Porada International Design Award

Total prize money: € 10.000
More info about the winners here

Porada Arredi srl, a leading company in the production of furnishing accessories, POLI.design and ADI, the Association for Industrial Design, present the jury of experts who will judge the applications received to decree the winners of PORADA INTERNATIONAL DESIGN AWARD 2018, the new edition of the international competition, focused this year on creation of innovative concepts for different types of writing desks and dressing tables.
The jury will, therefore, consists of:

Bruno Allievi, CEO Porada
Tiziano Allievi, Associate Porada
Brian Buchard, Photographer
Roberto de Paolis, POLI.design
Antonio Maciá Mateu, Architect and Professor
Ettore Mocchetti, Editor of AD Italy
Toru Oshige, Executive Officer/Marketing General Manager of Actus, Japan
Leon Sun, Editor of Elle Decoration China
Bruno Tarsia, Architect and Stylist

An international level jury, that on December 14th 2018 will meet at Villa del Grumello, in Como,  to evaluate the applications received. In evaluating the entries, the judges will take into account: their originality, the degree of innovation and pursuit of new design solutions related to the processes typically used for solid wood, experimentation with materials and surface finishes, the capacity of projects to define and anticipate scenarios of use and innovative concepts in the use of wooden furniture and contemporary furnishings, with particular regard to typological, technological and morphological decisions.

The jury will then announce three winners for each of the two categories in competition (Students and Professionals), who will be awarded during an event dedicated to the Salone del Mobile in Milan from April 9th to 14th, 2019.
The total prize money of € 10.000 will be allocated as follows:

PROFESSIONAL Category:
1st  prize: € 3.000
2nd  prize: € 2.000
3rd  prize: € 1.000
 
STUDENT Category:
1st  prize: € 2.000
2nd  prize: € 1.200
3rd  prize: € 800

Italian and creative designers have been invited to interpret Porada values and identity, the leading brand in Italian design, through the creation of innovative concepts for various typologies of desk and coiffeuse, in which it is prevalent (but not necessarily exclusive) the use of solid wood.

The VII edition focused on the different types of writing desks and dressing tables

International Design Competition sponsored by PORADA ARREDI Srl and POLI.design, under the patronage of ADI, the Association for Industrial Design.

Project delivery deadline: November 9, 2018
Total prize money: € 10.000

PORADA INTERNATIONAL DESIGN AWARD 2018, the new edition of the international competition, is focused this year on different types of writing desks and dressing tables. The challenge is to interpret the values and identity of Porada, leading brand of Italian design, through the creation of innovative concepts for different types of writing desks and dressing tables, in which the use of solid wood is prevalent (but not necessarily exclusive).

Promoted by Porada Arredi srl, a leading company in the production of furnishing accessories, and POLI.design, under the patronage of ADI, the Association for Industrial Design, the competition is open to Italian and foreign designers and creative people (individuals or groups), professionals or non-professionals, corporate employees and students. Innovation, originality and search for new design solutions for woodworking processes: these are the guidelines of the challenge.

The new call is officially launched during the Milan Design Week 2018, as part of the award ceremony for the winning projects of the sixth edition of the competition, at the PORADA booth (hall 7, stand F33-G22) at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Rho, on April 18). The 2017 contest, dedicated to innovative solutions of small tables (end tables, service tables, coffee tables and side tables), raised a total of 209 applications from around the world (Australia, Japan, Iran, South America, Eastern Europe and Turkey are among the countries that took part) and saw the recognition of seven projects that stood out for their quality.
In the Professional category the winner project is Sliding Plates created by the designers Luca Giacomelli and Lorenzo Rossotti, a solution that finds its peculiar characteristic in the three shelves, free and independently rotatable from each other. A “game element” that can be transformed according to the user’s needs.
Nicole Maccari and Serena Chillè, students of the Politecnico di Milano, were awarded the first prize in the Students category with Noua, a coffee table with a built-in removable tray with the double function of emptying-pockets, thanks to a section carved below the tray, and magazine rack, thanks to a folded sheet of metal, which also acts as a support for the entire table.
In addition to the seven winning projects, the Jury has reserved three special mentions to the projects Odiyn, by Ayse Yakar for the Students category, Fido by Gabriele Vella and Bearing Table by Tom Fereday for the Professionals category.

Projects relating to the 2018 edition must be original and unpublished; they must enhance the use of production technologies and woodworking processes and typical finishing of the solid wood. The projects should also comply with specific functionality, with the current safety standards, with ergonomic characteristics, with both environmental and sustainable design characteristics.
Wood, whether in natural-finish, preferably in finishes prevalently used by the company, or painted, can be combined with metal, mirrors, crystals, leather, hides or fabric.

A jury composed of renowned experts in the field will judge and select the winning projects. In evaluating the entries, the judges will take into account: their originality, the degree of innovation and pursuit of new design solutions related to the processes typically used for solid wood, experimentation with materials and surface finishes, the capacity of projects to define and anticipate scenarios of use and innovative concepts in the use of wooden furniture and contemporary furnishings, with particular regard to typological, technological and morphological decisions.

The jury will choose three winners for each of the two categories (Students and Professionals) in the competition, who will receive their awards at a dedicated event.
The total prize money of € 10.000 will be allocated as follows:

PROFESSIONAL Category:
1st prize: € 3.000
2nd prize: € 2.000
3rd prize: € 1.000
 
STUDENT Category:
1st prize: € 2.000
2nd prize: € 1.200
3rd prize: € 800

The winning projects of the competition will also be prototyped and possibly produced by Porada at a later stage.