Radostar is happy to announce that Tatu Vuorio from Finland won the RADO UNLIMITED SPIRIT CONTEST 2010!

The Jury selected Tatu’s project first of all because he really thought of an “Unlimited Spirit” concept, creating an innovative object that does not look like a usual award. Secondly the originality of having a full ceramic award where you can feel the material, hold it in one hand is really a nice thought. Finally, the notion of time shown by the erosion or the polishing of the material was very much appreciated.

Tatu Vuorio won a flight to Los Angeles where he will be able to attend a Rado event and meet many journalists. His award will be produced and handed out at this event on September 16th, 2010.

Photo: Studio DRIFT

Studio DRIFT (Lonneke Gordijn & Ralph Nauta)
Founded in 2006, Studio DRIFT strives for timeless design combined with knowledge, intuition, nature, science fiction, fantasy and interaction. In their work, designers Ralph Nauta and Lonneke Gordijn (both graduates of Design Academy Eindhoven in 2005) seek for a balance between our communication age and the organic, nature. Ralph and Lonneke respond to the digital revolution by creating projects that evoke the feeling of floating, gliding, lightness, and a state of weightlessness. In their designs, they try to capture the material/immaterial sensations that they miss in their daily lives. Selection committee: At an earlier stage, Studio DRIFT has already created designs in which technology and design are combined successfully. They are consistent and show their own style in all projects. The technology and science in their designs are made accessible - because the designs are original and beautiful to watch.

www.designdrift.nl

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Photo: Mike Roelofs

Rocco Verdult
Rocco graduated from the Design Academy in the direction of Man & Living. During his studies, he worked for project designer Patricio Lix Klett in Buenos Aires and for Studio Muller & Van Tol in Amsterdam. His designs focus on social design - he creates temporary meeting places in public space by means of materials that he gathers within a few days. In this way, he creates in a short time situations where people come together. In 2009, he won both the Social Design Talent Award and the Brains Award 2009, a public award. He is much in demand for international projects. In 2009, he founded Studio Rocco Verdult in Eindhoven, which stands for interiors, exteriors and related products focused on the gathering of people within a specific context. Selection committee: Rocco is socially engaged, and knows how to stir up interest in people and to get things done. What he makes is a unique type of design: he creates relationships and solidarity. His commitment is sincere, his approach original, and because of this, his ideas always have the desired effect.

www.roccoverdult.nl

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Photo: Michel Zoeter

Iris van Herpen
Iris van Herpen is a fashion designer; she loves making non-wearable clothing. She has unique ideas that cannot be compared with other fashion designers; the uniqueness of her creations reaches as far as Japan, where her fame may even be greater than in her own country. She studied Fahion Design at the ARTEZ Art Academy in Arnhem and in 2009, she was with her MUMMIFICATION AUTUMN WINTER 2009/2010 already the winner of a Dutch Design Award in the category best product fashion, jewellery, accessories. Selection committee: She has an eye for detail, uses original materials and her designs demonstrate authenticity. The many hours of handiwork spent on these designs radiate passion for her profession. Iris combines fashion with art and with her unconventional designs she shows courage and guts. Apart from that: what she makes is also simply 'beautiful'.

www.irisvanherpen.com

 

On December 8th 2009, the Swiss magazine "Hochparterre" and the national TV have honored nine projects in the fields of design, architecture and landscape in a glamorous award ceremony at the Museum of Design in Zurich.
The prestigious award itself is worth a second look: Designed by Zurich's sculptor Severin Müller they are shaped as rabbits.

Köbi Gantenbein, editor-in-chief for Hochparterre: «As every year, our specialists have found the best projects based on nomination from the juries." Consisting of renowned artists themselves, the juries have met for each category independently and have thoroughly discussed the numerous projects.

Category Architecture

Golden Rabbit
In the category architecture, the school building Leutschenbach in Zurich was awarded with the Golden Rabbit for its open and generous design. Jokingly called layer cake by the students, it is built almost completely from glass. "This building by architect Christian Kerez and civil engineer Joseph Schwartz is truly one of the most extraordinary structures we have seen in years", says the jury.

