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

'borrod' design by:
line depping from denmark
2nd prize

'
teo stool'
design by:
luciana gonzalez franco + cristian mohaded from argentina
3rd prize

'
yuki'
design by:
enrico fratesi + stine gam from italy
honorable mention
(unforseen art commendation)

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

'
prop'
design by:
peter marigold from uk
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)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)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)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)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)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)