RADO & DESIGN

Rado is not only the proud recipient of numerous prestigious international design awards: the brand also collaborates with leading designers on the creation of new timepieces and runs worldwide Rado Star Prize competitions for up-and-coming young designers. Design is the cornerstone of Rado’s many groundbreaking timepieces, and it’s also in the brand’s DNA.

Konstantin Grcic

Konstantin Grcic is one of the world’s foremost industrial designers. Known for his passion for technology and materials, Grcic was a natural choice for the 2016 redesign of the iconic Rado Ceramica. Famed for his pared-down pieces, Grcic is often referred to as a minimalist, but the designer himself prefers to speak of simplicity.
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Leslie Chan

Leslie Chan is one of Taiwan's foremost graphic designers one of ten Taiwanese designers selected to act as a World Design Capital® Taipei 2016 Design Ambassador. Rado teamed up with Chan to create an exclusive timepiece in honour of the brand's partnership with World Design Capital® Taipei 2016: the pure white high-tech ceramic True Taipei Limited Edition, the dial of which takes its inspiration from the art of origami.
Jasper Morrison

Jasper Morrison is a renowned product and furniture designer whose award-winning creations range from trams to tableware to mobile phones. Rado joined forces with Morrison on the design of the design-driven Rado r5.5, a high-tech ceramic watch collection that takes its name from the 5.5 mm corner radius of the case.

Award-winning timepieces

Rado's unique approach to industrial design has been recognised with more than 35 international design awards. Discover Rado’s impressive collection of award-winning timepieces.

RADO AWARDS

Rado Star Prize

As part of its dedication to design, Rado is internationally active with its Rado Star Prize competitions. Held together with global design institutions from New York to Taipei, these prizes aim to support up-and-coming young designers by offering them a platform to show their work to experts from the design field and the general public alike.

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Rado design partnerships

Rado is a brand that lives and breathes visionary design. This is why we’ve joined forces with prominent platforms around the world to promote industrial design, young designers, and the world of design in general. Learn more about our partners from Milan to Cape Town.

DESIGN PARTNERSHIPS