The Design & Innovation Award is more than just an award. It’s the only award to feature comprehensive review, highlight potential and discuss the true value of innovation. The award team has once more invested more than 6,000 working hours to analyse the most exciting products of 2018 for you. Here we present to you the components that secured the coveted Design & Innovation Award.


DI.A 2018 winner – bike ahead composites THEsixspokes biturboRoad

DI.A 2018 winner – Bontrager XXX Saddle

DI.A 2018 winner – DT Swiss ERC 1100 DICUT

DI.A 2018 winner – DT Swiss PR 1400 Dicut OXiC

DI.A 2018 winner – Easton CINCH Power Meter Spindle

DI.A 2018 winner – FAZUA evation

DI.A 2018 winner – Selle Italia SP-01 Tekno Superflow

DI.A 2018 winner – SRAM RED eTap HRD


Photos: Daniel Geiger

Design & Innovation Award 2018 Special Issue

Find more information on the Design & Innovation Award 2018 and all awarded products in our special issue in the digital app format. Download the app for iOS or Android to read all articles on your tablet or smartphone.

The articles from the special issue will also be published gradually on the DI.A overview page, head to design-innovation-award.com to learn more about all awarded products.


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