(Photo: Dario Pfammatter)

Silver Rabbit
The Silver Rabbit for architecture went to the architects Kaschka Knapkiewicz and Axel Fickert for their remodeling of the residential area Stadtrain in Winterthur. In order to gain more living space, the architects enlarged the homes with extensions in the front yards. Even though the gardens became smaller, the inhabitants gain a quality invaluable in today's suburbs: privacy. The extensions serve as a protection from the neighboring buildings.

(Photo: Heinz Unger)

Bronze Rabbit
The owners of the Villa Chardonne (a pilot and a flight attendant) have always loved flying and longed to incorporate that passion into their home. The young designer from the Geneva design agency "Made in" have created a building that seems to fly over the lake of Geneva. Large windows allow a breathtaking sight over the lake and the alps. The jury was stunned with this courageous design and awarded it with the Bronze Rabbit for architecture.

(Photo: made in Sàrl, Genève)

Category Design

Golden Rabbit
The Golden Rabbit for design was awarded to a bicycle named Papalagi by Butch Gaudy. It is designed with the cyclist in mind, its frame strong and sturdy, yet very light. Made to be used, it is a bicycle for life. "We are honoring not only this particular design, but also Butch Gaudy's passion and know-how in this field", says the jury.

(Photo: Reto Andreoli)

Silver Rabbit
The watch r5.5 from Rado was honored with the Silver Rabbit for design. Designed Jasper Morrison, the watch distinguishes itself through its discrete design and simple elegance as it is the credo of the British designer, as well as Rado's. "This is a watch without pomp and circumstance – as always, Jasper Morrison has kept faithful to his 'supernormal' designs", comments the jury. After already having re-interpreted the Ceramica watch and having created an award-winning watch-packaging, the r5.5 is the third step of the collaboration between Jasper Morrison and Rado.

(Photo: Rado)

Bronze Rabbit
Sometimes something as simple as a carpet can make the whole difference. Designer Frédéric Dedelley has taken up the structure of the ceiling in the Wasserkirche in Zurich and mirrored it in his carpet design with fine white lines. This church is no longer just a place of worship, but also a peaceful haven in the middle of the busy city. The seating is no longer fixed and can be used for events or readings. Designer Dedelley says: "I wanted the church to look generous and empty." Ready to be filled with meaning. The quiet design was awarded with the Bronze Rabbit for design.

(Photo: Dominique K. Wehrli)

Category Landscape

Golden Rabbit
The Golden Rabbit for landscape was awarded to the Liebefeld-Park in Köniz near Berne. Its simplicity is striking and leaves its visitors with a lot of possibilities. It is a park created for those who use it: "If any elements were missing, they could easily be integrated in this simple design at a later time", says the jury.

(Photo: Bruno Augsburger)

Silver Rabbit
Once a silk mill, the Sidi-Areal in Winterthur is now a residential area - but it has kept its industrial origins. The landscape architects from Kuhn Truninger have included many metaphors in their design, such as the floor pattern in the courtyard reminding one of the industrial regularity in which the looms had been standing. This successful re-design was awarded with the Silver Rabbit for landscape.

(Photo: Kuhn Truninger)

Bronze Rabbit
The renovation of the old Averserstrasse in the Grisons was honored with the Bronze Rabbit. The street used to be the main road through the valley but was replaced with an urban road, forgotten and left to the elements. Now it has been restored to allow visitors to walk through the unique landscape of the valley on a unique path. The jury was impressed with the use of materials from the region and traditional constructions techniques.

(Photo: Verein Alte Averserstrasse)

Visit http://www.hochparterre.ch for more info, news and updates.

New for the 2010 Annual Design Review competition:
The Rado Young Talent Design Award

Categories include:

• Consumer products
• Graphics
• Packaging
• Furniture
• Environments
• Equipment
• Interactive
• Concepts
• Student Work

The Rado Young Talent Design Award, a cash prize of $10,000, will be awarded for innovative technology and materials in student design.

All students who enter the Student Work category of the 2010 Annual Design Review will be eligible for the award and one design will be chosen for the money prize of $10,000.

The deadline for Annual Design Review submissions is December 1, 2009.
Enter online today or click here to download an entry form!