(smow)blog compact: Designpreis Brandenburg 2013

On Wednesday evening the winners of the Designpreis Brandenburg 2013 were announced in a ceremony held in the cavern-like grandeur of Potsdam’s Nikolaisaal.

Chosen from over 200 submitted entries the winning projects ranged from a campaign to encourage better glass recycling etiquette over a furniture production system that negates the need for large scale distribution and onto a book for dyslexics and an underground train for Singapore.

We’ll have more on the Designpreis Brandenburg later as part of our general report from the Designtage Brandenburg 2013 – of which Geblüt – Positions to Design is naturally also a component – but for now the winners.

Congratulations to all.

Product Design:

1st Prize: Lin Linienstrahler by Dinnebier + Blieske for Mawa Design Licht- und Wohnideen GmbH

2nd Prize: Valter System Shelving by Rejon GbR Dietrich & Blazejczak

3rd Prize: A Metro Train for Singapore by Bombardier Transportation

Special Award for Innovative Materials: Green ICE “Train Solar” organic photo-voltaic by fDesign in cooperation with the Frauenhofer Institute

Interface Design:

1st Prize: Nagual Dance – A process for transferring digital data into music by Nagual Sounds GmbH

2nd Prize: User interface for the Potsdam Transport Corporation’s ticket machines by Hoffmann, Richter, Schwinkendorf for ViP Potsdam

3rd Prize: Yopegu – Your Personal Guide

Communication Design:

1st Prize: Sinnbus – “Wait for my Raccoon”, music video by Buchstabenschubser

2nd Prize: “Alles Klar beim Glas Recycling”, poster campaign by Peperoni for Berliner Stadtreinigungsbetriebe BSR

3rd Prize: “Heimat Journal”, redesign by Feedmee for Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg

Young Designers:

1st Prize: Lesen Lieben Lernen, an adventure book for Dyslexics by Robert Steinmüller

2nd Prize: Simplexity, furniture production in a digital age by Benedikt Gnadt

3rd Prize: Typografische Inszenierung by Marcel Kläber and Laura Reggentin

The Designpreis Brandenburg 2013 Awards Ceremony in the Nikolaisaal Potsdam