Awards and exhibitions
An award-winning litter bin
The Littershark has won numerous awards, including the red dot design award and the IDEE-SUISSE Oscar for Creativity. We were so delighted to receive the IDEE-SUISSE Oscar that we named one of our models the “Oscar Shark”. Winning these awards opened many more doors for the Littershark and it soon established itself in many places in Switzerland. The Littershark can also be found in the design collection of the Museum für Gestaltung, Zurich’s museum of design.
German Design Award 2016
We are delighted to accept the Special Mention Award for the Solar Press Shark, which was awarded in the Public Design category.
The German Design Award is the international premium award of the German Design Council. Its goal is to discover and recognise unique trends in design, and to showcase them. Products are only shortlisted if they meet the highest standards and are a cut above in terms of design quality. The Mention award recognises the work of companies and designers in developing products with particularly clever design features or solutions. The first German Design Award took place in 2012 with around 1,500 participants. In 2015 over a period of two days, a 36-member jury carefully considered the works of 3,400 participants.
Golden Creativity Oscar ’04
awarded in recognition of the idea, creation and implementation of the Littershark waste disposal system
The Golden Creativity Oscar was awarded by IDEE-SUISSE, the Swiss Society for Ideas and Innovation Management. This award honours people and companies that have brought an original idea to market with considerable success, and have thereby created and preserved jobs.
The “IDEE-SUISSE® Golden Creativity Award” honours individuals, companies and institutions that have brought an original idea to market with considerable success and have thereby created new jobs in Switzerland and/or in neighbouring economic areas, demonstrating a high level of commitment to society and sustainability and making a positive impact on the future.
IDEE-SUISSE
Visit the website of the Swiss Society for Idea and Innovation Management
Red Dot Design Award 2006
The Red Dot Design Awards is an internationally recognised competition that awards a seal of quality for outstanding design that is highly sought-after among industry specialists. With more than 10,000 entries from a total of 60 countries, the Red Dot Design Award is one of the largest design competitions in the world.
The Littershark emerged as the winner in 2006.
The following criteria apply to the competition:
Degree of innovation
Functionality
Formal design quality
Ergonomics
Durability
Symbolic and emotional content
Product periphery
Level of intuitiveness
Environmental friendliness
Werner Zemp:
Design – Objects – Relief Images
“We are always keen to realise good ideas. Top-quality Swiss design and top-quality Swiss manufacturing – a combination that impresses not only here in Switzerland, but also around the world. The Littershark is a prime example of this.”
