Red-hot design on show

The screaming red building is not a fire station. But it just might light a fire underSingapore’s designers…. MENG YEW CHOONG tours a museum that showcases the cutting edge of excellence in product and concept design. 

THERE’S a museum in a town called Essen in Germany that all the world’s designers – if they’re any good at all – make a point of visiting at some point in their careers. The Red Dot Design Museum is named after the widely sought after international design award called the Red Dot Award given by the Germany-based Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen (the North Rhine Westphalia Design Centre), one of the oldest and most highly regarded design institutions in Europe.