Synaptics and Pilotfish Receive Red Dot Design Award for Onyx Handset Concept

Synaptics Incorporated, a leading developer of interface solutions for mobile computing, communications and entertainment devices, and Pilotfish, a progressive industrial design and product development studio based in Munich and Taipei, announced that the Onyx concept phone received one of the most sought-after design awards world-wide: the red dot.

The red dot quality label is awarded annually for superior design quality and innovative design in the international "red dot design award" competition.

"We are proud and honored that the Onyx design concept was selected for a red dot award," says Brian Conner, leader of the Onyx design team at Pilotfish in Munich.

"We see this as an important acknowledgement of the fruitful collaboration between Synaptics and Pilotfish and further proof of our belief that close cooperation between design development and technology development paves the way for groundbreaking product innovations and enhanced overall product experiences."

Onyx is a collaborative project between Synaptics and Pilotfish, introducing a next-generation handset concept that enables OEMs to visualize a fundamentally new form of user interface for mobile phones.