National Prize for Design 2009

Announcing of the results and awarding of prizes – National Prize for Design 2009 took place on the 5th June 2009 in Bratislava.

Competition called National Prize for Design is organized by the Slovak Design Centre and Ministry of Culture SR with the help of Ministry of Industry SR and Ministry of Education SR every second year.
Aim of the competition is to attract attention to the Slovak quality design and to prove that strategy based on design helps companies to win out on the Slovak market as well as abroad. Competition is open also for students of design so that they have the opportunity to compare their works in broader scale, to get the contacts with praxes and vice versa, to offer their innovative concepts to production.

To the ninth year of the competition authors submitted one hundred and forty seven works, 25 to the category of product design, 33 to the category of communication design, 79 to the category of student product design and 10 to the category of student communication design.
In comparison with the previous year the number of students´ works increased significantly.

Results of the competition were decided by jury whose twelve members worked under the lead of the chairman, graphic design Pavel Rozložník. Other members were industrial designers Anton Bendis, Rastislav Čeleďa, Pavel Masopust and Tibor Uhrín; graphic designers Peter Hajdin, Stanislav Stankoci and Mária Rojková; representatives of professional institutions Vladimír Jakubec ( NARMSP), Adriena Pekárová (SCD), Judit Várhelyi, Hungary, Lenka Žižková, Czech Republic.
Following the thorough discussions and voting in numerous rounds, the jury decided to award two National Prizes for Design 2009.
Most successful students´ works were awarded the Prize of the Minister of Education SR in the categories of product and communication designs.
Except the main prizes the jury awarded also other 10 works irrespective of category or place.
On the bases of the NPD professional jury’s suggestion the respective ministers awarded the Special Prize of the Minister of Culture SR to a personality of design for his/her significant life activities and the Special Prize of the Minister of Industry to a producer for systematic utilization of design in company’s strategy.

All awarded works as well as other works of the NPD 2009 competition were presented at the exhibition in Gallery Cvernovka in Bratislava from the 6th – to the 28th June 2009.
All winning works and other participants of the competition are presented and described in the catalogue in two languages.

National Prize for design 2009 - Product Design Category

		Chirana - Cheese Dental chair units design: Ferdinand Chrenka manufacturer: Chirana – Medical, a. s., Stará Turá

National Prize for design 2009 - Communication Design Category

		Port No. 21 Quarterly on photography and new media design: Juraj Sukop, Palo Bálik (logo) client: Photoport, Bratislava

Prize of the Minister of Education of the SR in the Category of Student Product Design

		Plug of the extension cord design: Anton Zetocha school: STU Bratislava, Institute of Design, pedagogue: Peter Paliatka

Prize of the Minister of the Education of the SR in the Category of Student

		Design On Wheels International design: Lubica Segecová, Juraj Blaško, Alica Horváthová, Tomáš Klepoch, Matúš Lelovský, Martina Rozinajová school: AFAD Bratislava, pedagogue: Pavol Choma

Special Prize of the Minister of Economy of the SR

		Rona, a. s., Lednické Rovne

Special Prize of the Minister of Culture of the SR

		Jaroslav Taraba, glass designer

Honourable Mentions

		Detvan HON 200 Hydraulic revolving loader design: Peter Paliatka, Peter Chlpek, Peter Varga manufacturer: PPS Group, a. s., Detva
		Extravagant Interior wall-papers design: Babeta Ondrová manufacturer: Vavex 1990, s. r. o., Príbram
		Diagonallo Drinking glass set design: Patrik Illo manufacturer: Rona, a. s. Lednické Rovne
		zooMe Jewellery set design: Lucia Ganzer manufacturer: Hand Picked, s. r. o. Bratislava
		Trnava – the European capital of culture 2013 Corporate identity of a campaign design: Milan Mikula client: Town of Trnava
		Zip Lighting fixture design: Anton Zetocha school: STU Bratislava, pedagogue: Peter Paliatka
		Klin Typeface dizajn: Karol Prudil school: VSVU Bratislava, scholarship in the Writing and Typography Studio VŠUP Prague, pedagogue: František Štorm
		OWL Barrel design: Ján Turzo school: VŠVU Bratislava, pedagogue: Bjorn Kierulf
		Stuff, authorial publication design: Pavlína Morháčová school: VŠVU Bratislava, pedagogue: Pavol Bálik
		Multimedia web page Azyl, www.azyl.sk design: Ondrej Jób school: The Royal Academy of Arts an Den Haag, fellowship, pedagogue: Stas Jan Willem client: Gregor Multimedia, s. r. o., Bratislava

Photogallery, the awarding ceremonial

Catalogue

Photogallery, exhibition