SK Intellix has won two top prizes at the Red Dot Design Award 2026, one of the world’s three major design awards, the company said.
SK Intellix said it received two Winner awards in the product design category at the Red Dot Design Award 2026 ceremony held in Germany on the 22nd.
The Red Dot Design Award is widely regarded as one of the world’s top three design competitions, along with Germany’s iF and the United States’ IDEA.
The wins came in both kitchen appliances and robotics. In the kitchen appliance category, the SK Magic TwoWater water purifier was recognized for combining functionality — providing both mineral water and pure water — with a minimalist exterior design. The company said the product had also received the top “Grand Gold” grade at a water-taste evaluation, and the Red Dot award further validated both its technology and design.
In the robotics category, the wellness robot NAMUHX A1 won a Winner award. The company said the product combines autonomous air purification with voice conversation, based on agentic AI technology. Its rounded, soft design, inspired by the traditional Korean moon jar, was praised for emphasizing an emotional appeal as a “daily companion,” rather than a conventional appliance.
An SK Intellix official said the awards showed global recognition of the company’s design capabilities across both its health platform brand SK Magic and its wellness robotics brand NAMUHX.
“We will combine AI technology and design to move forward as a ‘global AI wellness platform’ company,” the official said.
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