BRUNO Design Award 2010
BRUNO Design Award 2010
At the Design Night on Friday 24Â September at 8 p.m., the Estonian Association of Designers will give out the BRUNO Award to the creator of the best Estonian product, author of the best design project and company excellently engaging design management.
Since 2006 the Estonian Association of Designers has been giving the Estonian design award BRUNO every two years. The award is named after Professor Bruno Tomberg, the founder of the Faculty of Design in the Estonian Academy of Arts (formerly Estonian State Art Institute). On his initiative the faculty was giving out the design award already in the 1980s. Since 2008 the BRUNO Award is also available to enterprises that apply design as a strategic tool to obtain competitive advantage in their activity. For this purpose, the category of Exemplary Design Management was created.Â
Design awards have been previously bestowed to Matti Õunapuu, Heikki Zoova, Martin Pärn, Annike Laigo, Tarmo Luisk and Mare Kelpman. In the category of Exemplary Design Management the award has been given to ByRoller. The jury has also awarded several special prizes.With the BRUNO Award the EAD wishes to value the profession of designers and demonstrate the potential of design. The association also wishes to introduce new and innovative high standard products to the general public; to encourage Estonians to use local design and stimulate companies and the public sector to involve professional designers in product development. Designers would be motivated by public acknowledgement – and clearly, also by financial support – to create interesting new products and learn about international design trends. The design award also serves as an important springboard to international arena.
Exhibition of nominees will be opened Sept 24 6 pm in the Architecture and Design Gallery (Arhitektuuri- ja disainigalerii Pärnu mnt 6) as part of the programme of the Design Night. The exhibition will be opened till Oct 8. The prize fund is 150,000 Estonian kroons and the jury will be formed by international members.
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