Nix Sensor Ltd. wins Red Dot Award for high quality product design
Hamilton, ON, April 3, 2017. The jury has reached its decision: After several days of assessing thousands of products from all over the world, Hamilton’s very own Nix Pro Color Sensor received the “Red Dot” distinction. Nix Sensor Ltd. created an outstanding design that the expert committee for the Red Dot Award: Product Design 2017 has recognized with the internationally sought-after seal of quality.
The Nix Pro Color Sensor was designed and built in Hamilton, Ontario by technology company, Nix Sensor Ltd. The Nix Pro is a handheld color sensor that provides accurate color measurement of any surface it is placed on and sends the color data to the accompanying smartphone application. Once a color is scanned, users can match to more than 12,000 colors in the application’s library. Its unique and patented shape blocks out all ambient light, which allows for its industry leading accuracy.
“It’s absolutely thrilling to win a Red Dot Award,” shares Matthew Sheridan, CEO and Founder of Nix Sensor Ltd. “As the most prestigious design award in the world, it doesn’t get much better than this! To be held to the same standard as legendary firms such as Apple, Ferrari, Dyson, Leica, and more is an absolute honour. It really shows that through dedication, teamwork and innovative design principals, anything is possible. Another big win for our remarkable team here in Hamilton!”
Professor Dr. Peter Zec, founder and CEO of the Red Dot Award: “The Red Dot winners are pursuing the right design strategy. They have recognized that good design and economic success go hand in hand. The award by the critical Red Dot jury documents their high design quality and is indicative of their successful design policy.”
The significance of the international design competition, Red Dot Award: Product Design, with its headquarter in Essen, Germany is well established internationally. It was more than 60 years ago, that a jury convened for the first time to assess the best designs of the day. Since then, an expert team has been awarding the seal of quality for good design and innovation to the outstanding designs of the year.
Manufacturers and designers around the globe were also invited to enter their products in the 2017 competition. The jury of around 40 independent designers, design professors and specialist journalists tested, discussed and assessed each individual product, awarding the Honourable Mention for a well-conceived detail solution, the Red Dot for high design quality and the Red Dot: Best of the Best for groundbreaking design. In total, the competition received more than 5,500 entries from 54 countries this year.
The Red Dot Award: Product Design 2017 will culminate in Essen on July 3, 2017. This is when the Red Dot: Best of the Best laureates receive their trophies during the Red Dot Gala award ceremony. At the subsequent Designers’ Night after-show party, the award winners will celebrate in the midst of all the prize-winning products in the Red Dot Design Museum Essen, and the Red Dot winners will receive their well-earned certificates. For five weeks, the special exhibition “Design on Stage” will present the awarded products of the year as part of the world’s largest exhibition of contemporary design.
For more information about the award, please contact:
Elaina Principato
Marketing Coordinator, Nix Sensor Ltd.
Phone: +1 905.581.6363
Email: elaina.principato@nixsensor.com
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