Awards ceremonies are all well and good - but much more important is the exhibition to accompany the contest.
And until October 10th the Industrial Museum Chemnitz is hosting the International Marianne Brandt Contest 2010 exhibition.
We had planned to write a long text - changed our mind and instead present here a few impressions of our pick of the exhibits.
We can however strongly recommend the exhibition; not only for those interested in art and design - but also for all those who are open to new ideas and new thinking.
And for those can't make it to Chemnitz - the winning projects will be on display in Leipzig during Designers Open (October 29-31) and in November at the Sächsische Akademie der Künste in Dresden.
More information can be found at www.marianne-brandt-wettbewerb.de
