Twice Honored: Eckstein Design Wins Two Red Dot Design Awards 2025

Eckstein Design receives two Red Dot Awards in 2025 – for the smart door system blueEvo by Winkhaus and the Sim.LED 8000 surgical light. Discover the award-winning projects.

Two Red Dot Design Awards for Eckstein Design

Award-winning design for Winkhaus blueEvo and Simeon Sim.LED 8000

Composition showing the Winkhaus door-lock module and the Simeon Sim.LED 8000 SC operating light — both recognised as Red Dot Design Award Winners 2025.

In 2025, Eckstein Design was honored with two Red Dot Design Awards – for the electronic door lock system blueEvo by Winkhaus and the modular Sim.LED 8000 surgical light from SIMEON Medical. These awards recognize our ability to translate technical complexity into accessible, aesthetic, and user-friendly products.

Awards

SIMEON Medical Sim.LED 8000 - OR- surgical light

Winkhaus blueEvo - smart door system

Several Winkhaus blueEvo keys lying on a black background with differently coloured caps, showing the versatile industrial design
Winkhaus blueEvo key in three-quarter perspective, black on a black background, highlighting the sleek product design contour

blueEvo – A New Era of Access

With the blueEvo system, Winkhaus introduces a new generation of networked door locking – smart, secure, and clearly positioned. In close collaboration with Eckstein Design, we created a cohesive solution: from product form and graphical interface to brand communication.
A central focus was the balance of tradition and innovation – a design attitude reflected throughout the visual language. Details of our approach can be found in the blueEvo use case on our website.

This project is a strong example of our expertise in industrial design: form, interface, and engineering converge seamlessly.

 

Product development at Eckstein Design – a combination of medical design, usability engineering and MDR compliance

Sim.LED 8000 – Lighting with Responsibility

For the new Sim.LED 8000, we partnered with SIMEON Medical to develop a surgical light fully tailored to the needs of medical staff. Priorities included intuitive operation, hygienic surfaces, and clearly legible controls – all critical in sensitive surgical environments.

The modular design merges technical innovation with a clean, functional aesthetic. It fits perfectly into our medical design expertise – a field where we unite complex requirements with ergonomic and visual clarity.

Let’s create together

Why Red Dot Is More Than Just an Award

The Red Dot Design Award is one of the most prestigious international distinctions in design. For us, it confirms our commitment to holistic design thinking – strategic, functional, and visually compelling.

Winning two awards demonstrates the breadth of our design approach – from high-tech medical innovation to smart building access systems

CASE STUDIES

Detail of the drill head of the Lübbering L.adu 150 Advanced Drilling Unit
Lübbering

Lübbering L.ADU 150 / 260

Design and utility in perfect harmony
Shot of the Brainlab ExacTrac Dynamic system highlighting the medical design
Brainlab

Brainlab ExacTrac Dynamic

A new dimension of design for radiotherapy
Steinel mobile heat cordless hot air gun, side view
Steinel

Steinel Corporate Identity

Characteristic brand design with added value
Two different Lübbering Petersen GROOVIN' Putters on top of each other
Lübbering Pedersen

THE GROOVIN' PUTTER

The result of passion, experience, and technical know-how in golf.
Winkhaus blueEvo key in three-quarter perspective, black on a black background, highlighting the sleek product design contour
Winkhaus

Winkhaus blueEvo

More Than Just Access Control: Where Design Meets Security