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premio vico magistretti



deadline for submission of entries: june 30th, 2007
published october 4th, 2007

theme:
living simplicity in furniture design
combine simplicity with playfulness, elegance,
freshness, and contemporary spirit in home and office furniture design.

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the jury was composed of
norman foster, architect and designer (UK)
patricia urquiola, architect and designer (SPAIN / ITALY)
carlo forcolini, architect and designer (ITALY)
paola antonelli, curator of MoMa department of architecture and design (USA)
paolo imperatori, studio vico magistretti (ITALY)
birgit lohmann, editor-in-chief designboom
and
maddalena depadova, founder of depadova company (ITALY)
luca depadova, engineering/depadova
valeria depadova, director showroom/depadova



see the award ceremony and exhibition


co-organized by designboom and depadova, italy



5402 designers from 98 different countries participated.


... and the winners are

1st prize
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'borrod' design by:
line depping from denmark




2nd prize
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'teo stool' design by:
luciana gonzalez franco + cristian mohaded from argentina




3rd prize
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'yuki' design by:
enrico fratesi + stine gam from italy




honorable mention
(unforseen art commendation)
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'boox' design by:
han li + yan hu from china




honorable mention
(unforseen art commendation)
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'prop' design by:
peter marigold from uk

shortlisted entries

static table set

Seong Yong Lee | 04.10.07

Chairs and a table are interpreted as one part of a building in this work. I intended to create sharp image of this table set by using exposed concrete and tempered glass which are raw construction (read more)
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boox

han li | 04.10.07

BOOX is a piece of furniture to store and display books and miscellaneous items. Simplicity, as the essential quality of the BOOX, is explored in two aspects: affordability and flexibility. The (read more)
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whale chair

liang meng | 04.10.07

The chair is in shape of a whale. The contour of this chair has been carefully adjusted to achieve a simple and elegant form while comfort is maintained. A surprise for the user is that the chair is (read more)
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chiave di volta

Cesare Chichi | 04.10.07

CHIAVE DI VOLTA BY 967 DESIGN “[…] design, which starts from a precise executive and functional concept, and is so simple that it endows the object with its distinctive character.” Vico (read more)
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trinity

ruby piterek | 04.10.07

Trinity is flexible in its ring and allows the most body friendly positions. Its uniqueness lies in the economical construction: Flat material is bent to a volume: – 2d becomes 3d. This way (read more)
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inukshuk

scot laughton | 04.10.07

What is it? These stacking shelves evoke a Chinese character, a balancing figure, a samurai, an Inukshuk? It is probably one of the simplest, most elementary ways of assembly, to set one part atop (read more)
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mitre

liam garrow | 04.10.07

The Mitre table has been designed for a wide range of environments and applications, both commercial and domestic. It is supplied with removable twin drawers that can be fixed in a variety of (read more)
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one-piece chair

tomoo nitta | 04.10.07

Inspired by origami, this form was born from the playful yet skillful manipulation of paper. The One-Piece Chair, tailored from a single square sheet of plastic, gently accepts the weight of a (read more)
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stellina

barnaby gunning | 04.10.07

stellina is a simple table. an injection moulded star that folds to form a robust support for a 1.4m diameter circular table.
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Sleepyhead

milia seyppel | 04.10.07

Sleepyhead is a duvet cover with a corner functioning as unobtrusive visibility protection. For use in rooms without privacy, at home, for children or adults. The corner is held up by one stick that (read more)
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MAIKO

kazutoshi miura | 04.10.07

This chair named “MAIKO” consists of vivid print suggestive of Kimono’s lining cloth on the inner side of the white frame reflecting the image of face power, and silver chain curtain similar (read more)
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modular shelf

simon morasi-pipercic | 04.10.07

Modular shelf is assembled with two groups of elements: horizontally placed boards, and vertical elements that are inserted between them. With its shape, vertical elements secure steadiness of whole (read more)
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