the intelligent hand: awards ceremony

the presentation of the massimo martini design awards were held this week at fiera milano. the awards honored the three winners of the recent designboom / macef competition ‘the intelligent hand’.

the jury was composed of: giulio iacchetti, industrial designer, ITALY tahmineh javanbakht, founder of artecnica, USA piercarla delpiano, communication director Fiera Milano SpA birgit lohmann, editor-in-chief designboom

more than 3100 people from 88 different countries participated in the competition.

the winners were: first prize ‘schlagschatten – a lamp’ by cornelius comanns from germany second prize ‘curvaceous folder’ by shuhei senda from japan third prize ‘shaving stools and coffee table’ by yoav avinoam from israel

before the award ceremony, first prize winner cornelius comanns models his ‘schalgschatten – a lamp’image © designboom

comanns demonstrating how to use the lamp image © designboom

‘schlagschatten – a lamp’ by cornelius comanns image © designboom

first prize winner ‘schlagschatten – a lamp’ by cornelius comannas from germany image © designboom

second prize winner ‘curvaceous folder’ by shuhei senda from japan image © designboom

third prize winner ‘shavings stools and coffee table’ by yoav avinoam from israel image © designboom

the winners receiving their awards at the ceremony image © designboom

from left to right: member of parliament m. lupi with the ‘schlagschatten – a lamp’, enrico pazzali – head of fiera milano, first prize winner cornelius comanns and g. giobbi martini image © designboom

the winners from left to right: yoav avinoam, cornelius comanns and shuhei senda image © designboom