Robert Radi, an award-winning designer based in Beverly Hills, California, has reached a new career milestone today: 15 years of product design and development done right.

Radi still approaches every new Project with the same enthusiasm and ambition that set him apart fifteen years ago and landed him the first Product Design Account.

“I offer the constant striving to create a product that is best suited to the client, the market, and the consumer” says Radi “In order to do that, we try to understand the entire context for the design, from its place in a company’s brand strategy to its tooling in the factory to its future role in a consumer’s everyday life. By incorporating these elements into the design process, we are able to produce work that is relevant, intelligent, and, of course, aesthetically pleasing.”

Radi is best known for some of his most commercially successful designs-including Personal Microdermabrasion and Consumer Product projects — that have collectively generated more than $200 million in sales. Radi’s entire body of work demonstrates his attention to detail, his unique sense of styling, but also his ability to come up with humorous, original concepts for consumer products.

Radi grew up in Northern Italy, borne into a rich tradition of design and invention within his family lineage. He moved to the United States some 17 years ago and has gone on to achieve considerable acclaim, winning in excess of a dozen design awards in the last four years alone.

Radi has designed products for mass and limited production for companies such as Johnson & Johnson, Guthy-Renker, DermaNew, MeadWestvaco, Snapware, Mattel, Revlon, Apex Digital, Toyota, Neutrogena, Avery Dennison, Aroma Houseware, and Berkshire Hathaway (GINSU Brand) — to name a few.

In 2006 the creativity and design of Robert Radi, has been recognized in an editorial project by Fusion Publishing (Los Angeles - Stuttgart). The beautifully executed book celebrates the inspired work of 61 pioneering designers who represent the new American generation.

In 2005, Robert Radi launched his Limited Edition Eyewear line, still one of his ongoing pride and joy. He is currently working with several of his high-profile clients on products that will be released in 2009.

Radi Design, an integrated product design studio headquartered in Beverly Hills, CA, announced today that it is a winner in the American Corporate Identity 23 competition for the corporate identity created for Polar Delight, LLC, a private venture in Los Angeles.

The logo will be published in American Corporate Identity 2008, due in bookstores November 2007.

“Our company helps clients at crucial stages in their product and brand development.

We put a lot of energy into creating product designs and identity that reflect our clients’ business objectives, as well as their corporate personality, with the ultimate goal of achieving commercial success,” said Robert Radi, principal of Radi Design. “This award is an honor.”

The American Corporate Identity competition recognizes the best corporate identity work in the country.

This year, hundreds of design professionals submitted work in fourteen categories to the juried competition.

It is the only annual national competition devoted specifically to corporate identity as a foundation to brand development.

In its 23rd year, the American Corporate Identity publication has become one of the top design annuals in the world and is distributed internationally by HarperCollins.

The recently released volume features 61 of the most innovative industrial, furniture, and product designers in the Western Hemisphere. Edited by Carissa Kowalski Dougherty and published by daab, this 400-page, full-color publication is now available worldwide.

Beverly Hills, CA (PRWEB) July 12, 2006 — The creativity and design of Robert Radi, an award-winning designer based in Beverly Hills, California, has been recognized in a new editorial project by Fusion Publishing (Los Angeles - Stuttgart). The beautifully executed book celebrates the inspired work of 61 pioneering designers who represent the new American generation.

In her introduction, Carissa Kowalski Dougherty explains that designers in The Americas — including North, South and Central America — are as diverse as the cultures within which they work.

“It is difficult to talk about them as one cohesive group; their passions, design strategies, and formal outcomes cannot be summed up in a simple mission statement, nor should they be,” says Dougherty. “The lack of a single, hegemonic style does not mean designers in The Americas are afraid to commit to an aesthetic ideal. Instead, it signifies a dedication to the nature of design and the restlessness of human creativity.”

Radi is featured in an eight-page spread with some of his most successful designs-including Personal Microdermabrasion and Consumer Electronics projects — that have collectively generated more than $100 million in sales. The products highlighted demonstrate Radi’s attention to detail, his unique sense of styling, and his ability to come up with humorous, original concepts for household products.

