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Kohler picks up multiple design awards

Kohler Co, which has its UK headquarters in Cheltenham, has picked up 13 awards for its products.

The bathroom company secured 13 iF product design awards under its Kohler, Mira and Klafs brands.

With 10,800 entries from 72 countries, the iF Design Award is one of the most prestigious design competitions in the world. To be the recipient of the iF Design Award means passing a rigorous two-stage selection by renowned design experts, who evaluate submissions based on idea, form, function, differentiation and impact.

In this year's iF design competition, Kohler's product designs secured recognition in several categories, including the coveted Gold award, which earned Kohler a place among only 75 Gold winners at the upcoming award ceremony in Berlin.

Kohler's multiple awards represent innovative designs and technologies developed in each of the company's global studios - the UK, USA, India and China.

David Kohler, chair and CEO of Kohler Co, said: "For over 150 years, Kohler has been dedicated to advancing innovation and unparalleled design. It is a tremendous honour to be recognized for the passion and ingenuity of our development teams."

The KOHLER Loope container based sanitation toilet, a 2024 iF GOLD Product Design Award recipient - and the company's first-ever Gold level award recipient - is a waterless sanitation solution. It was designed to bring safe sanitation to dense urban environments where alternative options are often non-existent.

The Loope toilet was inspired by UN Sustainable Development Goal #6 of "ensuring access to safe and affordable sanitation for all," and iF design award jurors noted that "this is a great example of design innovation in the service of humanity."

Kohler Co. - under its Kohler, Mira and Klafs brands - received 12 additional iF Product Design Awards, including for the Mira Select Flex Shower System.

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