The Red Dot Design Award is an international product design prize awarded by the Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen in Essen, Germany. With more than 6,000 submissions from 40 countries, the Red Dot’s international design competition ranks among the largest and most renowned in the world. The competition is divided into three categories: product design, communication design, and design concept. It serves to recognize those organizations that distinguish their business activities through design. This year the official award ceremony to honor the winners in the communication design category was held at the Konzerthaus in Berlin on October 7.

illy has been blending art and coffee for decades, and one of the most striking results of such a mix is its illy Art Collection, which now includes a plethora of state-of-the art coffee cup sets and cans created by the greatest international artists of our time as well as by aspiring talents. The range, which includes over 70 series of coffee cups by Jeff Koons, Francsis Fod Coppola, Jan Fabre and Tobias Rehberger to name but a few, now welcomes the cups with blastful designs created by Neapolitan artist Francesco Clemente, who now lives in the USA, and a the second can of 2011, designed by Alioum Moussa, who is an eclectic and multidisciplinary artist from Cameroon.

The iconic ketchup brand Heinz introduces Heinz Tomato Ketchup Blended with Balsamic Vinegar. The new sauce will be available in the USA on November 14, though not in supermarkets. The new product campaign sends consumers directly to the brand’s Facebook page. Those passionate about ketchup will only be able to purchase a bottle of Heinz with a balsamic tinge online, while supermarkets shelves will be filled with the product in late December.