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The design report card 2012 red dot design ranking
Hot off the heels of the results of the “red dot award: design concept”, the red dot institute releases the ranking for design concepts. In the world of design where change is the constant, the organisations and institutions in the red dot design ranking challenge themselves to innovate often; to outdo others as well as themselves each year.

In the ranking for companies, Liteon Technology Corporation has advanced in the second position. New entrant, kt (Korea Telecom)’s work, with Seymourpowell, placed both organisations in the top positions in the company and design studio rankings respectively.

Umeå Institute of Design pipped ENSCI – Les Ateliers for the top position for universities in the Americas and Europe, and Art Center College of Design
entered at third position after winning two “red dot: best of the best” this year. In the Asia Pacific region, Shih Chien University’s achievements advanced
them into third position from fifth.

The ranking is computed using a weighted formula considering the cumulative number and classes of awards received over the last five years, and with a
strong emphasis on recency. The ranking is a reflection of real sustainable design innovation capability of an organisation.
Apart from the red dot design ranking for design concepts, the red dot institute compiles industry specific rankings and rankings for product design as well as for communication design.

Rank Company Country
1 ZTE CORPORATION China
2 LITEON TECHNOLOGY CORP Taiwan
3 GUANGDONG LINKFAIR GROUP CO., LTD. China
4 Hyundai Engineering & Construction Korea
4 kt (Korea Telecom) Korea
4 LG Hausys Design Center Korea
7 Nokia Finland
8 Doosan Infracore Korea
8 MSD Korea
10 HYUNDAI AMCO Korea
10 SKYWORTH ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (SHENZHEN) CO.,LTD China
10 YUN SAN CORPORATION Taiwan
10 MIA Collaboration Co.,Ltd Thailand
10 ABB Sweden
10 Daimler AG Germany
10 Morita Holdings Corporation Japan
10 SAMSUNG C&T Korea

Rank Design Studio Country
1 Emami Design Germany
2 Philips Design Netherlands
3 Seymourpowell UK
4 MIMOS Berhad Malaysia
4 Hangzhou INNOVO Product Design CO.,LTD China
6 Changzhou Wujin Industrial Design of Nanjing University of The Arts Ltd China
6 EVENdesign China
6 Designmall Korea
6 Shenzhen AZ Industrial Design Co., Ltd China
10 Shenzhen ND Industrial Design Co., Ltd. China
11 IDESO South Africa
11 Quantumby Inc. Korea
11 SPACETALK Korea
11 Design Exchange Pte Ltd Singapore
11 Pilotfish Germany, Taiwan
11 The Creative Unit Inc. Canada
11 TOOUT Industrial Design Co.,ltd China

Institution – Asia Pacific
Rank Institution Country
1 National Taiwan University of Science and Technology Taiwan
2 Zhejiang University China
3 Shih Chien University Taiwan
4 National Taipei University of Technology Taiwan
5 Samsung Art & Design Institute (SADI) Korea
6 National Cheng Kung University Taiwan
7 Jiangnan University China
8 Hongik University Korea
9 National Yunlin University of Science & Technology Taiwan
10 Tatung University Taiwan
11 Massey University New Zealand
12 Jeju National University Korea
13 KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) Korea
14 East China Normal University (ECNU) China
14 Korea Design Membership (KDM) – Design Center Busan (DCB) Korea

Institution – Americas & Europe
Rank Institution Country
1 Umeå Institute of Design Sweden
2 ENSCI – Les Ateliers France
3 Art Center College of Design USA
4 Academy of Art University USA
5 Royal College of Art (RCA) UK
6 Schwäbisch Gmünd University of Applied Sciences HfG Gmünd Germany
7 Folkwang University of the Arts Germany
8 California College of the Arts USA
9 Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Germany
9 Kingston University UK
11 University of Applied Arts Vienna Austria
11 Bournemouth University UK
11 Emily Carr University of Art and Design Canada
11 Cranbrook Academy of Art USA
11 Pratt Institute USA