As with Milan Design Week, Interzum is about much more than just “the show”.
Every two years, Koelnmesse collaborates with red dot to host the “interzum award: intelligent material & design”. The competition awards the best designs in the international supplier industry for the furniture and interior decorating industries. On Sunday, the proud prize winners were given their awards on the occasion of the start of Interzum.
Around 500 manufacturers, designers and marketing decision makers converged at the Koelnmesse site to celebrate the high point of this year’s competition. A total of 200 entries from 16 countries were submitted in 2013. The jury, comprising five renowned design experts, gave awards to 51 of these entries.
These success stories were duly celebrated at the award ceremony on the evening of 12 May 2013 in the Theater am Tanzbrunnen in Cologne, Germany. As part of an exclusive reception, Katharina C. Hamma, CEO of Koelnmesse, and Prof. Dr. Peter Zec, initiator and CEO of the red dot, handed well-earned certificates over to the prize winners of the “High Product Quality” distinction. The jury awards this title for special design achievements in terms of form and function. 42 products were able to win over the experts with their excellent design and thus succeeded in standing out from comparable products.
The top award in the competition was announced at the end of the award ceremony. Only nine products won the “Best of the Best” title. This award is given by the panel of experts to products that set new standards in their industry with exceptional and groundbreaking design in terms of form and function. The best of the participants in 2013 include acrylic couture® GbR, Richter Furniertechnik GmbH & Co. KG and k + r Sax GmbH from Germany, Fritz EGGER GmbH & Co. OG from Austria in cooperation with the German-based company akustik plus GmbH & Co. KG, and the Swiss manufacturers EKU AG and Lamello AG. Other winners of the prestigious award included WO Interior A/S from Denmark, Italiana Ferramenta srl from Italy and the Belgian manufacturer Indurub NV.
On the 16th May, the award-winning designs will be presented to the public in a special exhibition as part of the leading global trade fair that is Interzum. In this way, Koelnmesse is highlighting the significance of design as an engine of innovation. The products awarded the “Best of the Best” will be displayed on the fair’s boulevard in a walk-in square.
For an in depth look at these award winners go to www.interzum-award.com
