{
  "id": 3417932,
  "title": "Hankook Tire Sweeps Six Accolades at the 2026 Red Dot Design Awards",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/hankook-tire-sweeps-six-accolades-at-the-2026-red-dot-design-awards",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-26T04:00:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "BusinessKorea",
    "slug": "businesskorea",
    "url": "https://www.businesskorea.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=275545"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Hankook Tire has been awarded six accolades in the Design Concept category at the 2026 Red Dot Design Awards. The company achieved the highest success rate, with all six entries receiving recognition. The Red Dot Design Award is one of the world's leading design competitions, alongside Germany's iF Design Award and the U.S.-based International Design Excellence Awards. Hankook Tire's innovative designs, such as the i-Flex Gen 2 and Medi Buddy, showcase a vision for future mobility and sustainability. The i-Flex Gen 2 features an industry-first circumferential spoke structure, which enhances noise reduction and high-speed stability. The smart medical mobility system, Medi Buddy, was developed through a collaboration with the Korea Institute of Design Promotion's Korea Design Membership Plus (KDM+), and uses AI and autonomous driving technologies to create a comforting experience for hospitalized children. Hankook Tire has previously won the Red Dot Award's highest honor, the Luminary, in 2015, and has also earned an iF Gold Award and an IDEA Bronze Award in 2016 and 2017. This is the first time a tire company has achieved a grand slam of the world's top three design awards.",
  "summary": "The global tire maker Hankook Tire & Technology (Hankook Tire) has secured six awards in the Design Concept category at the Red Dot Design Award 2026, including two prestigious \"Best of the Best\" honors and four \"Winner\" titles.The Red Dot Design Award is widely recognized as one of the world’s top",
  "key_points": [
    "Hankook Tire wins six Red Dot Design Award accolades in 2026",
    "All six entries receive recognition in Design Concept category",
    "i-Flex Gen 2 and Medi Buddy showcase future mobility and sustainability"
  ],
  "editors_take": "Hankook Tire's sweep of six Red Dot Design Awards cements its status as a leader in innovative design, showcasing a vision for future mobility and sustainability.",
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}