Quin won twice at the German design awards, The Quin Pod was awarded the German Design Award for Excellent Product Design as well as our partner Lumos winning their own German Design Award for the Nyxel helmet featuring the Quin Pod’s crash detection.
Of course, we’re proud. Grateful. Energised.
But this isn’t just a celebration of a trophy on a shelf. This recognition represents something far more important: a recognition of the shift in what is expected from essential safety.
[Images from German Design Awards Ceremony 2026]
Design That Protects - and Belongs
Too often, “design” awards go to products that are visually striking with bold colours, sculptural forms, or futuristic concepts.
Safety products rarely make that list.
Why? Because safety has historically been treated as functional first, aesthetic second, and sometimes usability third. Protective gear can feel heavy, obstructive, hot, bulky, and definitely unflattering. (“Helmet hair” is real.)
For many users, safety has felt like a compromise of something else.
The German Design Award recognises something different: harmonious design. Design that integrates rather than interrupts.
"The precisely structured detection and analysis of incidents is supported by a harmonious interplay of function and design."
Jury, The German Design Award ·
The Quin Pod is intentionally unobtrusive, seamlessly integrated into helmets and protective gear. It doesn’t demand attention, yet inside, it houses powerful event detection technology capable of triggering emergency response when it matters most.
That harmony is something we are proud of, and know is expected by those who want to see their safety gear really perform for them.
Safety shouldn’t feel like a burden. It should feel like confidence.
Recognising Safety as Innovation
What makes this award especially meaningful is that it recognises advancement in safety itself.
The Quin Pod isn’t decorative. It’s not a cosmetic feature, or a surface-level design.
It is:
- Proprietary, deep technology
- Engineered to detect real-world impact events
- Designed to integrate seamlessly into protective gear
- Built to deliver meaningful data that can accelerate emergency response
- Created to disappear into your experience - until the moment you need it
This award signals that intelligent, life-forward design deserves the spotlight. This is encouraging, not just for Quin, but for the entire safety ecosystem.
Safety That Moves With You
The best design feels inevitable. As if it was always meant to exist.
With Quin’s CEO and Founder, Ani Surabhi’s background being an Industrial Designer, Quin has been design-led from day 1. Ani’s philosophy is that every design must be as obviously useful as it is obviously beautiful.
Obsessively solutions-driven. Relentlessly refined. Unobtrusive. Intuitive. Game-changing, yet natural. Safety tech should be all of these things.
When protective technology integrates so seamlessly that it becomes part of your gear - part of your routine as a rider or worker - it stops feeling like a compromise.
"Especially impressive is how convincingly safety and comfort for riders are addressed. This project sets a powerful benchmark for responsible design at the highest level within its field."
Jury, The German Design Award ·
Partnership Makes Progress Possible
Quin technology doesn’t live alone. It rides along, integrated into the helmets and protective systems created by our partners.
This is why this award is not just ours, but belongs to our partners as well. We are proud to partner with companies who:
- Take safety seriously
- Invest deeply in engineering and design
- Innovate within their own categories
- Seek collaboration to go further
The brands who integrate Quin technology are already leaders in protective design. They understand airflow, impact protection, fit, weight, aesthetics. They obsess over materials and performance.
When they choose to integrate Quin, they are saying something powerful: safety can go further.
Together, we can move safety forward faster. More meaningfully. More harmoniously.
This award - and the others Quin has recently garnered such as Best in Show at NSC - are as much a recognition of partnership as they are of product. Because together, we deliver the benefits to the people who rely on protective gear and safety systems to:
- Push their limits
- Explore further
- Perform at their peak
- Or simply get through their work day with confidence
Click here to see our list of partners who are already at the forefront of creating intelligent safety systems with Quin.
Winning the German Design Award for Excellent Product Design affirms that:
Safety is not an accessory.Safety is not an afterthought.Safety is not the enemy of beauty or comfort.
Safety can be elegant, seamless, and powerful – what we call intelligent.
We’re honoured that the German Design Award jury recognised that vision.
We’re even more excited about what comes next, because we’re building the future of safety the right way - together.