Industrial Makers Design Collective again recognized

November 2025

Industrial Makers Design Collective has again been recognized on an International Stage

On November 21, 2025, we were invited to the BLT Built Design Awards & SIT Furniture Design Award Ceremony in Basel, Switzerland, celebrating outstanding achievements in architecture, interior design, furniture and construction innovation. This recognition places our ecosystem alongside leading design practices and confirms that projects emerging from our network meet rigorous professional standards.

The award-winning work, our patented Q-Rack E-Bike Stand and Charging Station, was developed in close collaboration connecting high-level industrial design expertise with an infrastructure optimized for rapid, physical iteration. From early feasibility checks to discussions on manufacturing strategies and use-case robustness, we contributed the kind of engineering-centric sparring that turns good concepts into robust solutions ready for usage.

What makes this achievement particularly meaningful is the way it reflects our philosophy: design is a system discipline, not surface styling. In our projects, form, function, material, and process are treated as one integrated problem. Each prototype produced is not just a visual model, but a functional artefact used to test ergonomics, assembly, serviceability, and production logic. This tight loop between concept, prototype, and feedback is exactly what international juries are looking for when they reward “innovation” rather than just “novelty.”

The Basel ceremony itself underlined the level at which we now operate. Designers and innovators from around the world gathered in the Elisabethen Church to present solutions that address real-world challenges in the built environment, from circular material approaches to new ways of working and living. Being part of this group demonstrates that the Industrial Makerspace Design Collective is not only an interest group with a workshop, but a launchpad for work that stands up in a global professional context.

For future users of Industrial Makerspace, this award sends a clear signal: if you bring serious ideas, you will find a serious development and manufacturing environment. You gain access to a community where industrial designers, engineers, founders and domain experts work together with one shared objective—bringing technically sound, production-ready, and aesthetically coherent products into the world. We congratulate Maruan Attia, Stephan Weidlich and Thomas Dittler, and we look forward to supporting the next generation of award-winning projects in our space.