DOTY 2025 Awards winners: These 12 brands are leading the way in product design

Explore top-tier home innovation with these DOTY 2025 Award-winning products. Exceptional fittings that flawlessly fuse style and functionality, here are 12 products that will completely transform your spaces

The winners for this year’s Designer of the Year Awards, commonly recognised as DOTY, are among the finest products in the market. In honouring and celebrating leading visionaries, the DOTY platform has become a benchmark of excellence in the Malaysian and international design scene. These exceptional products change the spans that surround them into innovative spaces of being, living and breathing. Presenting – honourees of the 15th installation of the DOTY Awards.

Winners of DOTY 2025 Best Product Design

Handpicked with a tally of strict criteria in mind, these standout products possess an ideal balance of practicality and sterling design. From renowned flooring to high performance kitchen pieces, each of these award-winning fixtures are able to breathe brilliant flair into the spaces they enhance.

Groundpiece sofa by Antonio Citterio for Flexform

Available at Ambient Italia

Now in its third generation, Flexform is a family affair founded back in 1959 in Northern Italy’s Brianza furniture manufacturing district. With roots deeply embedded in this rich historical setting, Flexform’s identity reflects its Italian values and is the quintessential all-Italian success story.

From the design concept to the finished product, all pieces make their way through one production plant in Meda where everything is manufactured and locally sourced. One stellar example is the Groundpiece sectional sofa, a beloved favourite designed by Antonio Citterio that has returned with upgrades such as lower and deeper proportions for a more relaxed sit as well as a redesigned armrest to accommodate multifunctional use stemmed from recent lifestyle behavioural changes.

Storage Closets by Piero Lissoni for Porro S.p.A

Available at The Plan

Celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, Porro S.p.A is a contemporary Italian wooden furniture brand that has mastered the art of refined simplicity in relation to home and office living essentials. Managed by the Porro family, it has become globally renowned thanks to its intrinsic ability to select, work and interpret wood, offering an incredibly wide range of finishings and using it in unexpected ways by implementing cutting-edge technologies for glossy and matt lacquers alongside fine woodworking techniques of the past.

The Storage closet system by Piero Lissoni experiments with an unprecedented freedom of combination. The finishes of the frame and metal parts, until now strictly tone-on-tone, are now mixed; extra-light surfaces are juxtaposed with dark metal elements for unpredictably fearless results, lighting up the atmosphere with an interplay of surprising contrasts.

K-Garden collection by Giuseppe Bavuso for Ernestomeda

Available at The Plan

The art of open air cooking implies the rethinking and restyling of places where people can gather to share experiences in unusual settings. The K-Garden collection is an evolution of the K-Lab project, a model with exquisite design and a technical soul which includes equipped work counters that denote an efficient, informal kitchen.

In this version, the highly customisable and exceptionally modular K-Garden retains the same characteristics but with the addition of multipurpose workstations comprising hobs, grills, BBQ and everything needed for pleasurable outdoor cooking. All materials chosen are perfect for dealing with different weather conditions and maintaining perfect empathy with the kitchen’s natural surroundings, adhering to Ernestomeda’s singular mission: to observe, experiment and create something distinct, fueled by cutting-edge technology, relentless research, passion for quality and dedication to crafting bespoke experiences.

Atlas Plan

Available at Atlas Plan Concord

Rising from the established roots of Atlas Concorde in 2017, Atlas Plan has carved its own path as a leader in the large-format slab market. Its expansive slabs offer unparalleled versatility, seamlessly integrating into a wide range of projects. From furniture elements like kitchen and bathroom countertops, backsplashes and integrated basins to worktops, tables, desks and even wall applications and ventilated facades, both indoors and outdoors, Atlas Plan delivers a comprehensive gamut of solutions for any design vision conceived.

Evolutionary 2024 by Giuseppe Viganò for Bonaldo

Available at Forest Furniture

A loyal proponent for the culture of furniture, Italian furniture icon Bonaldo remains an esteemed trendsetter through instinct and intuition, prioritising timeless originality above all else. Launched during the last Salone del Mobile Milano, the 2024 collection appropriately entitled ‘Evolutionary’ demonstrates this philosophy to a T, featuring chatter-worthy works by popular designers such as the Boolean sofa and Litos coffee tables by Giuseppe Viganò.

With a bridge base longitudinally crossing the upholstery for a theatrical presence, the former further challenges the traditional canons of contemporary design thanks to a harmonious fusion between an enveloping style and a linear silhouette. Meanwhile, the monolithic colours and trapezoidal shapes of the latter instils the living space with an irresistibly strong, edgy character.

Dezza 60th Anniversary Limited Edition Armchair by Gio Ponti for Poltrona Frau

Available at Stanzo Italia

In honour of its 60th anniversary, the beloved Dezza armchair first released back in 1965 for Poltrona Frau—an Italian furniture company that boasts timeless designs and has been refining its worldly expertise in hand-crafted workmanship for over 100 years—-is now presented in a limited reissue.

