The "Young Professionals Application Day" was born out of the idea to support product designers who have been offering their services only lately with a participation in the worldwide renowned Red Dot Award: Product Design. It aims at providing creative young professionals a successful start into the world of design and to facilitate new talents' access to the industry.
Professor Dr Peter Zec, who initiated the Red Dot Award and also this special support for beginning professionals: "Young people often have notable innovative ideas and produce outstanding design achievements. The Red Dot Award strengthens the trust of potential clients and enables the laureates to communicate their successes within their first working years, thus, in the most difficult time of their career."
In 2013, hundreds of creative minds from 30 countries grabbed their chance and applied for the 50 free registrations within 24 hours. Nine of them convinced the jury with the design quality of their products. Bernhard Elsaesser, the second young professional in the history of the Red Dot to win the highest award in the competition, received the Red Dot: Best of the Best for the vase "The attitude of the definite - the square".
Besides the free participation, the up-and-coming designers are, in case of a distinction, supported with extensive measures: the use of the winner label for the awarded product, its presentation in the Red Dot Design Museum and online exhibition are the privileges. The laureates will also be introduced in the new Red Dot App and the Red Dot Design Yearbook, the reference work for contemporary design.
This year, the "Young Professionals Application Day" takes place on 11 December 2013: Designers who have obtained their academic qualifications within the past five years have 24 hours to apply via the Red Dot website for one of the free registrations. The participants of the promotion will be drawn randomly.
At a glance:
Young Professionals Application Day
11 December 2013
24 hours - starting at midnight in the respective time zone
50 free registrations for the Red Dot Award: Product Design 2014
Eligible to participate: Graduates of design or architecture courses who have obtained their academic qualifications within the past five years
Further information and registration:
www.red-dot.de/...
Red Dot Award: Product Design 2014
Dates (until and including):
Early Bird 6 December 2013
Regular 28 January 2014
Latecomers 5 February 2014
Jury session: February 2014
Awards ceremony: 7 July 2014
Special exhibition of the award-winning products: 8 July - 3 August 2014