With the ceremonial inauguration of the Hungarian Design Award and the Design Management Award celebrating the tenth year of its jubilee, the series of events of Design Week Budapest, which has been extended to fifteen days, has opened again this year. Introducing this year's winners.
The Communication "Our Mission: In line with the motto ‘Design’, Dr. Viktor Łuszcz, President of the Hungarian Design Council, highlighted the principles of conveying the economic potential of design-based thinking, raising awareness of the social role of creativity, sustainability, responsibility, competitiveness and innovation that feeds from the past and shapes our future in the evaluation criteria of the competitions.
The twelve-member jury, made up of economic, business, legal professionals and designers, voted for the best of the competition works in the product, design, student and visual communication categories. Among the other entries of the exhibition, the Ministry of Human Capacities, the Hungarian Intellectual Property Office and the Hungarian Design Council also awarded special prizes.
Péter Iglói-Nagy and Ádám Nagy: WIWE (product category)
Consistent with its packaging and logo, this smart cardiac diagnostic tool combines the functions of heart rate, blood oxygen, heart rate, step and calorie measurement into a single business card-sized structure. Sanatmetal's proprietary mobile application ensures that the evaluation performed on the manufacturer's software can be displayed. A medical device that can be charged via a USB port and operated at the touch of a button can help the residential user prevent stroke or cardiac arrest first hand.
Sarolta Csoma and Máté Horváth: MIX (design category)
The freshness of the armchair, which combines good design with traditional Scandinavian elements, is provided by the elegant combination of light ash wood with a beautiful design and a new generation of acrylic stone, KRION. Designers with simplicity and convenience in mind have used soluble joints for safe and durable assembly and disassembly, making the lightweight furniture that can be transported with a small space a perpetual piece for frequent movers.
László Németh and Dénes Varga: VARGA-FLEXO-OKTOFLEX PREMIUM (design category)
The central counter-printing cylindrical printing flex printing machine, conceived in a family business that summarizes a quarter of a century of three generations of professional experience, exemplifies innovation in every aspect. Its ergonomic and user-friendly design, software support and modular buildability guarantee the optimal solution of the human-machine connection.
Gábor Palotai: LIVSDAL ARCULAT (visual communication category)
The well-known, abstract approach of the twenty-six-time Red Dot winner Gábor Palotai is reflected in the image of the Swedish brand LIVSDAL. Masterfully representing the essence of the brand, the image was inspired by intangible units such as atomic or air particles and pixels organized as DNA dots in a coherent and modular typographic system.
Rebeka Pákozdi: ONNI (student category)
The MOME student's posture-improving backpack performs a complex function with its quality material and construction, functional solutions and healing effect. A lightweight bag with a practical use of space, a customizable and mouldable back brace and an ergonomic shoulder strap can be a daily convenience.
Eszter Révész: RECOMMENDED TRADITION (student category)
The contemporary textile collection, which transforms our traditional values into today's interior and object culture and can be interpreted as a coherent whole, praises the creativity of MOME students as well. The almost limitlessly variable pattern of folk-set woven fabrics shapes the structure of the fabric itself. The Dutch contractor evoked the tactile plasticity of the old yarns with a high-tech solution.
Péter Üveges, Attila Bolega and Gábor Nádasi: BOGÁNYI GRAND PIANO B-292 (special prize)
The bionically futuristic design and enhanced mechanical function of the long and evenly finishing grand concert piano, rich in harmonics, soft tones and promising longevity, is another well-respected example of traditional innovation.
Máté Serflek: CHICAGO JAZZ FESTIVAL ARCULAT (special prize)
The stiffened, animated letter fragments and the inclined bands as accompanying motifs evoking black and white piano keys converge into dynamic typography in a jazz-consistent formulation of improvisation, spontaneity and playfulness. Abstraction, dissonance, dynamism, harmony and one-to-one editing appear in close connection in the enumerable image design.
Gabriella Veszprémi: LAYERS (special prize)
The experimental women's shoe collection, designed for the recycling of leftover leather pieces, has taken a bold step towards sustainable fashion in terms of shape and colour, taking into account wearability and industrial production. Cango&Rinaldi helped to make the dream come true.
Márton Szabó: Q&C NANO (special prize)
The innovation of the drinking water purification and dispensing flow system, which operates on the principle of conscious water and energy consumption, is the controllability of automatically connected cooling and the smartphone application. It boils water in seconds with the help of a specially developed heater. The screw- and joint-free ‘unibody’ housing, the extruded metal housing, gives the machine a high-end appearance that is easy to clean and control.
György Reiner: SYSTENTS (special prize)
The construction of a mobile, compact and lightweight frame reminiscent of the yurt of Asian nomads requires 15-20 minutes of work. The flexible elements of the tent, designed for industrial production, are integrated into a diagrid structure at the touch of a button due to their innovative connection. The low-current system integrated into the individual chassis and the built-in lamps provide 12 volts of power and artificial lighting in addition to the roof and 11 small vents that absorb both solar and air energy.
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Author: Réka Mucsi
