Recognition for KOHLER, Kohler Health, KALLISTA, Mira, and Novita highlights continued momentum in design excellence, innovation, wellness, and sustainability

KOHLER, Wis., Sept. 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Kohler Co., a global leader in kitchen and bath design, has earned 47 combined honors across the 2026 iF Design Awards and Red Dot Design Awards, reinforcing the company's global design leadership and momentum in product innovation, wellness, sustainability, digital health, and connected user experiences.

The honors span 24 iF Design Award wins and 23 Red Dot Design Award wins, reflecting the strength of Kohler's global brand portfolio and the collaborative expertise of its design teams in North America, Europe, India, and Asia.

Dekoda ($449) by Kohler Health earned an iF Gold Award, one of the competition's highest honors, for redefining how health technology can be both sophisticated and seamlessly integrated into everyday life. Combining patented optical spectroscopy to detect the presence of blood and other key gut health indicators with secure fingerprint authentication, Dekoda delivers personalized wellness insights through an experience that is intuitive, discreet, and elegantly designed. Its sculptural form and refined design language transform the bathroom into a sophisticated wellness environment, exemplifying how advanced innovation and human-centered design can work in harmony to make proactive health monitoring more accessible, meaningful, and beautifully unobtrusive.

In addition, the Parallel Shower System and PureWash M350 Bidet Seat each earned Red Dot: Best of the Best honors for pioneering design. The Red Dot Best of the Best accolades also brought Kohler teams on-stage during the awards ceremony, underscoring the prestige of these achievements within the global design community.

Together, iF Design and Red Dot recognize products and experiences that advance design quality, innovation, and meaningful user benefit. For Kohler Co., this year's results underscore the power of design-led thinking and the company's leadership in shaping experiences across water, wellness, digital health, and the home.

"These awards reflect the strength of Kohler's global portfolio of brands and the extraordinary talent of our design teams around the world," said Michael Seum, Vice President of Global Industrial Design, Kohler Co. "Our teams are designing with a deep understanding of how people live and what they need from the spaces, products, and experiences around them. Earning an iF Gold Award and two Red Dot Best of the Best distinctions is a meaningful recognition of that work and builds on more than 90 global design awards in 2025."

Kohler's iF-recognized work spans kitchen and bath faucets, showering, smart toilet and bidet experiences, commercial solutions, digital health, user experience, and brand systems. Honored products and experiences include the Beam Kitchen Faucet, Statement Faucets, Ringby Semi-Professional Pull-Down Kitchen Faucet, Modulo Shower Button Trim, Waterfall Kitchen Faucet, Next Gen Smart Toilet Remote Control Series, Radiance Shoulder Shower, Poetica Bathroom Basin, Parallel Shower Shelf, POPLIN Bathroom Faucet, Slim Bidet Seat, PureWash M350 Bidet Seat, PureWash M120 Bidet Seat, Filtered Showerhead & Rainhead, Mira Minimal Shower, Billet Touchless Widespread Pulldown Kitchen Faucet, Engage Faucet Range, Cleana Rebound Commercial Toilet Seat, Next Gen Remote Control Series, Kohler Pavilion Expo Revestir 2025, Kallista 002 Bathroom Collection, Kohler Health app, and Kohler Global Icon Language.

The company's Red Dot-recognized work further demonstrates the breadth of Kohler's design portfolio in wellness, showering, faucets, furniture, smart hygiene, and connected bath experiences. Honored products include the Ice Bath by Kohler x Remedy Place, Radiance Showerhead, Beam Bathroom Faucet, Modulo Shower Button Trim, Components Wall-Mount Bathroom Faucet, Engage Bathroom Faucet Series, Mira Minimal Shower, Parallel Shower System, Landshapes by Kohler x Daniel Arsham Wall-Mount Faucet Handles, Filtered Showerhead & Rainhead, Spaviva Grooming Faucet, Brazn 2.0 Bypass Shower Door, Brazn 2.0 Pivot Shower Door, Brazn Frameless Shower Door, Next Gen Remote Control Series, Encant Bathroom Vanity Collection, PureWash M120 Bidet Seat, PureWash M350 Bidet Seat, Waterfall Kitchen Faucet, Beam Kitchen Faucet, Melius Washbasin and Countertop.

The 2026 recognition builds on Kohler's strong awards momentum in 2025, when the company earned more than 90 awards across all competitions, continuing a multi-year trajectory of excellence and global recognition across product design, user experience, wellness, digital health, sustainability and kitchen and bath innovation.

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About Kohler Co.

For more than 150 years, Kohler Co. has been a global leader in bold design and innovation, dedicated to helping people live gracious, healthy, and sustainable lives through its kitchen and bath products; luxury cabinetry, tile, and lighting; wellness products and services; and luxury hospitality experiences and major championship golf. Privately held Kohler Co. was founded in 1873 and is headquartered in Kohler, Wisconsin. The company also develops sustainable living solutions to enhance the quality of life for current and future generations. Its Innovation for Good platform addresses pressing issues, such as clean water and safe sanitation, with breakthrough products and services for underserved communities. David Kohler serves as Chair and CEO and represents the fourth generation of Kohler family leadership.

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