One good Tern deserves another… award that is. The folding bicycle manufacturer was recently awarded ther prestigious 2012 red dot design award for product design for its Verge Duo bicycle. In addition to the red dot award, Tern received a Eurobike Award at the 2011 Eurobike Show for the Eclipse S11i and a Taipei Cycle Design & Innovation Award at the 2012 Taipei Cycle Show for the Verge X10.
“It’s great to be recognized for the Verge Duo because we work hard to achieve clean, functional design,” stated Joshua Hon, Tern vice president. “The fact that we have received three major international design awards all within a year of the launch of our company is a validation of our philosophy and objectives, which is to produce bikes for urban transport.”
And Tern clearly was ahead of the fold. This year, 1,800 manufacturers and designers from 58 countries submitted 4,515 products for consideration for a red dot award by a panel of 30 international experts.