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the winners of our recent designboom competition ‘hands on door handles‘ in collaboration with colombo design,
were announced in a presentation at la triennale di milano on may 31st, 2011.

6209 designers from 103 countries participated and four overall winners were chosen – one of which was selected as part of a
freestyle category that welcomed more experimental projects which still matched the technical requirements cited in the brief.
the 4 winning projects were introduced by a lecture given by french designer and architect jean-marie massaud under the title of
‘small details make up the big picture’.

the jury was composed of:
jasper morrison, industrial designer
reiser + umemoto, architects
birgit lohmann, editor-in-chief designboom

and members from colombo design:
michele colombo,  president colombo design
luca colombo, vice president colombo design
carlo bartoli,  architect and industrial designer
efrem bonacina, colombo design advanced

see all 160 shortlisted entries

the 3 ex-equo winning entries are:
– ‘grow’ design by alexander hoffart from germany
– ‘concept MA1’ design by mattia albicini from italy
– ‘glow stripe’ design by kliment ivanov from bulgaria
and in the category ‘free-style’:
– ‘twitts’ design by tomo kimura from japan / italy

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‘grow’ designed by alexander hoffart from germany

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‘concept MA1’ design by mattia albicini from italy

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‘glow stripe’ design by kliment ivanov from bulgaria

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‘twitts’ design by milan based tomo kimura from japan  — free-style category

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left: prototype of ‘glow stripe’
right: kliment ivanov from bulgaria with his winning entry

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left:prototype of ‘twitts’
right: tomo kimura from japan with his winning entry

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the winning designs and prototypes from the designboom competition ‘hands on door handles’ on display at the milan triennale

image © designboom

making of the door handle prototypes at colombo design headquarters
video © anita hackethal/designboom
music credit: ‘sweet melody’ by fhernando

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counter clockwise from top left: jean-marie massaud in discussion with design critic and curator cristina morozzi, who graciously translated his presentation from french to italian;
designboom editor-in-chief birgit lohmann with jean-marie massaud; michele colombo, president of colombo design – awards ceremony

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lecture by french designer and architect jean-marie massaud who introduced the winners of the ‘hands on door handles’ competition at the milan triennale

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invitation to the event organized by designboom and colombo design

‘small details make up the big picture’
video mood board © designboom

music credit: ‘apple’ by toshinori mashima