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 urban bikes and products that secured the coveted Design & Innovation Award.

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DI.A 2018 winner – CENTURION E-Fire Country F3500

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DI.A 2018 winner – FLYER Upstreet5 7.20 FIT

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DI.A 2018 winner – Lezyne Classic Brass Bell

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DI.A 2018 winner – Riese & Müller Packster 40

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DI.A 2018 winner – Riese & Müller Supercharger

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DI.A 2018 winner – Selle Royal eZone

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DI.A 2018 winner – Supernova M99 Mini Pro

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DI.A 2018 winner – TQ HPR 120S

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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