Wiha hand tool manufacturer has been honoured with the Red Dot Award: Product Design 2019. Its new slimBit boxes have received the Red Dot, which the prestigious jury awards exclusively to products featuring an excellent design.
Wiha has created a compact transport, removal and storage option with its new slimBit boxes for 6 or 12 slimBits. Product development aimed to provide users with a significant advantage in handling slimBits during their day-to-day professional life. In the large sets, 12 slimBits with different profiles are stored in two boxes containing six bits each. This allows users to carry slimBits around safely, neatly arranged in a box. When open, the box offers users an optimum view of screw profiles, enabling users to select and remove profiles quickly. Users can handle profiles with a single hand thanks to the practical belt clip. Wiha slimBits excel due to their slender shape and protection against electric shock, making them particularly advantageous for use in the electrician's trade. The new Wiha solution has been developed based on new market knowledge and user surveys to offer a functional solution with added value. "Being awarded the Red Dot affirms the high design quality behind the product. We are immensely proud that the special features in the product's design have been recognised and honoured with the Red Dot," says a pleased Ronny Lindskog, Wiha Director of Sales and Marketing.
Professor Peter Zec, the Red Dot initiator and CEO, also praised the winner: "I congratulate the award winners warmly on their great success. The fact that their products were able to hold their ground during the jury's strict assessment is a testament to their exceptional design quality. This allows the winners to set influential trends in the design sector and point the way to where things may lead in the future."
The Red Dot Award: Product Design is one of the world's largest design competitions. Designers and manufacturers from 55 countries submitted more than 5,500 products to the competition in 2019. The international jury composed of acknowledged experts from different fields have been coming together for over 60 years to seek out the best designs. During the assessment process over several days, they attach great importance to criteria such as degree of innovation, form quality, functionality, durability and ergonomic design.
