- EV9 takes Kia’s first-ever Worldwide Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) Gold trophy introduced by Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA)
- Newest accolade follows Purple Dot ‘Better of Greatest’ and iF Design Gold awards to ship clear sweep of world’s high three design awards for all-electric EV9
- IDEA 2024 triumph additional validates EV9’s design excellence and originality, and revolutionary nature of Kia’s ‘Opposites United’ inventive philosophy
- EV9 leads Kia’s dedication to delivering sustainable mobility for all
The Kia EV9 has gained the extremely coveted Gold trophy on the 2024 Worldwide Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) introduced by the Worldwide Designers Society of America (IDSA).
The prize marks Kia’s first Gold IDEA accolade and a clear sweep of the three most vital world design awards for the model following the EV9’s successes on the Purple Dot ‘Better of Greatest’ and iF Design Gold awards earlier this yr.
Kia obtained the celebrated Gold trophy within the Automotive and Transportation class for its EV9 all-electric flagship SUV on the IDEA 2024 awards ceremony, which happened on September 12 on the Palmer Occasions Middle in Austin, Texas. This accolade reinforces the EV9’s design excellence and originality, and the revolutionary nature of Kia’s acclaimed ‘Opposites United’ inventive philosophy.
Karim Habib, Government Vice President and Head of Kia International Design, stated, “Guided by the rules of our ‘Opposites United’ inventive philosophy, at Kia we’re devoted to the creation of inspiring and genuine merchandise that fulfil prospects’ emotional wants simply as powerfully as they do their mobility, practicality and sustainability necessities.
“Good design ought to at all times signify the connection between our customers, our merchandise, and our model, and we consider that the EV9 achieves that. To have the inventive and revolutionary nature of our design values acknowledged – first by the Purple Dot and iF Design Awards, and now with a Gold at IDEA – is immensely gratifying, not only for the Kia design workforce, however for all our world colleagues. Such recognition evokes us to proceed pursuing groundbreaking sustainable mobility options for our prospects.”
Unpacking the EV9’s award-winning design
The EV9 represents the essence of ‘Opposites United’, which harnesses the inventive pressure generated by the divergent values of nature and modernity to ship a harmonious entire.
This philosophy impressed Kia’s designers to dispense with standard considering and create a groundbreaking EV with a daring and genuine character, pushing the boundaries of design, usability, connectivity and environmental duty.
Outlined strains and easy surfaces characterize the EV9, whereas signature options such because the Digital Tiger Face, Digital Sample Lighting Grille and vertical headlamps add to its distinctive futuristic attraction. These aesthetic qualities helped EV9 obtain high honors on the Purple Dot and iF Design awards, and safe Gold at IDEA 2024.
This yr marks IDEA’s forty fourth anniversary, making it one of many longest-running and most prestigious world design award packages. Unaffected by shifting fads or transitory styling, the annual competitors focuses purely on figuring out and honoring the head of design excellence. The EV9’s Gold trophy within the Automotive and Transportation class comes seven years after IDEA awarded Bronze to the Kia Telluride Idea in 2017.
The EV9 spearheads Kia’s strategic dedication to sustaining its management in world sustainable mobility. The all-electric seven-seat SUV was the primary manufacturing automotive to include Kia’s 10 ‘must-have’ sustainable objects, which have gone on to function in the entire model’s new fashions and embodies Kia’s dedication to growing pure and bio-based supplies.
Since its launch in 2023, the EV9’s design values and broad buyer attraction have achieved flagship world success. Along with the Purple Dot, iF Design and IDEA trophies, the EV9 took two trophies on the World Automotive Awards 2024 as the general winner (‘World Automotive of the Yr’) and the most effective electrical automobile (‘World Electrical Car’).
