Husqvarna Group recently received six "red dot" design awards for the high design quality of its Husqvarna and Gardena products. Three out of the six awards were in the "best of the best" distinction.
The red dot award is an international design award, founded in 1955 by Design Zentrum Nordrhein-Westfalen in Germany. This year, the jury assessed 4,662 products in 19 different categories. Each product is rated on criteria such as innovation, functionality, self-explanatory, quality and environmental compatibility.
“We are deeply honored receiving as many as six awards this year,” said Towe Ressman, vice president global design at Husqvarna Group. “Winning three ‘red dot: best of the best’ is really an achievement, showing that our focus on humanized technology is appreciated on a global scale. Design makes a difference. We also appreciate that the jury awarded our efforts to protect the environment, with our recently launched battery-powered Husqvarna range that not only has no direct emissions, the products are lightweight and silent as well.”
The company won its “red dot: best of the best” awards for the following products:
- Husqvarna 550 XP chainsaw – exemplary ergonomics, perfectly balanced
- Gardena Rectangular sprinklers – provides effortless and reliable modular water supply
- Gardena Wall mounted hose boxes – compact and user-friendly
The company won “red dot: product design 2013” awards for the following products:
- Husqvarna 136 Li HD50 battery hedge trimmer
- Husqvarna 536 Li R battery trimmer
- Husqvarna T536 Li XP battery top handle chainsaw
Husqvarna Group is an international producer of outdoor power products including robotic lawn mowers, garden tractors, chainsaws and trimmers.
