Ecco wins German Design Award for two products

Ecco has won the German Design Council’s annual German Design Award in the “Excellent Product Design” category for its Biom 2.0 trail shoe and its Exowrap all-terrain sandal. The overall competition for the awards consisted of more than 5,400 projects from 63 countries. The Biom 2.0 is a hybrid urban and outdoor sneaker with the company’s Natural Motion, low-profile design and a barefoot-running feel. It will retail at $180 to $200 as of Feb. 1. The Exowrap is meant to be lightweight and has a Phorene foot bed. It will retail $130 to $140 from March 1.