Golden A' Design Award 2026: Eckstein Design Creates Geuder VIVOS for Eye Surgery

Munich-based design studio Eckstein Design has been honoured with the Golden A' Design Award 2026 in the Medical Devices and Medical Equipment Design category for the design of the ophthalmic surgery platform VIVOS. Developed for Geuder AG, VIVOS translates an exceptionally high functional density into a calm, immediately intelligible form.
VIVOS combines anterior and posterior segment, vitrectomy, endoillumination and laser therapy in a single device platform. Across three configuration levels, all variants share the same design language, the same operating concept and the same accessories. The central design task was to ensure that this complexity does not arrive as visual noise in the operating room, but as a clear, manageable order.
Eckstein Design translated the technical density into a vertical, free-standing architecture on a narrow footprint that can be positioned flexibly at the patient. A floating monitor and a clearly structured port panel arrange the functions hierarchically. Reduced detailing, high-quality surfaces and a consistent material language give the system a valuable, orienting presence. The consistent user interface, developed as part of the studio's work in UI/UX design, brings all workflows together in a single logic, allowing even changing surgical teams to find their way quickly.
"Good medical design makes complexity manageable. It translates technical performance into a form that is immediately intelligible in the operating room," says Stefan Eckstein, Founder of Eckstein Design. The jury of the A' Design Award recognised the platform concept of a device family that grows with clinical demands while remaining consistent in its design across all configuration levels.
The project is part of Eckstein Design's long-standing work in medical design, translating complex medical technology systems into usable, market-ready products, from the first concept study to series production readiness. The full case study on VIVOS is available at eckstein-design.com/en/projects/geuder-vivos.

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Eckstein Design is an industrial design studio based in Munich with many years of experience in industrial design, medical design, UI/UX design and design engineering. The studio has brought more than 300 series products to market and has received over 50 design awards, including the Red Dot and iF Design Award.

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