Tokyo, March 25th, 2025– Ricoh Company, Ltd. and RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. have won this year's iF DESIGN AWARD 2025 for RICOH Pro VC80000 and PENTAX 17 in the "Product" category. Every year, iF International Forum Design GmbH, based in Hannover, Germany, the oldest independent design organization in the world, organizes the iF DESIGN AWARD.
RICOH Pro VC80000 - high-speed, roll-fed inkjet printer
A high-end continuous inkjet printer for the commercial printing market. Downtime is reduced with automated pre-print preparation such as cleaning and density adjustment, and the printer's workload is reduced with the press's ability to detect and troubleshoot potential print quality issues in real-time. The equipment automates the checking and adjustment of print quality, which are usually tasks carried out by specialists. This achieves high quality of print quality, productivity, and stable operation regardless of the skill of the people, which favors a better work style for customers.
Compact Fixed Focal Length Camera – Pentax 17 (RICOH IMAGING)
The design of the PENTAX 17 incorporates the knowledge and technology that contributed significantly to the development and success of Ricoh and Pentax cameras during the decades of analog photography. As a reminiscence of many successful products of the past, the PENTAX 17 features many details from RICOH and Pentax history, e.g. the shutter release, the lens construction, the transport lever, or the rewind crank. For this purpose, we have reviewed drawings of earlier models. Some things were difficult to understand from today's point of view. Thanks to the help of former colleagues who have already retired, it became easier to understand.
About the iF DESIGN AWARD
Since 1954, the iF DESIGN AWARD has been globally recognized for design excellence. The iF Design brand is internationally established as a symbol of outstanding achievements in design. The iF DESIGN AWARD is one of the most important design awards in the world. It recognizes design achievements in all disciplines: product design, packaging, communication and services, architecture, and interior design, as well as professional concepts, user experience (UX), and user interface (UI). All the award-winning works are presented at https://ifdesign.com/en/