Radi grew up in Northern Italy, borne into a rich tradition of design and invention within his family lineage. He moved to the United States some 15 years ago and has gone on to achieve considerable acclaim, winning in excess of a dozen design awards in the last four years alone.

Radi has designed products for mass and limited production for companies such as Johnson & Johnson, Disney, DermaNew, Paramount, Mattel, Revlon, Colgate, Toyota, Neutrogena, Avery Dennison, Aroma Houseware, and Berkshire Hathaway (GINSU Brand) — to name a few.

In 2005, Robert Radi launched his Limited Edition Eyewear line. He is currently working with several of his high-profile clients on products that will be released in 2007.

The German Ministry of Economics Nominates Robert Radi for the DesignPreis 2006

In a truly unexpected letter, designer Robert Radi has been notified by Andrej Kupetz, managing director of the German Design Council, of having received the Nomination for the DesignPreis 2006, the only official Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Mr. Radi was nominated for his excellence in product design for the Razorback “F” - Active Eyewear Goggle.

The DesignPreis 2006 of the Federal Republic of Germany is sponsored by the Federal Minister for Economics and Labor and organized by the German Design Council.

It is not possible to submit an entry for the Design Award. Instead, products must be nominated either by the ministers of economics of the individual German states or by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Labor.

Moreover, the product must have already won a national or international award. Thus, the Design Award is the Prize of Prizes.

Robert Radi was awarded the Good Design Award 2004 for the Razorback “F” - Active Eyewear Goggle.

The Nomination is a distinction in itself and gives the honor and privilege to use the “DesignPreis 2006 Nominee” logo on the product and strategic communication of the designer and Manufacturer.

The DesignPreis 2006 will be presented in February during the Ambiente International Consumer Goods Show in Frankfurt, Germany.

The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design honors Robert Radi, for the fashionable Radi “K” Hybrid - Active Eyewear. This is the tenth Good Design Award received by Robert Radi in his design career.

Beverly Hills (PRWEB) December 14, 2005 — With an official letter, Mr. Christian K. Narkiewicz - Laine, Director and President of the CHICAGO ATHENAEUM notified Beverly Hills-based designer Robert Radi of this newly bestowed honor: The Good Design Award 2005.

This year Robert Radi was bestowed the 10th Good Design Award of his career for the Radi “K” Hybrid a fashionable and high performance sport sunglass. The Radi “K” Hybrid was designed to allow for adaptation to the various needs of today’s outdoor and action sports enthusiasts.
The key to the effectiveness of the Radi “K” Hybrid is the patented “Razorline” anti-fog/anti-dust venting technology that allows for a constant, controllable flow of air through the eyewear by creating a “chimney effect” (cool air is heated in the cheek area of the eyewear which causes it to rise), while also providing filtration for the flow of air due to the unique electrostatic properties of the eyecups. This affords the eyes of the wearer the most comfortable condition “behind the lens,” which translates into the maximal potential for long-term comfortable wear. This, in turn, provides the wearer with the maximal potential for eye protection he/she demands from a high performance eye-wear product.

The GOOD DESIGN, which was founded in 1950 by the Museum, is the oldest and most important international design competition, recognizing designers and manufacturers for stretching the envelope beyond what is considered standard product and consumer design into new and innovative product concepts.

Robert Radi expresses once again his utmost and sincere appreciation to the Jurors and promises to keep expressing excellence through his unique design approach and styling vision.

As every year the Museum received several hundreds of submissions from 40 countries contributing to the international importance of the historic Good Design Award and Exhibition. The Jury selected nearly 150 products, representing 18 product categories, worthy of the Good Design Award.

In 2006 the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design will be formalizing an event around this latest edition of the Good Design Award.

Award winning designer Robert Radi adds three new eyewear products to his 2005-2006 lineup of fashionable and functional active sportswear. The motion-driven designs deliver a decisive fashion statement, branding this line as a true fusion of functions and aesthetics.

