Vernissage of the exhibition "World’s Best Communication Design 2024 and Highlights from NRW"

Dear friends of the Red Dot Design Museum,

We cordially invite you to the opening of the special exhibition World’s Best Communication Design 2025 and Highlights from NRW on Thursday, February 26, 2026, at 7:30 p.m. at the Red Dot Design Museum in Essen. Doors open at 7:00 p.m. Admission is free.

Thomas Kufen, Mayor of the City of Essen, will first welcome the guests in attendance, before Jova Zec, Vice President of Red Dot, presents some outstanding award-winning works using entertaining video clips. Afterwards, you will have the opportunity to stroll through the exhibition and network.

Please register via our online registration portal to be added to the guest list for the exhibition opening. Please register by February 20, 2026.

About the exhibition
From February 27 to May 31, 2026, the exhibition will offer an inspiring overview of communication design projects from around the world that have been honored in the Red Dot Award: Brands & Communication Design 2025. A special focus will be placed on award-winning works from North Rhine-Westphalia.

» More information about the exhibition can be found here.

We look forward to a wonderful evening.
With warm regards

The Red Dot Design Museum team