The young designers winning the SaloneSatellite Award 2019 announced

As part of the Salone del Mobile.Milano (April 9-14, 2019), SaloneSatellite has brought together more than 500 young designers who have shown their creations based on the motto “Food as a Design Objet”.

The SaloneSatellite 2019 award, in its 10th edition, has announced the winners:

1st. PRIZE

Designer: KULI-KULI, JAPAN (Stand D16)
Project: KOBE LEATHER

Project description:
This Japanese studio is based in Kobe, famous for its meat. The designers, in collaboration with local tanners, decided to turn cowhide, not traditionally used, into a collection of new products.

Motivation:
Kobe Leather's project is commendable because it is based on a process of recuperation, harnessing the material to create a design system applicable to a wide range of product types.

2nd. PRIZE

Designer: STUDIO PHILIPP HAINKE, GERMANY (Stand B27)
Project: HALO

Project description:
The Halo chair concept was devised to showcase the strength and possibilities of a lightweight material made from hemp and casein, which the designer developed during his Organico research project.

Motivation:
The Halo chair is an example of design in its broadest sense, calling for the contemporaneous study of material, form, functionality and production method.

3rd. PRIZE

Designer: BAKU SAKASHITA, JAPAN (Stand C15)
Project: 2.5 DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS

Project description:
These 2.5 dimensional objects are 3D wire structures that look like 2D black lines drawn on flat paper. The optical illusion derives from the thinness of the wire, which is 0.3 mm in diameter.

Motivation:
The sophisticated artistic abstraction of the 2.5 Dimensional Object project is striking, while demonstrating the scope for further, different potential in terms of development and application.

SPECIAL MENTION
RONG DESIGN LIBRARY - RESIDENCE PROGRAM AWARD

Designer: KOKO, CROATIA (Stand A03)
Project: KOKO LOKO

Project description:
Koko Loko is designed for kids and every Loko is a combination of eight elements. Changing the combination varies their functionality and their appearance.

Motivation:
The concept for this children's furniture project is evidence of a desire to revisit traditions that is deserving of further exploration during a residency at the Rong Design Library.

SPECIAL MENTION
RONG DESIGN LIBRARY - RESIDENCE PROGRAM AWARD

Designer: STUDIOMIREI, ITALY (Stand B23)
Project: NEBULA LAMP

Project description:
These lamps, which resemble interstellar clouds of dust in space, are made of banana fibre. Studiomirei worked on fabric manipulation based on the intrinsic properties of the fabric.

Motivation:
The designer's approach to the study of materials, which shines clearly through this project, is deserving of the opportunity for further in-depth exploration and comparison offered by a residency at the Rong Design Library

INTESA SANPAOLO SPECIAL PRIZE - 3rd. Edition
Best Project on Food as a Design Object

Designer: MELBOURNE MOVEMENT / KRISTEN WANG, AUSTRALIA (Stand C17)
Project: RE.BEAN COFFEE STOOL

Project description:
Made from locally collected coffee grounds, the Re.Bean Coffee Stool not only derives a unique smell and tactility from being made from coffee, it is also 100% biodegradable.

Motivation:
The project responds perfectly to the concept underpinning the SaloneSatellite 2010 theme, Food as a Design Object, bringing experimentation and functionality together.

Source: Salone del Mobile
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