Beverly Hills (PRWEB) October 19, 2005 — Robert Radi announced today that his line of Razorback^TM Sport Eyewear has been expanded to include three new items: the Razorback^TM “K” Hybrid sunglass; the Razorback^TM Integra and the Razorback^TM “F” goggles. The move came after the excellent market performance of the Razorback^TM Quadra.

The Razorback^TM Limited Edition Collection is exclusively available at http://www.radidesign.com.

“The new additions to the family of high performance eyewear create a collection keen to virtually any sport activity, where a need for protection from the elements is present,” says Radi, a third-generation designer. “The motion-driven designs deliver a decisive fashion statement, branding this line as a true fusion of functions and aesthetics.”

Radi has been awarded two Good Design^TM Awards by the Chicago Athenaeum of Architecture and Design for his innovative design on the Razorback^TM Line, and he was nominated for the DesignPreis 2006 by the German Federal Ministry of Economics.

While widely different in design and sport function, the entire Razorback^TM Limited Edition Collection shares the same high performance DNA of the anti-fog/anti-dust Razorback^TM technology and OptiWide^TM for augmented peripheral vision. The Razorback^TM Technology has been developed by leading U.S. scientists as a highly effective response to fogging and particle infiltration in eyewear products. Razorback^TM remains the undisputed natural convection anti-fog and anti-dust technology.

Along with his design on the Razorback^TM Line, Robert Radi is also renowned for his design efforts on behalf of clients such as: Neutrogena (a Johnson &Johnson Company), Avery Dennison, DermaNew, American Angler (a Berkshire Hathaway Brand), Saint-Gobain Calmar and Apex Digital. His design has been featured in numerous international magazines and publications and has gained him a string of awards and recognitions.

Educated in Italy and the United States, Radi has served as a part-time professor at Otis College of Art and Design from 1997 to 2005, teaching product design. He has over 12 years of experience in styling and designing products for mass and limited production.

For the second year in the row the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design honors the design of Robert Radi with a stunning four Good Design Awards.

Beverly Hills, CA (PRWEB) January 14, 2005 — Once again Robert Radi has been singled out by the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design as a winner of four 2004 Good Design Awards. Good Design, which was founded in 1950 by the Museum, is the oldest and most important international design competition, recognizing designers and manufacturers for stretching the envelope beyond what is considered standard product and consumer design into new and innovative product concepts.

Robert Radi had previously received one 2002 Good Design Award and four 2003 Good Design Awards.

Robert Radi, a 33 years old - third generation designer, part time professor at Otis College for the past 8 years, principal of Radi Design and member of ADI one of the most prestigious design association in the world headquartered in Milan (Italy) was recognized for the design efforts performed on the following products:

1. Good Design Award: DermaNew Acne Firming/Resurfacing Tool
With a new fresh style, size and ergonomics this batteries operated device will be a central part in Q2 2005 of the patented and multi-award winning system by DermaNew.

2. Good Design Award: Razorback Integra - Motocross Goggle
Following the strong showing of the Razorback Quadra, the Integra will debut in a Limited Designer Edition by Robert Radi, in early spring.

3. Good Design Award: MOBIcam Wireless Monitoring System
Manufactured by market leader MOBI is scheduled to debut in Q2 2005. This wireless system is highly portable, with a flexible and adjustable design to fit in any environment.

4. Good Design Award: Scroll Container - Low Profile Cosmetic Jar
A wide range of applications are possible for this retractable labeling system, allowing fulfillment of extended labeling and marketing requirements.

As every year the Museum received several hundreds of submissions from 40 countries contributing to the international importance of the historic Good Design Award and Exhibition. The Jury selected a little over 150 products, representing 18 categories from consumer electronics to automotive/transportation, urban furniture/architecture, tabletop, kitchen and bath worthy of the Good Design Award.

Robert Radi expresses his outmost and sincere appreciation to the Jurors and promises to keep expressing excellence through his unique design approach and styling vision.

The Chicago Athenaeum Good Design Show-the annual exhibition of the Awards will open in Chicago in spring 2005. After the exhibition, the design of Robert Radi will be accessed into the Museum’s Permanent Design Collection.