Red Dot Award 2026: Eckstein Design Recognised for the NECCST Series 1

Munich, April 2026

Eckstein Design has been awarded the Red Dot Award 2026 in the Product Design category. The prize was given for the NECCST Series 1 – a premium manual coffee grinder with patented stepless grind adjustment, zero retention technology and integrated grind-by-weight.

The Red Dot Award is one of the most internationally recognised design prizes, presented annually by the Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen. The award honours products that stand out through their degree of innovation, functionality and design quality.

The NECCST Series 1 was born from a precisely defined brief: to bring manual grinding to the level of high-performance devices – without compromise in mechanics, materials or experience. Almost three years of development, hundreds of prototypes and a consistently user-centred methodology led to a countertop grinder that sets new benchmarks in its category.

The patented stepless grind dial allows adjustment to 0.001 mm accuracy – fluid, click-free, precise. The zero retention system keeps residue below 0.1 g. The 63 mm conical burrs with titanium nitride coating ensure even particle size and minimal heat transfer. In the GBW variant, a magnetically integrated barista scale completes the system into a seamless workflow – from grinding through to brewing.

The full project story – from the challenge through the design approach to the finished product – is documented on the NECCST Series 1 project page.