Hyundai Motor Wins 21 iF Design Awards in 2026, Surpassing Last Year's Tally
Hyundai Motor Company won 21 awards at the iF Design Award 2026, topping its 2025 performance and demonstrating strength across automotive, branding, and product design.
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What Happened
Hyundai Motor Company won 21 awards at the iF Design Award 2026 across eight categories, including Automobiles/Vehicles, Branding & Communication Design, and Product Design. The awards recognized projects such as the IONIQ 6 N, Concept THREE, MobED Urban Hopper, and the 'Night Fishing' film.
- IONIQ 6 N (Product Design: Automotive)
- Concept THREE compact EV (Product Design: Automotive)
- MobED Urban Hopper & Golf (Product Design: Motorbikes)
- Night Fishing short film (Branding & Communication Design)
- Tree Correspondents CSR campaign (Branding & Communication Design)
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Surpassing Hyundai's tally at the 2025 event.
Why this matters
The awards underscore Hyundai's expansion beyond traditional automotive manufacturing into a global leader in design and creativity, showing its identity is reshaping on the global stage.
Terms in This Story
- iF Design Award
- An internationally renowned design competition based in Germany, recognizing excellence in design across multiple disciplines.
- IONIQ
- Hyundai's sub-brand for electric vehicles.
- E-GMP
- Electric-Global Modular Platform, Hyundai's dedicated electric vehicle architecture.
- Pleos
- Hyundai Motor Group's integrated mobility software brand.
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