DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD. HAS RECENTLY RECEIVED TWO INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED DESIGN AWARDS, THE RED DOT DESIGN AWARD 2022 AND THE IF DESIGN AWARD 2022, FOR ITS HUMIDIFYING STREAMER AIR PURIFIER AND ITS RESIDENTIAL AIR CONDITIONER FOR THE EUROPEAN MARKET. SIMILARLY, ITS INDOOR UNIT OF A RESIDENTIAL MULTI-SYSTEM AIR CONDITIONER FOR THE CHINESE MARKET WAS ALSO PRESENTED AN IF DESIGN AWARD 2022.

THE RED DOT DESIGN AWARD IS AN INTERNATIONAL DESIGN COMPETITION HOSTED EVERY YEAR SINCE 1955 BY DESIGN ZENTRUM NORDRHEIN WESTFALEN, A DESIGN ORGANIZATION IN GERMANY. THE AWARD CONSISTS OF THE THREE CATEGORIES OF “PRODUCT DESIGN,” “BRANDS & COMMUNICATION DESIGN,” AND “CONCEPT DESIGN”. IT RECEIVES MORE THAN 18,000 APPLICATIONS FROM MORE THAN 70 COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE EACH YEAR. DAIKIN RECEIVED AWARDS THIS YEAR IN THE “PRODUCT DESIGN” CATEGORY FOR ITS HUMIDIFYING STREAMER PURIFIER AND RESIDENTIAL AIR CONDITIONER FOR THE EUROPEAN MARKET.

THE IF DESIGN AWARD IS ALSO AN INTERNATIONAL DESIGN AWARD THAT HAS BEEN HELD EVERY YEAR SINCE 1953 BY IF INTERNATIONAL FORUM DESIGN, A DESIGN ORGANIZATION IN GERMANY. ITS TEAM OF 132 DESIGN EXPERTS SELECT OUTSTANDING DESIGNS FROM NINE CATEGORIES INCLUDING “PRODUCT DESIGN,” “PACKAGING DESIGN,” AND “SERVICE DESIGN.” THIS YEAR SAW ROUGHLY 11,000 APPLICATIONS FROM COMPANIES AND DESIGNERS IN 57 COUNTRIES. DAIKIN RECEIVED AWARDS IN THE CATEGORY OF “PRODUCT DESIGN” FOR ITS HUMIDIFYING STREAMER AIR PURIFIER, RESIDENTIAL AIR CONDITIONER FOR THE EUROPEAN MARKET, AND INDOOR UNIT OF RESIDENTIAL MULTI SYSTEM AIR CONDITIONER FOR THE CHINESE MARKET.

IN ADDITION TO THE RED DOT DESIGN AWARD 2022 AND THE IF DESIGN AWARD 2022, THE HUMIDIFYING STREAMER AIR PURIFIER WON THE 2021 GOOD DESIGN AWARD (SPONSORED BY JAPAN INSTITUTE OF DESIGN PROMOTION) TO ADD TO THE OTHER TWO AWARDS FOR A COMBINED TOTAL OF THREE PRESTIGIOUS DESIGN AWARDS TO DATE.

DAIKIN DESIGNS ITS PRODUCTS TO BE BOTH BEAUTIFUL IN APPEARANCE AND CONSISTENT WITH ITS MISSION OF ENRICHING HUMAN LIVES THROUGH INDOOR AIR QUALITY AND AIR ENVIRONMENTS BASED ON THE DESIRE “TO MAKE THE INVISIBLE AIR BELOVED.” TO THIS END, IT EXPANDS THE POSSIBILITIES OF AIR CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT THROUGH DESIGNS THAT RANGE FROM MANUFACTURING THAT PURSUES FUNCTIONAL VALUE TO MAKING CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE THAT CREATES NEW CONCEPTS.