Jury Announces Nominated Products for DAME Design Award 2023
Amsterdam, 25 October 2023 – METSTRADE is pleased to announce that 53 products from 19 countries across four continents have been nominated to enter the final rounds of judgement for the 32nd edition of the DAME Design Awards.
An international jury of eight leading design and user experts assembled in the DAME Award’s specially created assessment room at RAI Amsterdam to spend two intensive hands-on days examining 100 submissions. The 53 entries selected for nomination will feature on the DAME exhibition as standout examples of holistic design effort within the marine equipment sector.
The winners for each of this year’s eight completely new DAME categories will be selected from this group of 53 nominations. One of those winners will go on to be named as the recipient of the overall DAME Award. The jury also confirmed it will name a discretionary Environmental Design Award winner for the second year in succession.
Winners will be announced at the METSTRADE 2023 Breakfast Briefing in the RAI Amsterdam Convention Centre on 15 November, following a keynote speech by Sanlorenzo’s legendary CEO, Massimo Perotti.
All DAME nominated products will feature on a special display at METSTRADE located at the heart of the show in hall 13 (Elicium). Alongside, the METSTRADE Theatre will host a session on Wednesday 15 and Thursday 16 November on this year’s DAME Awards category winners and outright winner. New for this year, all nominees and winners will be featured on the DAME Awards website – damedesignawards.com – alongside a role of honour for past winners and details of the jury.
High ratio of impressive entries
Andre Hoek, chair of the DAME jury, says: “We knew right from the start of the judging process that many of this year’s entries had notable design qualities and that was subsequently reflected in the high ratio of nominations. A good number of these are in close contention to win their categories.
“I am grateful as always for the significant efforts and expertise of our jury members who have great experience of different areas in the marine industry. We were pleased to welcome a talented young designer, Rory Coase, onto the team this year. Rory replaced David Marsh, who made a valued contribution to the redefinition of this year’s categories before he completed his term of service.
“The complexity of many products continues to grow, and the rise of electrification and digital control is providing obvious impetus for many new developments. However, the DAME Awards continues to remind the global marine equipment sector that applying all facets of good design practice will benefit any product, large or small, simple or intricate. We look forward to naming our winners from this strong field of nominations at the Breakfast Briefing in November.
METSTRADE director Niels Klarenbeek adds: “The DAME Awards has continually evolved to reflect the onward progress of the leisure marine equipment sector. For 2023 we completely reconfigured the categories to better reflect the changing world around us. These updates were well received when we announced them earlier in the year and I’m pleased to see the new categories have worked well in practice too.
“We know from feedback that to be nominated in the DAME Awards can be a game changer for many entrants, while winning products are undeniably placed at pinnacle of the marine equipment industry. We look forward to celebrating those who have achieved those accolades this year at the METSTRADE Breakfast Briefing on 15 November.”
DAME Awards nominated products 2023
To view this year’s nominated products, including images, please visit damedesignawards.com/nominees.
| Category | Product name | Company name |
|---|---|---|
| Personal equipment | Zhik Seaboot 700 | Alliance Marine |
| Personal equipment | Atlas 190 Pro Sensor Life Jacket | Mustang Survival |
| Personal equipment | sMRT ALERT DSC AIS MOB | WesCom Group |
| Personal equipment | Dan W3 Polar lifejacket light | Daniamant |
| Comfort & entertainment afloat | THOA portable wireless dim | prebit lighting |
| Comfort & entertainment afloat | Regal | ROCA Industry AB |
| Comfort & entertainment afloat | DC variable speed self-contained unit | Blue-Airco Srl |
| Comfort & entertainment afloat | ATMOS 12V Waterproof Built In Air Station | Scanstrut Ltd |
| Comfort & entertainment afloat | Lightweight liner | CAP doo |
| Comfort & entertainment afloat | MAKRA FLADE – Marine | Solvit3D GmbH |
