As is becoming customary Design Miami Basel 2014 provided the backdrop for the presentation of the Swiss Design Award. And an exhibition of all nominated projects.
Inaugurated in 1918 the Swiss Design Award is organised by the Swiss Federal Culture Agency - the Bundesamt für Kultur - and seeks to reward and recognise particularly outstanding contemporary design by both Swiss designers and Swiss based international designers. The 2014 edition attracted 252 entries for the four competition categories from which 45 were nominated and subsequently 20 projects honoured.
For our taste the 2014 Swiss Design Award may have lacked anything as genuinely monumental as Damian Fopp's Celeb Bowls collection from 2013, or indeed any projects as interesting and thought provoking as those from Depot Basel, Postfossil, Moritz Schmid, Tomas Kral and Michel Charlot which so shone in 2013, but there were still a few delights to be found. Among those 2014 projects that particularly caught our attention being Carlo Clopath's Palutta kitchenware collection, Florian Hauswirth's tableware collection, the collapsible sledge Maarno by Max Frommeld & Arno Mathies and of course Eric Andersen's heartfelt homage to FIFA.
And regardless of our opinion, congratulations to all!
Full details on all nominated projects can be found at www.swissdesignawards.ch
Swiss Design Award 2014 Winners:
Fashion and Textile Design Graphic Design Photography Product and Object
