Design students and young graduates from all fields of design are invited to submit future-oriented solutions that redefine the use of water in the kitchen to win the Hansgrohe Design Prize 2017 by iF.
The renowned Hansgrohe Design Prize 2017 competition for young designers (initiated by Hansgrohe SE and organized by iF) is being held for the seventh time this year. The 2017 Competition Topic is “Future Living – Innovative Forms of Using Water in Tomorrow´s Kitchen”.
Starting immediately, design students from all over the world are invited to take part in the competition. The most innovative concepts will be rewarded with prize money totaling EUR 5,000. Entries will be accepted up until 13 January 2017.
Participation is free of charge and entries can be submitted to ifworlddesignguide.com
About Hansgrohe – the Original from the Black Forest
Hansgrohe SE is based in Schiltach, in Germany’s Black Forest. In its 115-year history, it has acquired a reputation as a leading innovator in technology, design and sustainability in the sanitation industry. The mixers, showerheads and shower systems created by Hansgrohe SE are original products that make bathrooms more functional, more comfortable and more aesthetically pleasing. These quality products can be found in such prestigious venues as the luxury ocean liner Queen Mary II, London Heathrow Airport Terminal 5, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai (the world’s tallest building), New York’s Yoo luxury residences and the Masdar City Institute of Science and Technology in Abu Dhabi.
The company and its products have been honoured with numerous awards, most recently the iF Award Gold 2015, the Wallpaper* Design Award 2015 in the Category “Best Domestic Product Design” and the Elle Decoration International Design Award 2015. In 2015, the company’s brands Axor and Hansgrohe generated more than EUR 964 million in sales. Today the Hansgrohe Group employs more than 4,000 people worldwide, about 40 percent of whom work outside Germany. The company, which has a zero tolerance policy on counterfeit products and design infringements, manufactures its products in Germany, in France, the Netherlands, the USA and China.
Hansgrohe is a major sponsor of the AIDT International Tour to Interzum and attendees will have the opportunity to visit its facilities in the stunning Black Forest and tour its factories and showrooms. For more information click here.
For more information visit hansgrohe.com.au
