01 - The subject of the international competition is living simplicity in furniture design combine simplicity with playfulness, elegance, freshness, and contemporary spirit in home and office furniture design. we are looking for innovative chairs, tables, sofas, containers... (lighting, coffee tables and other small accessories are not accepted)
02 – Awards
The designers of 3 winning entries will be granted with cash prize awards
- first prize Euro 3.000
- second prize Euro 2.000
- third prize Euro 1.000
Images of winning entries and a selection of the shortlisted works will be shown
at the DEPADOVA showroom, milan as part of an event in 2008.
DEPADOVA undertakes, in the event that it uses for production one of
the designs submitted for the contest (wholly or in part), to pay a royalty
of 3% of annual sales. And as always designboom will publish an exhaustive results report.
03 – The jury is 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)
Birgit Lohmann, editor-in-chief designboom
and Maddalena Depadova, founder of DEPADOVA company (ITALY)
Luca Depadova, engineering/DEPADOVA
Federica Gatti, communication/DEPADOVA
Paolo Imperatori, assistent of vico magistretti
04 - Design criteria
'Simplicity is an essential quality of good design. And it is one of the most complicated things in life, because you have to take away, take away... it is the start from a precise executive and functional concept, and the designer should be able to explain over the phone why his object is designed in a certain way and how it ought
to be made - so simple that it endows the object with a distinctive character.'
Vico Magistretti
text: designboom
