With the exhibition "World's Best Communication Design 2023 and Highlights from NRW", the Red Dot Design Museum in Essen is showing works from the field of communication design from more than 20 countries from 12 April to 26 May 2024. From books, commercials and posters to apps and websites, visitors to the exhibition will experience the various facets of outstanding communication design. All of the works presented in the exhibition were honoured with the Red Dot Award: Brands & Communication Design 2023. » More
The exhibition “Colours of Our Time” spans an arc from the world of brand colours to the colour worlds of different generations as represented by objects of our product culture. Nevertheless, the aesthetic effect extends beyond the individual exhibit. Colours symbolise values and connect or separate entire generations that have grown up under comparable or completely different circumstances, and always raise the question of similarities and differences. The exhibition will be on display until 2 June 2024. » More
Exhibitions & dates
Changing special exhibitions, public guided tours, vernissages and other events - an overview of current exhibitions and upcoming dates can be found here. » More
What makes good design?
Here you'll learn some general basics of good design - the "Design Fundamentals". » More
The exhibition on the first floor of the museum presents the 91 best products of 2023 – the current milestones in international product design, which were selected by an international jury from the competition’s 51 categories. These products set new standards in their respective industries and clearly stand out from the competition thanks to their design and power of innovation in respect of function and aesthetic. » More
On five floors, the exhibition "Design on Stage" offers visitors a comprehensive overview of current trends and developments in product design. The exhibition is designed in such a way that visitors first have the opportunity to get to know some general basics of good design - the "Design Fundamentals". Thus, on a tour of the ground floor of the museum, with the help of short introductory texts and exemplary products, they are put in a position to judge for themselves the products they encounter on their tour. » More
The Red Dot Design Museum is designed to give visitors the opportunity to start their visit by learning some general principles of good design – the "Design Fundamentals". A tour of the museum's ground floor with its short introductory texts exemplary products, will enable them to give an answer to the question "What is good design about?" » More
“There are many museums. But only a few are explicitly dedicated to design,” introduces “NZZ Bellevue” its latest article on “The 8 best design museums in the world”. The Red Dot Design Museum ranks among them, according to the Swiss web portal, which is run by the editorial office of “Stil” (“Style”) magazine from “NZZ am Sonntag” (“Sunday New Zurich Newspaper”). It is in good company – with London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, the Design Museum Danmark in Copenhagen or the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York City. The Red Dot Design Museum Essen, which is located on the Zollverein UNESCO World Heritage Site, shows exclusively Red Dot prize-winning products. In its permanent exhibition or as part of special exhibitions, they are staged impressively before the historic industrial backdrop.
When budding automotive engineers are learning something about the work of automotive designers, the final exam at the end of the semester can sometimes take more unconventional forms. That’s what Professor Lutz Fügener decided in his role as guest lecturer at the Institute for Automotive Engineering (ika) at RWTH Aachen University. He worked together with Red Dot to develop an exam concept for his module that meets the requirements of the exam regulations while offering something new and experimental at the same time. » More
“What does design stand for nowadays?” and “How can good design be transferred to our means of communication?” – these and many other questions were asked by students at the University of Applied Sciences HMKW who, together with their lecturer for Design Management, Dipl.-Des. Martin Beeh, swapped their usual university rooms in Cologne for the Red Dot Design Museum in Essen for a day in November 2023. You can read how they experienced the day here.