group photo of winners with the founder of the ‘premio vico magistretti’, maddalena de padova (centre)
we are pleased to announce the results of the international design competition ‘premio vico magistretti – living simplicity in furniture design’, organized by designboom and depadova. 5402 designers from 98 different countries participated.
the jury was composed of:
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the winners are:
1st prize
‘borrod’ by line depping from denmark
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‘teo stool’ by luciana gonzalez franco + cristian mohaded from argentina
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‘yuki’ by enrico fratesi + stine gam from italy / denmark
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‘prop’ by peter marigold from uk
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honorable mention (unforseen art commendation)
‘boox’ by han li + yan hu from china
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on october 2nd, 2007 the italian company depadova invited the winners, members of the italian design press, international architects and producers, friends and design critics, to the preview of the exhibition and award ceremony. birgit lohmann conducted the ‘soirée’ and members of the international jury were present: patricia urquiola, paola antonelli (curator of MoMA), carlo forcolini, and paolo imperatori (studio vico magistretti).
jurors patricia urquiola and paola antonelli describe the criteria for selection
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exhibition designed by designboom
the shortlisted and winning entries from the international design competition ‘premio vico magistretti’, organized by designboom and depadova, are on show at the depadova showroom in milan, italy. the exhibition runs until october 31st, 2007.
see the award ceremony and exhibition
see the winning and shortlisted entries of the competition
a book illustrating 140 of the competition’s entries will be available through designboom in the coming days. stay tuned for more details.
