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No Guts No Glory (Join the DOEN | Materiaalprijs 2012)

(photo: Chipboard carry case by Maurice Meewisse nominated in 2010)

The DOEN | Materiaalprijs, welcomes submissions from all designers, visual artists, fashion designers and architects living and working in the Netherlands. The closing date for entries is 8 June 2012 (!) For more information and registrations see: www.doen-materiaalprijs.nl

Why participate?
- we think € 15,000 and € 5,000 are two very nice money prizes
- your work will be on show during the upcoming Dutch Design Week
- and… no guts, no glory!

Says who?
Aart van Bezooyen is happy to join the committee of the 4th edition of the DOEN | Materiaalprijs,  a special award to promote the sustainable design practice. Together with Max Bruinsma, Tjeerd Veenhoven, Arjen Bangma and Joanna van der Zande, he will be nominating entries based on recycling, upcycling, ecodesign, cradle to cradle, biomicry and superuse to name a few.

iF Material Design Awards 2012

Last month, 44 design experts from around the world were gathered in Germany to select the winning entries of the iF Design Awards 2012. During two days they explored the huge exhibition halls to review over 4000 entries featuring products, communication, packaging and materials – all brought on location. To get an impression of the enormous selection watch the iF closeup video (above) including juror statements and an explanation by Prof. Fritz Frenkler (awards chairman).

Material experts George Beylerian (Material Connexion), Michael Lanz (designaffairs) and Aart van Bezooyen (Material Stories) were jurors for the materials entries. Keeping in mind criteria regarding the material’s innovation, sustainability, presentation and commercial value we took a close look, and feel, to select the winning entries of the iF Material Design Award 2012.