In Pictures: Eye candy for IT - 25 award-winning designs

IT and communications products won big in this year's red dot design awards. The international awards program, which dates back to 1955, is among the world's most prestigious design competitions. This year, judges pored through 4,515 entries to find the best product designs across 19 categories that span architecture, IT and communications, auto engineering, fashion and life sciences. Here are 25 of our favorite tech-related winners.

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