Epson Wins the World's Preeminent Design Award, "Red Dot: Design Team of the Year 2026"
Announcement posted by Epson Australia 27 May 2026
Epson has been awarded the prestigious honorary title "Red Dot: Design Team of the Year" for 2026 at the internationally renowned Red Dot Design Award competition.
This award is used to recognise a design team that has proved itself through its consistently innovative, top-class design achievements and has set the highest standards of design quality.
Epson is only the second Japanese company to receive this honour since the award was first presented in 2000. The award ceremony is scheduled to take place in Essen, Germany, in July 2026.
Summary of the Award Citation
Across its diverse business segments - including Precision Innovation, Industrial & Robotics, Office & Home Printing, and Visual & Lifestyle - Epson has consistently demonstrated a high level of technological innovation under a coherent and unified design strategy.
Grounded in its advanced precision technologies, Epson has developed a broad product portfolio characterised by clear, harmonious design and user-centric design, a strength that was praised by the jury.
In addition, Epson has garnered recognition over many years in the "Red Dot Award: Product Design" category by showcasing outstanding designs and innovation across multiple generations of products.
Ultimately, Epson was honoured with the title "Red Dot: Design Team of the Year 2026" for having firmly embedded design within its corporate activities, delivering globally competitive products based on a consistent design philosophy, and demonstrating a sustained commitment to design excellence.
Red Dot Founder and CEO, Professor Dr. Peter Zec commented, "With exceptional clarity and consistency, Epson has created a remarkably broad portfolio and translates technological innovation with great assurance into accessible, human-centred solutions - precise and carefully composed in their expression. The design approach is defined by a strong sense of harmony - between form and function and between technological precision and user experience. Driven by a strategically embedded design culture, this results in internationally successful products with a clear identity. The title 'Red Dot: Design Team of the Year 2026' recognises this outstanding achievement. Congratulations to the whole team."
Hideki Kato, General Manager of the Epson P Design Department, and Takayoshi Ishikawa, General Manager of the Epson VP Design Department said, "We see this award as recognition not of individual products, but of the collective efforts of Epson's design organisation as a whole. It reflects both a daily commitment within each business area and a collaborative mindset cultivated across departments. This recognition is greatly encouraging for everyone involved.
At the same time, we view this award not as an end point but rather as an expectation that we will continue to create new value. We will remain committed to transforming the value of technology into meaningful experiences for people and society, and to creating value in a way that is true to Epson."
About Epson's Design
Epson's designs are grounded in a "Sho-Sho-Sei" design philosophy - an approach that emphasises efficient, compact, and precise innovation. Guided by this philosophy, Epson seeks to realise value in ways that are more efficient, more compact, and more precise, transforming technology not merely into functional performance but into user experiences that are intuitive and products that are easy to use and designed for long-term utility.
This design philosophy is shared across design activities rooted in each business domain, with Epson's design organisation collaborating across disciplines while leveraging specialised expertise. Through this approach, Epson achieves both domain-specific excellence and a strong sense of unity as a company, enabling the continuous creation of value.
About the Red Dot Design Award
The Red Dot Design Award, established in 1955, is one of the world's most prestigious design awards. As part of the Red Dot Award: Product Design, the honorary title "Red Dot: Design Team of the Year" has been awarded annually to only one design team since 1988. It recognises design teams that demonstrate outstanding innovation, creativity, and superior design quality, with particular emphasis on comprehensive design achievements realised through exceptional teamwork.
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About Epson, Epson Australia and Epson New Zealand
Epson is a technology innovation and engineering company whose philosophy of efficient, compact, and precise innovation enriches lives and helps create a better world. The company uses technology and engineering ability to implement real-world solutions in precision innovation, industrial & robotics, office & home printing, and visual & lifestyle.
Led by the Japan-based Seiko Epson Corporation, the worldwide Epson Group generates annual sales of more than JPY 1.3 trillion.
Epson Australia offers an extensive array of award-winning image capture and image output products for the commercial, industrial, consumer, business, photography and graphic arts markets, and is also a leading supplier of value-added point-of-sale (POS) solutions for the retail market. Epson is the market leader in Australia and worldwide in sales of projectors for the home, office and education. Established in 1983, Epson Australia is headquartered in North Sydney and is a subsidiary of the Epson Group headquartered in Japan.
Epson New Zealand offers an extensive array of award-winning image capture and image output products for the commercial, industrial, consumer, business, photography and graphic arts markets, and is also a leading supplier of value-added point-of-sale (POS) solutions for the retail market. Epson is a market leader in New Zealand, Australia and worldwide in sales of projectors for the home, office and education. Epson New Zealand is headquartered in Auckland and is a branch of Epson Australia Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of the Epson Group headquartered in Japan.
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