By Chris Nicholls

HANNOVER: Asko has announced their new LineConcept washing machines have been awarded an iF Product Design Award at the recent awards in Germany.

“The German award is one of the more prestigious in Europe and it is a great achievement for us to have been awarded with it for our new line of washing products,” said Asko national marking manager, James Vogdanos.

The iF product design award is one of the world’s oldest design competitions. This year, 821 products were awarded out of 2,771 entries from 1,002 contestants from 35 countries. The best of which were selected for an award and publicized internationally.

As a winner of an award, Asko will also appear in the iF Product Yearbook for 2008.