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Awards and design quality for AXOR and hansgrohe

The Hansgrohe Group is one of the design leaders in the sanitation industry. It’s no accident. We know that excellence in form and function has an emotional added value for our customers, and outlasts fast-moving trends. Many products from the AXOR and hansgrohe brands have won international design prizes. This is also your trump card in sales and consulting.

Award-winning, cutting-edge design for the bathroom and kitchen

Our focus is the needs of our customers. What drives all creatives at AXOR and hansgrohe is the people’s desire for more enjoyment, aesthetics, and comfort. Thus, the search for the most intelligent solution and the highest design quality is always our top priority.

Selling points for AXOR and hansgrohe design:

  • Design and function go hand in hand. The brand products meet the highest requirements, inspire through intuitive operation, and redefine aesthetic standards.
  • The product ranges, collections, and interior solutions are technically and visually durable. They are made in an efficient and resource-conserving way.
  • Purchasing brand products made by AXOR and hansgrohe creates investment security for your customers. Because high design quality never goes out of fashion.

Current quality seals: Gold, Winner, Best of the Best...

Independent expert juries also confirm that our design philosophy is spot-on. They regularly award us numerous design prizes. With its many quality awards, the Hansgrohe Group is the iF design leader in the sanitation industry. You can find a current cross-section of the awards in the image gallery.

 

Logo iF Gold Award 2021.

The highest design prize to be awarded by the International Forum Design has already gone to AXOR collections and hansgrohe lines several times.

Logo reddot award 2021 for Hansgrohe.

Since 1995, the Red Dot jury of experts in Essen has regularly awarded prizes to bathroom and kitchen products from the AXOR and hansgrohe brands.

Logo German Design Award Gold 2021 for Hansgrohe.

The German Design Council’s premium award for internationally pioneering products has gone to Hansgrohe Group brands multiple times over. It is awarded to top-class and internationally pioneering products.

Logo Iconic Award Innovative Architecture best of best 2020.

The German Design Council awards the Iconic Award "Innovative Architecture best of best" to top solutions in architecture and design worldwide. Including the FinishPlus product family.

Logo Iconic Award Innovative Interior best of best 2021.

The German Design Council presents the Iconic Award "Innovative Interior best of best" to the best design and architectural solutions. AXOR and hansgrohe also make design icons.

Hall of Fame: Our designers 

World-famous designers work together with AXOR and hansgrohe. They are masterminds in bathroom and kitchen design and make one-of-a-kind collections and product lines a reality with our creative teams. 

Every faucet and shower from AXOR features its own unique design, created by internationally renowned designers such as Philippe Starck, Antonio Citterio, Patricia Urquiola, and Jean-Marie Massaud.

All of the hansgrohe brand's key products were designed by Phoenix Design. The internationally successful think tank from Stuttgart and the Hansgrohe Group have been partners of good taste for more than 30 years.

Designer meeting in the Hansgrohe Group.
How do you manage the balancing act between functionality and magic? With an intensive and fruitful exchange between internal and external designers.

Philippe Starck. The tireless free spirit. He creates ‘wows’ and sets international benchmarks with his design. He has also spent more than 20 years working on bathroom design in collaboration with AXOR.

Jean-Marie Massaud. A leading figure in organic design. Together with AXOR, he dreams and realizes the bathroom of the future. With organic faucets, sinks and bath tubs.

Phoenix Design. Internationally renowned product designers and pioneers in bathroom design. They've been a design partner of the Hansgrohe company since 1987, and of the AXOR brand for more than 20 years.

Patricia Urquiola. The virtuosa of style fusion, emotional bathroom design, and an AXOR design partner. She launched a joint bathroom collection with the brand in 2008.

Antonio Citterio. The gentleman of design. He handles the entire spectrum: from hotel bathrooms to luxurious private bathrooms. A wealth of experience, realized in three AXOR collections.

Barber & Osgerby. Representatives of interaction design and design artists in the bathroom. The AXOR One shower range celebrates its premiere at the London Design Festival in 2015.

Front. Designers with an experimental spirit. They design an installation consisting of pipes, valves, and funnels. These new archetypes lead to the AXOR ShowerProducts designed by Front.

Nendo. Poetic design from Japan. The AXOR LampShower comes from the dream of combining a living room lamp with water. A signature piece in the bathroom. A milestone in shower design.

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