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\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\nThe international competition, held in Essen, Germany, puts newly developed products before a jury of design experts.<\/p>\n
The jury said Looplock \u2014 which creates an airtight seal on regular food packaging \u2014 was \u201cas simple as it is highly functional\u201d.<\/p>\n
Beyond its functional appeal, its \u201ccolour palette is also highly appealing for modern households,\u201d the jury added.<\/p>\n
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By continuing, you agree to our Terms & Conditions<\/a> and Privacy Policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n In a statement, co-founder Luke Hamilton called the recognition proof that small and independent businesses can compete with global juggernauts.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re a team of two, and last night we stood on the same stage as the biggest brands in the world,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cGreat design isn\u2019t reserved for companies with thousands of staff,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n Looplock is inspired by the rolltop system commonplace across outdoor adventure products, including dry bags used for river crossings and rainy crosscountry hikes.<\/p>\n It consists of a thin polymer band, which can be bent to fit around open packaging, and reset in hot water once the product is used up.<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tRelated Article Block Placeholder<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tArticle ID: 325770\n\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t Bound sells the product in Australia and the US through its own webstore and on Amazon<\/a>, and plans to introduce Looplock to the European market this year.<\/p>\n The Looplock was one of 15 Australian-designed products to earn Red Dot honours in 2026.<\/p>\n Michu Pet Supplies<\/a>, which topped SmartCompay\u2018s own Smart50 list in 2025, earned a Red Dot award for its cat litter box.<\/a><\/p>\n The jury found the product \u201cblends naturally into modern living spaces and impresses with its hygienic day-to-day functionality\u201d.<\/p>\n And TernX, which secured the 2025 Smart50 Rising Star award,<\/a> earned a Red Dot \u2018best of the best\u2019<\/a> award for its travel stroller that packs down into the size of carry-on luggage.<\/p>\n Other Australian winners for 2026 include cinema camera manufacturer Blackmagic Design, tapware brand Meir Australia, and medical devices company Micro-X.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A two-person Sydney startup has been honoured at one of the world\u2019s largest industrial design competitions, with its…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46471,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[34758,14978,34759,247],"class_list":["post-46470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sydney","tag-bound","tag-design","tag-red-dot-award","tag-sydney"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46470\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/looplock-insert.jpg\")
Bound\u2019s Looplock product on display. Image: Red Dot Award<\/p>\n
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