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Task Seating Products “Sphere” and “Specere” Honored with “Winner” Recognition at the German Design Award 2025
January 21, 2025
We are proud to announce that our task seating products, Sphere and Specere, have been awarded the prestigious “Winner” accolade in the Excellent Product Design category at the German Design Award 2025.
Organized by the German Design Council, the German Design Award has been a globally renowned recognition of design excellence since its establishment in 1953. Unique to this award is its nomination process, where the German Design Council selects entries from works that have already garnered accolades at other international design competitions. This stringent nomination process makes the recognition itself a significant honor.
This achievement underscores our commitment to innovation and excellence in design, and we are deeply honored to receive this prestigious acknowledgment on an international stage.
■Sphere
Sphere has received several prestigious awards, including the “Best of NeoCon 2023” Silver and the “HiP Awards 2023 at NeoCon” Honoree.
□German Design Award 2024″ winning product page “Sphere” :
Spher (renamed as “Sphere ” for overseas markets) – Winner Office Furniture
For more information about Sphere, click “Explore” button to the product page.
■Specere
Additionally, Specere has been honored with the following accolades: the “Chicago Good Design Award 2023” in the United States, Germany’s “Universal Design Award 2023” in both the “UNIVERSAL DESIGN EXPERT” and “UNIVERSAL CONSUMER” categories, the “Good Design Award 2023” in Japan, Germany’s “iF DESIGN AWARD 2024,” the “Best of NeoCon 2024” Silver, and the “HiP Awards Winner 2024.”
□German Design Award 2024″ winning product page “Specere” : Spectra (renamed as “Specere” for overseas markets) – Winner Office Furniture
For more information about Specere, click “Explore” button to the product page.
■About the German Design Award
The German Design Award was established in 2012 by the German Design Council to celebrate outstanding design achievements. It consists of three main categories: “Excellent Product Design”, “Excellent Communications Design”, and “Excellent Architecture”. Works are nominated for the award by the German Design Council from those that have already been recognized as exemplary, making the nomination itself a mark of distinction.
Each category offers three levels of recognition: Gold (Grand Prize), Winner (Award of Excellence), and Nominee.
For more information about the German Design Award, visit:
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