The Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany (Designpreis der Bundesrepublik Deutschland) is the most prestigious official German design award. The award is endowed by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy. At the ceremonial award show which took place last night, on September 25, 2014 at the assembly hall at the Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy, the ten awardees of 2014 were announced. Furthermore, the Award for Lifetime Achievements was endowed. The Parliamentary State Secretary of the Federal Minister of Economics and Energy, Iris Gleicke, was the official host of the ceremonial award show.
The most outstanding products and projects in the following three categories were awarded the design award: Product Design (serial products from all kinds of trade), Communication Design (analogue and digital media as well as 3D- and live-communication) and Young Talents.

The nomination and awarding of the submitted products and projects was decided upon by an independent jury, under the chairmanship of Mr. Undersecretary Frank Fischer, Head of the Department for Cultural and Creative Industries of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy. The jury, consisting of experts from the creative industries, research and sciences, as well as politics and the media, was appointed by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy. The jury members: Mr. Undersecretary Frank Fischer, Prof. Dr. Dirk-Mario Boltz, Prof. Dr. Uta Brandes, Prof. Fons Hickmann, Erik van Buuren, Stefan Eckstein, Gesa Hansen, Angelika Müller, Stephan Niehaus, Stefan Pufe and Andreas Tölke.

THE AWARDEES:

CATEGORY PRODUCT DESIGN
GOLD AWARD: 
BMW I3 – Design: BMW Group – BMW Group 
 
SILVER AWARDS:
NEMUS CAJALUN – Design: Robert Taranczewski for LignoTUBE technologies GmbH & Co. KG
SOLARKIOSK – Design: GRAFT Berlin für Solarkiosk GmbH
VINCENTEVOLUTION2 – Design: Dr. Stefan Schulz and Ricardo Valencia for Vincent Systems GmbH

CATEGORY COMMUNIKATION DESIGN
GOLD AWARD: 
WEGELEITSYSTEM ALBERTINUM – Design: Yang Liu for the City of Dresden / Staatlichen Museen Dresden
 
SILVER AWARDS:  
125 JAHRE HSV – Design: Paul Neulinger, Tim Rotermund, Ricky Korf, Morco Moccia (Mutabor Design) by order of the Hamburger Sport-Vereins
DIAGRIMME – Design: Thomas Ottmann, Michael Pölti, Marielle Plößl, Christin Schubert for oup Kommunikation / Druckerei Walch
BALLETT AM RHEIN SPIELZEIT 2013/2014 – Design: Nina Neusitzer, Nicolas Markwald / Picture concept and photography: Gert Weigelt for Deutsche Oper am Rhein / Ballett am Rhein

CATEGORY YOUNG TALENT
AWARDS FOR:
FABRIC FUTURES / M.R.Y.S. – Design: Manuel Vogel
ORTHOSTRUCT – Design: Dipl. Des. Marina Scheinberg


CATEGORY – DESIGN AWARD OF THE FEDRAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY 2014 FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENTS
GOES TO:
PROF. KARL CLAUSS DIETEL
Archisearch - Professor Karl Clauss Dietel. Photo (c) Christian SchmidtPROFESSOR KARL CLAUSS DIETEL. PHOTO (C) CHRISTIAN SCHMIDT
Archisearch - Product Design. Vincent EvolutionPRODUCT DESIGN. VINCENT EVOLUTION
Archisearch - Product Design. SolarkioskPRODUCT DESIGN. SOLARKIOSK
Archisearch - Product Design. Nemus CajalunPRODUCT DESIGN. NEMUS CAJALUN
Archisearch - Product Design. BMWi3PRODUCT DESIGN. BMWI3
Archisearch - Communication design. 125 Jahre HSVCOMMUNICATION DESIGN. 125 JAHRE HSV
Archisearch - Communication design. DiagrimmeCOMMUNICATION DESIGN. DIAGRIMME
Archisearch - Communication design. AlbertinumCOMMUNICATION DESIGN. ALBERTINUM
Archisearch - Communication design. Ballet AmRheinCOMMUNICATION DESIGN. BALLET AMRHEIN
Archisearch - Young Talents. Fabric FuturesYOUNG TALENTS. FABRIC FUTURES
Archisearch - Young Talents. OrthostructYOUNG TALENTS. ORTHOSTRUCT

SOURCE: DESIGNPREIS DER BUNDES REPUBLIC DEUTSCHLAND

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