Awards

Since 1954, the iF Design Award has been recognised worldwide as the leading trademark for outstanding design. In 2026, höfats once again won the coveted award in a high-calibre field of entrants, this time with the SPIN air product group.

Since 1955 the Red Dot Design Award has been given in the categories Product Design, Communication Design and Design Concepts by the Design Zentrum NRW.

Focus Open is awarded annually by the Design Center Baden-Württemberg. It has a long tradition and an international reputation thanks to the high demands it places on entrants.

The Archiproducts Design Award honours outstanding international design. We're delighted höfats won the coveted award again in 2024.

The Iconic Awards honour outstanding architecture, interior and product design projects worldwide that combine innovation, sustainability and creative strength.

The European Product Design Award recognises talented international product and industrial designers who improve everyday life with practical, well thought-out creations.

The German Design Award is an international prize that has honoured outstanding innovations in product, communication and architecture since 2012, judged on design quality and functionality.

New challenges call for new solutions. Renowned industrial designer Sebastian Bergne awards prizes to innovative problem-solvers who make everyday life easier, in the special exhibition 'Solutions'.

Each year, Venice Design Week celebrates diversity and innovation in design, showcasing inspiring work and strengthening the global design community. Our SPIN tabletop fireplace was chosen to represent fire in interior design.

The Bavarian Ministry of State honours the 50 fastest-growing small and medium-sized enterprises, recognising companies whose commitment and inventiveness contribute to the state's economic strength.

The Architecture MasterPrize recognises and rewards the best product designers and manufacturers of architectural products.

The Bayerischer Staatspreis is awarded each year at the international craftsmen's fair in Munich, instituted by the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs.

For this award, exhibitors apply with new products from the areas of garden furniture, parasols, BBQ, textiles and accessories.

The German Designer Club (DDC) is the leading club for designers of all disciplines in the German-speaking world. Its annual 'Gute Gestaltung' (Good Design) competition is unique in the industry and considered the heart of the DDC.

The Promotional Gift Award recognises products that, thanks to their exceptional communicative power and unmistakable character, are particularly suitable as high-value gifts or premiums.

For more than thirty years, the Design Plus Award has been given out annually during the Ambiente trade fair in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

The competition #Form — shape from craftsmanship and industry — takes place during the German Tendence trade fair in Frankfurt.

MCBW Start Up is the start-up platform for companies and designers organised by Bayern Design and sponsored by the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, connected to the largest German design event, Munich Creative Business Week, with 70,000 participants.

Completely to the höfats team's surprise, the BEER BOX was awarded the Steel Innovation Prize 2018.

A spark ignited: höfats continued the success story that began in 2015 by winning the Bavarian Founders' Prize 2018 in the start-up category — the highest award for founders and entrepreneurs in Bavaria, recognising outstanding success in building a company.

The Shopware Award honours innovative e-commerce projects, recognising companies that excel through creative solutions, technological advancement and outstanding shop design.