Marco dos Santos Pina for his design "Bhocker" a rather radical reduction to the basic functions of a stool. The jury has been impressed by this design be it in terms of its ecological footprint, functionality and estethics. Especially for non permament use (easy to stow, light to carry around, ..) this stool offers a perfect solution for public areas like museums or events like workshops as well as often needed additional seats in private accomodations.
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Lukas Franciskiewicz for his design that has no name yet. Lukas Franciskiewicz has impressed the jury by his consistent advocacy for craftmanship in its best tradition as a consequence of the local context he has been working with in and around the Kiel University. This very comfortable stool achieved by a combination of skilled carpenters work and leather application carries forward the tradition of some of the most inspiring pieces of design work from the 20th century and combines it with the targets of the green design movement.
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Franz Maurer for his work „Stool = Straw + Glue“
A stunning piece of design work, matching all criteria of the contest to an almost perfect level. Sustainable Solution – no doubt. Light an easy to manufacture – how can one make it easier! Comfortable – we tried it and it works. Design quality – to say it with the words of Eames Demetrios, chairman of the jury „A very charming solution“ . There is nothing to add.Comments [0]
The first 220 visitors, those who saw the exhibition before the announcement of the winners, had the chance to vote for someone’s personal favourite:
This price goes to Nikolas Heep for his work “Come BackAfrica”. A very aesthetic suggestion, turned out of a solid piece of wood. A seating sculpture with a touch of irony, a delighting enrichment for the ambience of every design aficionado.
All other awards will be published soon.
And last but not least, many thanks to each and every contributor and a special thanks to the jury for the great work!
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We just came back from Marrakech and we want to share some more stool impressions. Be inspired!
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Today a very interesting question concerning the forthcoming design competition has been raised. Do participants need to send in design sketches or prototypes? Let me open a discussion about this issue. The competition to be launched in February 2010 wants to invite designers from all around the world to particpate. This means we have to level the prerequisites to a common standard that makes it easy for designers from developing countries to participate as well. Some of them might not have access to modern design software, others might have problems to manufacturse prototypes. Almost certain many might have a problem to send in prototypes due to cost. The question is how to set standards fair to each and everybody.
Please post your ideas. All contribution concerning this topic will be tagged with the term"fair competition". This means you can select all relevant contributions just by searching for contributions tagged accordingly.
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Start of Design Competition Take a Stool - Make a Stool
HABARI will launch an international design competition for stools starting in February 2010.
To help interested designers prepare for that competition we are opening this blog. It shall contend information about aspects of stool design, materials, designers work, traditional forms, sitting cultures, etc.. and become a platform to discuss such issues.
You are invited to contribute to these topics or open a new topic. Please contribute in the form of statements, fotos and videos.
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