Red Dot stands for globally acclaimed quality

Evaluation criteria for the Red Dot Design Award

The Red Dot Award: Product Design has only had its current name since 2000. It used to be awarded under the name of Design Innovations. Every summer, in Essen, products from a wide variety of sectors are awarded the Red Dot quality seal. The winners are selected by a jury of renowned experts from all over the world, whose members change every year. Well-known former jurors were Malaysian shoemaker Jimmy Choo, German designer Rido Busse and British architect and designer Roy Fleetwood.

The evaluation criteria are also constantly adapted to new findings about technical, social, economic and ecological requirements. The degree of innovation, functionality and formal design quality are scrutinised, in addition to ergonomics, durability and the symbolic and emotional content of the product. Further criteria are the product periphery, ecological compatibility and the extent to which the product is self-explanatory.

Red dot for excellent castors from TENTE

Some of the innovative TENTE wheels have already won the Red Dot Design Award: These include the Smiles, Linea e-lock, Decora, Aviana and Integral castor series as well as the swivel castors from the 2940 series. The Smiles castor series, with its friendly faces, was specially developed for children's rooms. The colourful plastic castors with the jolly cat, bear or aeroplane designs add a fun aspect to almost all children's furniture and are also robust enough to survive wild play.

The Linea e-lock makes daily routines easier for care staff: This hospital bed castor is equipped with a motorised locking system, which allows the brake to be applied via an electric control system instead of a pedal. When it comes to castors for care beds, the Decora plastic castor fulfils the more demanding aesthetic requirements. It implements the most demanding design and technical requirements.

The award-winning Aviana twin castor is one of the best in international product design. This quiet and smooth running castor received the Red Dot Design Award for the high quality of its design. The simple, elegant design of the Integral hospital bed castor and the 2940 series swivel castor also attracted awards.