Category: Awards
Passagen Cologne 2016: A&W Designer of the Year 2016 – Jasper Morrison. The Exhibition.
2016 sees the 20th anniversary of German architecture and design magazine A&W’s “Designer of the Year Award.” Following on from
smow blog compact: Staged Design Award @ Room + Style, Dresden
Since 2014 the Room + Style “lifestyle” fair in Dresden has been extended, if not enhanced, through the presentation of
International Marianne Brandt Contest 2016 – Open for Entries
Since 2000 the International Marianne Brandt Contest has been searching for the Poetry of the Functional in art and design.
smow blog compact: Kölner DESIGN Preis 2015
On Thursday October 29th the winners of the Kölner DESIGN Preis 2015 were announced in a ceremony at the Museum
Garden Unique Youngstars Cologne 2015
As we noted in our post on the 2015 Garden Unique Youngstars competition winner “snak” by Gunnar Søren Petersen, the
Garden Unique Youngstars Cologne 2015 Winner: snak by Gunnar Søren Petersen
It is a fact, if not a universally known fact, that the New York Museum of Modern Art’s 1940 “Organic
aed neuland 2015: Winners
On the evening of Wednesday June 24th the winners of the 2015 aed neuland young designer competition were announced in
Chemnitz Creative: Marcel Kabisch
As we’ve often noted in these pages the eastern German town of Chemnitz markets itself as the “City of Modernism”,
Bayerischer Staatspreis für Nachwuchsdesigner 2014: Winners
Among the regional German design awards the Bavarian Design Award is particularly notable being as it is an award exclusively
smow blog 2014. A pictorial review: September
Following on from the relative inactivity of August September saw us wind back up towards the 2014 autumn design festival
(smow) blog compact: Saxony Design Award 2014 – Winners
On Friday October 24th the winners of the Saxony Design Award 2014 – the Sächsischer Staatspreis für Design 2014 –
(smow) blog compact: Swiss Design Award 2014
As is becoming customary Design Miami Basel 2014 provided the backdrop for the presentation of the Swiss Design Award. And
(smow) blog compact: Bundespreis Ecodesign 2013 Exhibition, Umweltbundesamt Dessau
Back in November the winners of the 2013 German Federal Ecodesign Award – the Bundespreis Ecodesign – were announced at
(smow) blog compact: Interieur Awards 2014 – Winners
As part of the build up to this year’s Kortrijk Design Biennale the winners of the Interieur Awards 2014 were announced
Designpreis Halle 2014: The Winners…..
On the evening of Tuesday June 3rd the winners of the 2014 Designpreis Halle were announced at a ceremony in
(smow) blog compact DMY Berlin Special: Designpreis der Bundesrepublik Deutschland 2014 Exhibition
We recently attended a very interesting talk from Munich based designer Stefan Diez at the Vitra Design Museum in which,
DMY Berlin 2014: DMY Award
With DMY Berlin 2014 up and running the field is open for the 2014 DMY Award. An award that this
(smow) blog compact: Designpreis Halle 2014. Winners Chosen. Unveiling in June.
On Thursday February 13th the 2014 Designpreis Halle jury met to peruse the entries submitted for this years competition. And
Passagen Cologne 2014: A&W Designer of the Year 2014 – Werner Aisslinger. The Exhibition.
What would IMM Cologne week be without the official enthronement of the A&W Designer of the Year? One day shorter
(smow) blog compact IMM Cologne Special: Ordnungshalber by Christoph Goechnahts
That furniture often has a cultural background can probably be best observed in chairs: the cultural background often defining, for
(smow) Interview: Albertine Baronius
For us one of the stand-out projects submitted to the 2013 International Marianne Brandt Contest was without question 2tables by
(smow) blog 2013. A pictorial review: October
What with the sweet afterglow of Vienna Design Week behind us we entered October 2013 full of enthusiasm – not
(smow) blog 2013. A pictorial review: September
After the relative calm and civility of July and August, September sees a more than inconsequential upping of our professional
(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
Bundespreis Ecodesign 2013
“Guten Abend Berlin” Boing Boing “Street’s like a jungle, so call the police…. ” That is how one opens an