manufacturing upholstery and mattresses, upholstery materials, upholstery accessories, cover fabrics, leather, adhesives, temperature and humidity sensors for mattresses, smart textiles (light conducting or similar), etc.

Distinctions

All of the objects awarded in the interzum award are characterised by high design quality and innovation. However, the jury can award two different quality seals during the evaluation process - the ”High Product Quality“ award and the ”Best of the Best“ award.

High Product Quality

The award “High Product Quality” in the interzum award is given to design achievements that are special in terms of their form and function. The jury only awards this prize to products that set themselves apart significantly from comparable products thanks to their excellent design.

Best of the Best

Outstanding design achievements that set new standards for form and function in their industry receive the distinction “Best of the Best” from the jury. Only innovations that feature ground-breaking design receive this top prize in the interzum award.

Dates at a glance

"interzum award: intelligent material & design 2021"

Steps

Date

Start of the registration phase for
interzum @home 2021

March 2021

Entries deadline

12 April 2021

Digital judging of the products
by international experts

20 April 2021

Notification

21 and 22 April 2021

Dispatch of the gift box with
certificates to all award winners

until 23 April 2021

Submission of a mobile phone video
in landscape format from all
award winners
(optionally in portrait format):

until 30 April 2021

Embargo period for
communicating news
of the award

up to and including 27 April 2021

Online award ceremony

4 May 2021

Online exhibition of all awarded products

from 4 May 2021

interzum @home 2021

4-7 May 2021

Digital presentation of all awarded products at interzum @home 2021
(on the show floor interzum award)

4-7 May 2021

Online honouring

Honouring the "Best of the Best" and "High Product Quality" award winners

Manufacturers whose products or materials have been awarded the competition's "Best of the Best" or "High Product Quality" awards are presented as part of the online awards ceremony. In short clips we present the winning products as well as the successful companies behind them.

Please note:

We will send you your winner's package with the certificates shortly after the notification of your win. We would be delighted if you would celebrate your success with colleagues and staff and capture this moment in a video.
Please send us this video clip celebrating your award in good time (by 30 April 2021 at the latest) so that we can include it in the above-mentioned video compilation. There are no limits to your creativity as long as the video meets the following requirements:

Mobile phone video in landscape format (1920 x 1080px) no later than 30 April 2021 to:
Ms Birte Köppen, Senior Manager Online & Visual Communications, koeppen@red-dot.de

For our social media communication, you can also optionally send us a video in the following format:

Mobile phone video in portrait format (1080 x 1920 px) no later than 30 April 2021 to:
Ms Birte Köppen, Senior Manager Online & Visual Communications, koeppen@red-dot.de