The seat’s squared lines are balanced by the elegant curved armrests that follow the entire profile of the armchair, giving it a sense of lightness and dynamism. Its exclusive Pelle Frau® Impact Less upholstery in the colors Panna and Iris reproduces an original, unpublished illustration by Gio Ponti: a motif of 26 stylized hands, each uniquely different from the other. All 60 pieces are accompanied by a signed certificate of authenticity, individually numbered and marked with a metal tag placed on the back.

Raphael collection by Gam Fratesi for Minotti

Raphael collection by GamFratesi for Minotti

Available at XTRA Furniture

The light and sophisticated style of Italian-Danish duo GamFratesi inspires Raphael: a new way of designing living spaces thanks to finely tailored single furnishing pieces capable of becoming protagonists of the space, and expressing the same comfort as traditional modular seating systems.

Each element of the family has its own identity and silhouette; three sofa variants, four types of armchairs, two dining armchairs and two footstools have been adapted to smaller domestic contexts, while still meeting the demands of decorators and designers.

Organic forms, with generous and cosy proportions, are enhanced by sophisticated upholstery that masterfully interprets its distinctive sinuous lines for a modern yet everlasting appeal that honours the Minotti name, steeped in subtle elegance, continuity in the sign of tradition as well as artisan savoir-faire with great attention to sartorial details.

400 Series/Expressive by Gaggenau

Available at Gaggenau by BSH Home Appliances

Proudly carrying the “Made in Germany” tagline that’s synonymous with standard and prestige, Gaggenau is a manufacturer of high-quality home appliances and acknowledged as an innovative leader in design and technology. The company with a history that can be traced back to 1683 has revolutionised the domestic kitchen with its internationally acclaimed products.

The notable 400 Series/Expressive features ovens, cooktops, refrigerators, dishwashers and wine cabinets—all of which offer an incredible array of functions without compromising on aesthetics.

Kashima sofa by Michel Ducaroy for Ligne Roset

Available at TEKNI Furniture

Courtesy of modern French furniture company Ligne Roset which remains a proud family business since 1860, the emblematic Kashima sofa originally designed by Michel Ducaroy in 1976 returns with exciting updates. It is visually reminiscent of the classic Chesterfield sofa but functionally offers its own brand of soft comfort.

A large part of its success is attributed to the generous shapes and curved lines found in the minimalist form, in conjunction with the multiple layers of high-density foam made of superior quality to ensure greater longevity. Regarding its signature buttoning style, it is made using invisible tie rods placed inside the foam. Featuring a grid formation, the fully quilted cover forms “pinched” seams at the corners, reinforced by interior laces. Simple and timeless, it is sure to become the centrepiece of any modern living space.

Bofi

The kitchen is the heart of the home—a place where meals are made, memories are shared and creativity comes to life. Bofi blends expert craftsmanship with stylish design to create luxury kitchens that are both beautiful and functional. Each kitchen is thoughtfully designed using high quality materials to match your home’s unique character while offering practicality for everyday life. At Bofi, your kitchen isn’t just a place to cook—it’s a space that reflects your personality, style and the way you live.

Breccia collection by Verticas

Available at Guocera

Breccia Aurora Marble, an Italian marble renowned for its elegance and captivating appearance, showcases a warm beige base weaved with veins, swirls or patches of darker, irregular fragments of various minerals and rocks. Inspired by it, Verticas released the exquisite Breccia collection designed by Martina Verturelli under the Latest Italian Designer Series.

Adapted to a new color of grey, it embodies a touch of contemporary to give a more distinctive character, unmistakable charm and eternal sophistication to modern architecture designs. It comes in two shades, two sizes and two surfaces (polished and satin velvet, with the latter made using “Shaped Ink” technology for a more authentic tactile feel). Covering spaces from bathrooms, kitchens, flooring and even grand entrance halls, this versatile and elegant material is an ideal choice sought by designers and architects.

DPS Pool Cover by De Poolman Shop

Available at De Poolman Shop by Target Domain

Established in 2011, De PoolMan Shop is a swimming pool product retailer and wholesaler built on the bedrock of unrivalled technical know-how and a team of experts with a fanatical attention to detail. With nearly every pool related product under the sun, rest assured that you’ll be spoilt for choice.

Their popular pool covers, for example, are where a perfect combination of luxury, functionality and safety can be found. Versatile and practical, some of them allow extra usable space when the pool is not in use. Prioritising safety and cleanliness, these prevent accidental falls and restrict unsupervised access as well as reduce maintenance by keeping out dust and debris. Apart from all the functional benefits, these covers also offer quality aesthetics to collectively enhance property value while seamlessly integrating into the surrounding landscape. Beyond just a cover—this is pool design reimagined.

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