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Dallmeier's Panomera V8 security camera wins Red Dot Best of the Best 2026
Dallmeier packed multifocal sensors and AI into one camera that sees 180° without blind spots — and scored a perfect 100 Red Dot Winner Points.
Dallmeier electronic GmbH & Co. KG
What it had to solve
Modern video security needs full-area coverage and precise analysis, but traditional setups stack many cameras with blind spots and high operating cost. Dallmeier wanted a camera that merges cutting-edge multifocal sensor technology and AI in one system.
How it works
Dallmeier, a German video-information technology company with roots in a Regensburg garden shed, set out to solve a problem every surveillance operator knows: covering a large area well usually means mounting many cameras, each with its own blind spots, cabling and management burden. The Panomera V8 was its answer — a single multifocal sensor camera that sees 180° seamlessly.
The design merges multifocal sensor technology and artificial intelligence in one system, combining a functional, clearly structured exterior with precise analysis across large areas. The result, the company argues, is not just fewer devices but lower total cost of ownership — the same argument it uses against low-cost competitors.
The strategy earned back-to-back honors: the Panomera V8 won the iF Design Award 2026, then achieved the maximum 100 Red Dot Winner Points and the Red Dot: Best of the Best 2026 in the Product Design category, the highest distinction of the competition.
The award validated Dallmeier's bet that industrial B2B products can win on design quality — and that form and function can pull in the same direction.
Why it lands
- One camera replacing many reduces blind spots and operating burden — function and design pull in the same direction.
- A functional, clearly structured design supports modern video security workflows and keeps efficiency high.
- A perfect 100 Winner Points plus a parallel iF Design Award showed the same product winning across independent juries.
- Dallmeier's vertical integration turned the design into a low-total-cost-of-ownership business argument.
What it did
The Panomera V8 achieved the top score of 100 Red Dot Winner Points and won Red Dot: Best of the Best 2026 in Product Design — after already winning the iF Design Award 2026.
What you can take
Design the object to disappear into its job: one clean camera replacing a rig of many is better design and better operations — form that lowers total cost of ownership.
Since then
After the iF Design Award 2026, the Panomera V8's Red Dot: Best of the Best placed Dallmeier's multifocal sensor line among the strongest security-camera designs of the year. The company presents the win as evidence that its functional design approach supports both aesthetics and operational efficiency across its stadium, airport, casino and city customers in more than 60 countries.
Sources
- Panomera® V8 receives highest distinction at the Red Dot Award
- Red Dot: Best of the Best for Panomera
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