| Comfort & entertainment afloat | MEMBRALOOP flexible water filter | Hansa Noord VOF |
| Comfort & entertainment afloat | Qplate® | Yachtica |
| Navigation & communication | Alpha Performance Display System | Raymarine |
| Navigation & communication | TruEcho CHIRP Fish Finder | Furuno Electrics Co Ltd |
| Navigation & communication | GPSMAP® 9000 Series | Garmin |
| Navigation & communication | N2K Protect | Digital Yacht Ltd |
| Navigation & communication | HDS PRO | Navico Group EMEA BV |
| Electronic & electric systems | Linea XT platform | Vimar Spa |
| Electronic & electric systems | Scotty AI | Safiery Pty Ltd |
| Electronic & electric systems | Zeus High Energy Alternator Regulator | ARCO Marine |
| Electronic & electric systems | MURANO | Gussi Italia |
| Electronic & electric systems | Solid State Battery | EPTechnologies ApS |
| Electronic & electric systems | OceanBridge | Ocean LED Marine Ltd |
| Electronic & electric systems | Mastervolt Mac Plus 48V | Navico Group EMEA BV |
| Electronic & electric systems | DLC | Lone Star Marine |
| Propulsion & dynamics | TEMO 1000 | TEMO |
| Propulsion & dynamics | HighPower ServoProp 25 | Oceanvolt |
| Propulsion & dynamics | ARIES R50 | Molabo GmbH |
| Propulsion & dynamics | Force® Kraken Trolling Motor | Garmin |
| Propulsion & dynamics | ZeroJet Electric Jet Propulsion System (ZJ Gen2) | ZeroJet Limited |
| Propulsion & dynamics | Fin5 | FinX |
| Propulsion & dynamics | ePropulsion X20 electric outboard motor | Guangdong ePropulsion Technology Limited |
| Propulsion & dynamics | Travel XP | Torqeedo GmbH |
| Deck equipment | Orbit Winch | Ronstan International Pty. Ltd. |
| Deck equipment | Shelt’R | MARIN’R |
| Deck equipment | X Car | Rigging Projects BV |
| Deck equipment | Push/Pull Captive Winch | Harken Inc |
| Deck equipment | Magic deck hatches | Goiot Systems SAS |
| Deck equipment | SAILFORCE | Ewincher |
| Deck equipment | smartbatten system | Cyclops Marine |
| Deck equipment | Flush Air Vent | Rutgerson Marin AB |
| Deck equipment | Olli | easysea |
| Deck equipment | Pollock carbon boarding ladder | Exit Carbon |
| Deck equipment | Bure Swim Ladder | Carbinium Engineering Ltd |
| Deck equipment | ROCNA MK II Anchor | CMP Group Ltd |
| Deck equipment | Synapse integrated sensors | Southern Spars |
| Security & safety aboard | AnchorGuardian | Swiss Ocean Tech Ltd |
| Security & safety aboard | Bi-Tec® Alloy | Tecnoseal Foundry SRL. |
| Security & safety aboard | CO Alert | Digital Yacht Ltd |
| Security & safety aboard | LiMit Collar | Hall Spars |
| Security & safety aboard | U Safe Beach | USAFE Worldwide |
| Shoreside equipment & materials | Mobile Pro Mini Water Purifier | Spot Zero |
| Shoreside equipment & materials | ECOcube | Marservis doo |
Full press release here: www.metstrade.com/press-releases/en/jury-announces-nominated-products-dame-awards-2023
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Once again I enjoyed learning about lots of new marine technology as part of the DAME jury process, although that also involved a nine-hour Zoom session starting at 2 am my time!
What new products catch your fancy?
I look forward to every show season in hopes of seeing a NMEA 2000 chain counter. AA announced one back in 2019 or so and has been going to deliver it “real soon now” ever since.
The lone star DLC is your friend..I am so proud to see it available and hope in the future panbo can do a bit of a deep dive on this brand and it’s Australian reach around the world.
The DLC and nmea2000 watch this space
Nice to hear that, Anthony. I was already impressed that Lone Star figured out how to count line on a drum style anchoring winch since simply counting rotations doesn’t work as the drum fills or vice versa. But I also agree with Bob that there should be N2K rode counters.
https://company.metstrade.com/?a=9MLZpyaLFAP7orJOBUYMR7oBx6LTPRSUoCsgg8blzhElVDEy5hOX1rorhm5VdVSrPgepNaUw35icChRzkBe4wFS%2Brgmf%2BD%2FL4GLhXht1E2OSmkoj5JLxl1VhzRhhWGNV
Thanks Anthony. This looks promising, although details are on the skimpy side.
Bob, I think that the DLC wll be launched in two weeks at METS, with the details likely going up at https://www.lonestarmarine.com.au/ about then.
Awesome. I’ll keep an eye out.
Details on the new Temo 1000 electric outboard are getting out and I think it includes some nifty design features: https://youtu.be/6j7vGY9QBhU?si=KVfRabaCgbba6F3U
But, sorry, the public has to wait a bit to see how Torqeedo also earned a DAME nomination with its new Travel XP design 😉