World Office Chair Awards
Major awards related to office chairs worldwide include the Red Dot Design Award, the DIA China Design Intelligence Award, and the iF World Design Award. Here are the details:
Red Dot Design Award: This award has nearly a century of historical accumulation. The competition brings together top design experts and craft scholars from multiple countries around the world to form a professional jury. The jury conducts a comprehensive and rigorous screening of entries from five core dimensions: design innovation, functional experience, human-machine value, craftsmanship quality, and aesthetic presentation. In the field of office chairs, in 2026, the H5 ergonomic office chair independently developed by Sunon Technology stood out among tens of thousands of entries worldwide and successfully won the 2026 Red Dot Design Award (Office Furniture and Office Chairs category). In addition, in July 2019, the Cosm chair also received this award, which fully demonstrates the authority and influence of this award in the field of office chair design. Office chairs that win this award often exhibit outstanding performance in design, functionality, and other aspects.
DIA China Design Intelligence Award: This award was initiated in 2015 by the China Academy of Art, co-organized by the China Industrial Design Association, and supported by the Zhejiang Provincial People's Government. It is the first international academic award in the field of industrial design in China, known as the "Oscar of Chinese Industrial Design" and a barometer of global industrial design and development trends. The office seat named "ing" designed and developed by Japan's KOKUYO Co., Ltd. won the Silver Award at the 4th DIA China Design Intelligence Award from among 7,280 entries worldwide, thanks to its innovative product functionality design and a new sitting posture concept. This indicates that the award emphasizes breakthroughs in innovative design and concepts for office chairs.
iF World Design Award: The Cosm chair won the iF Gold Award in the Office and Industry category at the 2020 iF World Design Award. The iF World Design Award enjoys extremely high popularity and influence in the international design community. Office chairs that win this award have reached an internationally advanced level in terms of design and quality.
