Second Best of the Best Award for the ing Series, Following 2018
KOKUYO CO., LTD. (Head Office: Osaka, Japan; President: Hidekuni Kuroda) announces that its ingCloud office chair has won two awards at the internationally prestigious Red Dot Design Award 2026, including Best of Best, the award's highest distinction, Best of the Best.
Award logos for Red Dot Design Award 2026 (left) , KOKUYO office chair ingCloud (right)
1. Award Overview
KOKUYO's ingCloud office chair received the Red Dot award in the Office Furniture and Office Chairs category and Red Dot: Best of the Best, the highest distinction in the Innovative Design category. Red Dot: Best of the Best is a prestigious award selected from among Red Dot award-winning products. ingCloud was recognized for its innovation, earning an exceptionally high score of 96 out of 100 in the Innovative Design category, which led to the award. This is the second Red Dot: Best of the Best award for the ing office chair series, following the award won by ing in 2018.
ーInnovative Design Category
Red Dot: Best of the Best award (highest distinction in the award program)
ーOffice Furniture and Office Chairs Category
Red Dot 2026 award
2. About the Award-Winning Product ingCloud
ingCloud, winner of the highest distinction, Best of the Best
ingCloud is a new office chair that offers an unprecedented seating experience, making users feel as if their body and the chair become one, more like wearing the chair than sitting in it. Three areas, beneath the seat, the backrest, and the armrests, are equipped with a triple gliding mechanism that moves flexibly with the body. The backrest features 3D hammock mesh, which achieves a three-dimensional surface shape. Through KOKUYO's proprietary 3D Ultra Auto-Fit Mechanism, which combines these features, ingCloud delivers a soft, enveloping, floating seating experience.
Designed to further improve comfort and concentration for workers who spend long hours in front of screens, ingCloud is a next-generation office chair. It is the third model in the ing series of office chairs, launched in 2017, whose seat glides 360 degrees.
Product name: ingCloud
Launch: December 2025
Product website: https://kokuyo.jp/sp/ingcloud/
■ Where to Try ingCloud
KOKUYO provides spaces where corporate and individual customers can experience ingCloud.
ing Series Experience Locations: https://www.kokuyo-furniture.co.jp/products/office/special/ing-series/experience/
■Red Dot Design Award History of the ing Series
ーing
・2018: Best of the Best
ーingLIFE
・2022: Red Dot Design Award
3. About the Red Dot Design Award
The Red Dot Design Award is an internationally prestigious design award that has been held in Germany since 1955. Held once a year, it consists of three disciplines: Product Design, Brands & Communication Design, and Design Concept. It is an international design award that receives approximately 20,000 entries from around 60 countries each year.
Red Dot Design Award website: https://www.red-dot.org/
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