In a multi-stage selection process, around 300 submissions from 35 countries were evaluated in nine categories according to criteria such as design, degree of innovation, manufacturing quality and value for money. The winners will be honoured at an award ceremony at the trade fair on July 3rd and presented in a special exhibition. Special prizes are the Green Award, the Start-Up Award and the Gold Award.
By honouring innovative bicycle types and components, further developed accessories or high-quality clothing, the Eurobike Award helps to further develop new products in the bicycle and mobility sector and position them successfully on the market.
“This year's submissions once again show the direction in which the global bicycle and mobility industry is developing. The impressive innovations of the Eurobike Awards represent tangible solutions for accelerating the mobility transition in the field of ecomobility, and furthermore, demonstrate how convincingly the bicycle product excels in various segments,” says Dirk Heidrich, Eurobike project manager at Fairnamic, which once again cooperated with the German Design Council as an experienced design and brand authority in Germany.
Prestigious expert jury awards 43 innovative products
This year, the independent jury of experts presented a total of 43 innovative awards in the nine categories of bicycles, e-bikes, light electric vehicles up to 45 km/h, micro electric vehicles, components, accessories, clothing and accessories, digital solutions and mobility solutions and infrastructure. In a two-stage selection process, the international experts from the bicycle, mobility and design industries evaluated the submissions according to criteria such as degree of innovation, functionality, design, quality of workmanship and choice of materials as well as sustainability.
This year, the submissions focused on improving technical performance and implementing sustainable solutions across various product categories. The range of innovative approaches is also evident in socially motivated projects, circular solutions, and highly functional modifications of existing systems. The jury placed particular emphasis on the degree of innovation, functionality, ecological and social sustainability, as well as design considerations during the evaluation process.
The members of this year’s jury:
- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Joerg Huebler, Chair of Intelligent Machine Systems, Mittweida University of Applied Sciences
- H. David Koßmann, editor-in-chief fahrstil. Das Radkulturmagazin
- Maike Larschow, Head of Sales Rad & Tour Cuxhaven
- Daniel Rese, Designer and Research Associate at the Offenbach Institute for Mobility Design (OIMD) at the Offenbach University of Art and Design
- Warren Rossiter, Senior Technical Editor Bikeradar
- Sabine Spitz, Olympic Champion, two-time World Champion, four-time European Champion and 20-time German Champion in mountain biking
- Christian Zanzotti, designer, Zanzotti Industrial Design
- Dirk Zedler, graduate-engineer Zedler Institut für Fahrradtechnik und -Sicherheit GmbH
Companies from the bicycle and mobility industry, designers and developers are invited to take part in the Eurobike Award every year, irrespective of whether or not they are exhibitors at the leading trade fair Eurobike.
The winners will be announced at Eurobike on July 3rd in Hall 8 of Messe Frankfurt and will be exhibited during the trade fair.
Author: Tillman Lambert
Photo: © Fairnamic GmbH
