Design Plus powered by ISH 2017 acknowledges exhibitors whose products stand out because of their clever combination of technology and design. A panel of seven experts judged 154 submissions according to criteria that include, among others, design quality, overall concept, innovative content, choice of materials, as well as technical and ecological aspects.
106 companies, including 42 from Germany and 64 from abroad, took part in the competition. The judging panel awarded the ‘Design Plus powered by ISH’ award to 25 products including 14 German companies and designers, and 11 participants from Australia, Belgium, Italy, Switzerland and Spain.
In the bathrooms category, the judging panel gave awards for innovative WCs that incorporate, for example, multi-functional heated towel rails, and flush plates with intelligent functions, as well as prizes for individual bathroom furniture and special fittings. In the heating and air-conditioning technology segment, the panel decided on a pellet burner with optimised combustion and a high degree of efficiency, and a series of innovative radiators, which, for example, can be installed in a modular way, are wafer-thin and highly efficient, or can be folded like screens.
The winners were:
- AXENT Switzerland AG (axentbath.com) for PRIMUS tankless toilet
- BEMM GmbH (bemm.de) for Plawa Purline design plan heating wall
- Dallmer GmbH + Co. KG (dallmer.de) for CeraFloor Select shower channel
- Dovre NV (dovrefire.com) for ROCK 500 WB wood stove, designed by Dovre NV & LACUNZA (dovre.de)
- FIMA CARLO FRATTINI S.P.A. (fimacf.com) for NU stainless steel showerhead, designed by Davide Vercelli Studio di Progettazione (davidevercelli.it)
- Grohe AG (grohe.com) for Essence Professional kitchen faucet, designed by the Grohe in-house Design Team
- IMI Hydronic Engineering Deutschland GmbH (imi-hydronic.de) for Dynacon Eclipse floor heating manifold
- INBANI DESIGN, S.L. (inbani.com) for Origin bathroom collection, designed by Seung-Yong Song (seungyongsong.com)
- JADO (jado.com) for Véo fitting series, designed by ARTEFAKT design (artefakt.de)
- Karl Dungs GmbH & Co. KG (dungs.com) for MultiBloc® MBE multifunctional gas control, designed by Design Tech (designtech.eu)
- Kermi GmbH (kermi.de) for Signo® radiator, designed by Kermi GmbH and ARTEFAKT design (artefakt.de)
- KEUCO GmbH & Co. KG (keuco.de) for IXMO SOLO shower mixer, designed by Produktdesign Tesseraux und Partner (tesserauxundpartner.de)
- KLOVER s.r.l. (klover.it) for SMART 120 BT pellet boiler cooker
- Laufen Bathrooms AG (laufen.com) for Cleanet Riva Shower toilet, designed by Vetica Group (vetica-group.com)
- rvb® (rvb.be) for Andrew bathroom Faucet, designed by Co.studio (costudio.be)
- TUBES RADIATORI SRL (tubesradiatori.com) Origami radiator, designed by Alberto Meda (albertomeda.com)
- UUBEE Pty Ltd (uniqbathrooms.com) for UNIQ BATHROOM UB1 bathroom furniture, designed by Carver Partners (caverpartners.com)
- Vaillant GmbH (vaillant.com) for uniSTOR plus/exclusive domestic hot water cylinder
- Vasco Group AG (vasco.eu) for ONI Radiator, designed by Studio Segers BVBA (studiosegers.be)
- Viega GmbH & Co. KG (viega.de) for Visign for Style sensitive electronic push plate, designed by ARTEFAKT design (artefakt.de)
- Viega GmbH & Co. KG (viega.de) for Visign for More 105 push plate, designed by ARTEFAKT design (artefakt.de
- WILO SE (wilo.com)
- wodtke GmbH (wodtke.com) for wodtke ivo.smart pellet stove
- Zehnder Group International AG (zehndergroup.com) Zehnder Zenia multifunctional bathroom heater, designed by NOA Intelligent Design (noa.de)
- Zucchetti Rubinetteria S.p.A. (zucchettikos.it) for HIM single lever mixer collection, designed by PALOMBA SERAFINI ASSOCIATI (palombaserafini.com)
The German Design Council (Rat für Formgebung) conducts the Design Plus competition for Messe Frankfurt. “The sanitary sector is putting forward intelligent and increasingly individualised bathroom solutions with a high standard of design; heating and air-conditioning technology products impress us with a successful combination of innovative design, technology that is often ambitious, and a high degree of user-friendliness”, says Lutz Dietzold, Managing Director of the German Design Council, as he extols the sector’s increasing brand and design awareness. “The ISH fair provides innovators in the sector with a first class platform that is recognised across the world. It is generating ideas for the future development of the sector with the Design Plus competition.”
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