Rado & Design

Good Design Award for the Rado True Square x Tej Chauhan

09 April 2022

Three-time winner: with their design collaboration for the Rado True Square x Tej Chauhan the Swiss watchmaker Rado and the British industrial designer Tej Chauhan have definitely hit the bullseye. The watch with the futuristic design in high-tech ceramic has now been honoured with the Good Design Award, its third renowned design prize. The watch has already won the Red Dot Award and Grands Prix du Design Award.

Grand Prix du Design Award for the Rado True Square x Tej Chauhan

05 September 2021

A prizeworthy collaboration: with the Rado True Square x Tej Chauhan, the emotive design language of British industrial designer Tej Chauhan encounters Swiss watchmaker Rado’s proven expertise in materials. The result of this cooperative effort has already been honoured with the renowned Red Dot Award, and has now convinced the international Grand Prix du Design Awards jury as well: the watch has been named “Gold Winner” in the Product Design category.

Singapore GOOD DESIGN Award for the Rado True Square Undigital

04 September 2021

he Rado True Square Undigital has convinced design experts from around the world with a concept as humorous as it is clever. The unconventional watch, which Rado created in collaboration with the Japanese design duo YOY, has already won the Good DesignTM Award and the iF Design Award, and has now received the Singapore Good Design Award. 

2021 GREEN GOOD DESIGN™ Award

05 August 2021

With her concept for the Rado True Thinline Stillness Lidewij Edelkoort has proven once again to have a seismographic feel for socio-cultural trends. Her idea to express people’s increasing need for sustainability, stillness and clarity in the form of a watch has now been honoured with the Green Good DesignTM Award: the renowned prize was awarded to the first timepiece that Rado and the Dutch trend forecaster have created together. 

GOOD DESIGN™ Award for the Rado True Square Undigital

10 May 2021

Rado is delighted to announce that the True Square Undigital has won the renowned GOOD DESIGNTM Award. The watch, which was created in collaboration with the Japanese design duo YOY, quotes two real style icons in a way that is as clever as it is stylish: the classic digital display and the famous square Rado ceramic watch.

Double success for Rado at the iF Design Awards 2021

09 May 2021

Elegant, self-confident, resilient – and now award-winning, too: not one but two Rado design collaborations have won the renowned iF Design Award 2021. The True Square YOY and the True Square Formafantasma have thus joined the long list of Rado timepieces whose visionary design has been rewarded with an international award.

Red Dot Award for the True Square x Tej Chauhan

09 April 2021

Design has always been a key part of the Rado DNA. The Swiss brand is thus particularly delighted that the True Square x Tej Chauhan has been presented with the Red Dot Award in the Product Design category. The colourful timepiece, the result of a collaboration with industrial designer Tej Chauhan, picks up on the futuristic visions of pop culture with the means of a true “Master of Materials”.

German Design Award 2021 for the True Thinline Les Couleurs™ Le Corbusier

09 January 2021

We at Rado are proud to add a further renowned award to our long list of accolades. The German Design Award 2021 in Gold in the category “Excellent Product Design – Luxury Goods” goes to the True Thinline Les Couleurs^TM Le Corbusier, our colourful range of ultra-thin watches made from high-tech ceramic.

DFA Design for Asia Awards 2020 for the True Thinline Les Couleurs™ Le Corbusier

09 September 2020

Rado’s True Thinline Les Couleurs^TM Le Corbusier is proud to accept the prestigious Merit Award of DFA Design for Asia Awards 2020 recognising the Swiss watchmaker’s design excellence by a panel of world-renowned design professionals.

2020 GREEN GOOD DESIGN™ Award

10 May 2020

Rarely have the award and the prize winner been better suited to each other: our emerald green Rado True Thinline Leaf was presented with the prestigious GREEN GOOD DESIGN Award by the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design and the European Centre for Architecture, Art, Design and Urban Studies.

Rado True Thinline Les Couleurs™ Le Corbusier collection

05 March 2020

At Rado, we are delighted to announce that our groundbreaking True Thinline Les Couleurs^TM Le Corbusier collection has started the year by winning not one but two prestigious design awards. These latest wins take our total awards tally to well over 40 – an unprecedented feat in the watch industry.

Rado True Thinline Les Couleurs™ Le Corbusier collection

05 March 2020

At Rado, we are delighted to announce that our groundbreaking True Thinline Les Couleurs^TM Le Corbusier collection has started the year by winning not one but two prestigious design awards. These latest wins take our total awards tally to well over 40 – an unprecedented feat in the watch industry.

DESIGN TIMELINE

09 November 2017

Ever since the birth of the brand in the mid-1950s, Rado has chosen its own path rather than following the mainstream – especially when it comes to design and materials. A retrospective of some of Rado’s greatest design hits.

 

True Design 3: Rado’s official design magazine

19 April 2016

True Design 3 is the new edition of our design magazine. With a focus on our latest designer collaborations, on the new trend for garden design and a feature on five designers who changed the world, it’s a must-read for Rado enthusiasts and design lovers.

TRUE DESIGN 2: RADO'S OFFICIAL MAGAZINE

19 April 2016

We are pleased to share the second issue of the new Rado magazine, True Design. This new issue contains content such as historical articles about Rado’s beginnings, design history, and advertising style; a journalistic overview of the True designers’ series; interviews with CEO Matthias Breschan and design partner Konstantin Grcic; and an exploration of unconventional design fields such as lighting and interaction design.

True Design: Rado's official magazine

17 April 2016

The official Rado magazine, True Design, is now available for a digital reading experience. With contributions from leading journalists and photographers, the magazine explores the Rado story in depth and also offers a wealth of insight into the design world, from fashion to architecture to industrial design.