Activities Report 2014 Red Dot Design Museum Essen
Key facts Former boiler house on the UNESCO world heritage site of the Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex 1995 1996 converted to the Red Dot Design Museum by Lord Norman Foster Opened on 29 April 1997 Red Dot Design Museum Essen Gelsenkirchener Str. 181 45309 Essen Germany Phone: +49 201 30104-60 E-mail: museum@red-dot.de www.red-dot-design-museum.org 4,000 m 2 exhibition area over 5 floors
Visitors & VIPs Red Dot founder Prof. Dr. Peter Zec (on the left) with Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and Prince Daniel 29 January 2014 Icsid President-Elect Prof. Dr. Mugendi K. M Rithaa 8 May 2014 Krister Torssell, Designer and CEO of Veryday 8 May 2014 State visit by Minister President Hannelore Kraft (NRW) and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte 15 January 2014 144,000 visitors 263 tours in German, English, French, Dutch and Chinese with 4,794 participants Delegation from the Chinese Chamber of Commerce 26 November 2014 Delegation from the Xiamen Municipal Bureau of Commerce 15 January 2014
Objects & Countries 2,197 exhibits from 46 countries Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Brazil Canada China Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Hong Kong Hungary India Indonesia Ireland Israel Italy Japan Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Malaysia Monaco Netherlands New Zealand Norway Poland Portugal Russian Federation Singapore Slovakia Slovenia South Korea Spain Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Thailand Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom USA
Events Red Dot: Best of the Best reception in the Stoker s Station 7 July 2014 Design objects under the hammer charity auction 14 December 2014 Significant media attention on the occasion of the visit by Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden 29 January 2014 Events 48 events such as conferences, receptions, company anniversaries and product launches, for example for Accenture AISCI Audi Bayer Best Consulting BMW Commerzbank DHL E.ON Ebner Stolz Erwin L. Hahn Institute for Magnetic Resonance Imaging European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) Evonik Fleischhacker Gesellschaft für Humangenetik Grohe Hempfprigge HRG KSC.net Open Systems Pegasus persona service Porta Media ResMed Rolf Benz Schuler Pressen Siemens Sonepar Staatskanzlei NRW Standard Life Summ( )n Talanx Telekom Verkliza Witten School of Management Media presence 141 newspaper reports 92 online reports 26 TV features 3 radio features
Events Podium discussion with presenter Heather Daam: Prof. Ad van Berlo, Prof. Dr. Mugendi K. M Rithaa, Prof. Dr. Peter Zec and Krister Torssell (from left to right) PROUD Forum: Design for societal challenges 8 May 2014 Workshop What is the role of education in design museums? Workshop What is the effect of co-design? Supported by the EU and INTERREG IV B as part of the PROUD project (People Researchers Organisations Using Design for co-creation and innovation)
Special exhibitions Sweden at its best: Red Dot Award-winning design from the North 27 October 2013 2 March 2014 Red Dot Award: Communication Design 2013 Selected works 12 November 2013 5 January 2014 Design Experience Laboratory & Exhibition 29 April 2014 8 June 2014 24 July 2014 10 August 2014 15 August 2014 7 September 2014 Supported by the EU and INTERREG IV B as part of the PROUD project (People Researchers Organisations Using Design for co-creation and innovation)
Special exhibitions Design on Stage Winners Red Dot Award: Product Design 2014 8 July 2014 3 August 2014 People Driven by Veryday (Red Dot: Design Team of the Year 2014) 8 July 2014 3 August 2014 Formosa Forms Design trends in technology and lifestyle from Taiwan 1 October 2014 30 November 2014 Light & Shape Best of Belgian Design 28 October 2014 25 January 2015
Museum education The ABC in design Discovery tour in the Red Dot Design Museum Experience tour for children from 6 to 7 years 5 April 2014 & 24 July 2014 Design at the fingertips Material studies in the Red Dot Design Museum Experience tour for children from 8 to 10 years 31 July 2014 Supported by the EU and INTERREG IV B as part of the PROUD project (People Researchers Organisations Using Design for co-creation and innovation)
Red Dot on Tour Basel Ausgezeichnet. Red Dot presents award-winning communication design 2013 2014 Basel School of Design 1 21 February 2014 Berlin Design on Stage Winners Red Dot Award: Communication Design 2014 ewerk 24 October 2014 Berlin Best Communication Design Red Dot Winners Selection 2014 Museum für Kommunikation Berlin 26 October 2014 18 January 2015
Red Dot on Tour Xiamen Xiamen International Business of Design Week Red Dot in China 2014 Xiamen International Conference and Exhibition Center 5 8 November 2014 Seoul Smart Human Interaction Red Dot Winners Selection 2014 Korea International Exhibition Center 6 10 November 2014 Hong Kong Every Product Tells a Story Untold Matters of Red Dot Award-Winning Designs HKDI Gallery, Hong Kong Design Institute & Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education 28 November 2014 31 May 2015
Outlook Design on Stage Winners Red Dot Award: Communication Design 2014 6 February 3 May 2015 Enduring, not ultimate form 60 years of design history in Essen from Industrieform to Red Dot 28 June 23 August 2015 Design on Stage Winners Red Dot Award: Product Design 2015 30 June 26 July 2015