Epson Wins ‘Red Dot: Design Team of the Year 2026’

Epson has been awarded the prestigious honorary title “Red Dot: Design Team of the Year” for 2026 at the Red Dot Design Award competition organized by Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen in Germany. 

This award is used to recognize a design team that has proved itself through its consistently innovative, top-class design achievements and has set the highest standards of design quality. 

Red Dot Founder and CEO, Professor Dr. Peter Zec, said, “With exceptional clarity and consistency, Epson has created a remarkably broad portfolio and translates technological innovation with great assurance into accessible, human-centered 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.”

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 characterized by clear, harmonious design and user-centric design, a strength that was praised by the jury.

Hideki Kato, General Manager of the P Design Department, and Takayoshi Ishikawa, General Manager of the VP Design Department, commented, “We see this award as recognition not of individual products, but of the collective efforts of Epson’s design organization 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.

Epson’s designs are grounded in a “Sho-Sho-Sei” design philosophy, an approach that emphasizes efficient, compact, and precise innovation. Guided by this philosophy, Epson seeks to realize value in ways that are more efficient, more compact, and more precise, so that user experiences are intuitive and products 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 organization collaborating across disciplines while leveraging specialized 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.

Kato added, “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.”

Epson is only the second Japanese company to receive this honor since the award was first presented in 2000. The award ceremony is scheduled to take place in Essen, Germany, in July 2026.