INDEX: AWARD WINNERS
Friday night, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince presented the INDEX: awards of a total of €500,000 to the winners of the large design event. The international INDEX: jury selected the five designs that they view to have improved life within the last five years in the following five categories: body, home, work, play and community. The winners also received prizes from Royal Copenhagen and Georg Jensen.
The winners:
LifeStraw™ (Body) – design by Torben Vestergaard Frandsen (Denmark), Rob Fleuren (Holland) and Moshe Frommer (Israel).
LifeStraw™ brings clean water to people in the third world on an individual level and making people less dependent on others for safe drinking water. With LifeStraw™ everyone from school kids to farmers will find it convenient to sip water from any source. It is a safe and user friendly tool which eliminates disease causing bacteria, viruses and parasites. LifeStraw™ can prevent waterborne diseases like diphtheria, cholera, typhoid and diarrhoea – diseases that kill millions each year.
Softwall (Home) – design by Stephanie Forsythe, Todd MacAllen, Canada
The paper (or textile) softwall dynamically partitions large open rooms and spaces into more intimate and personal surroundings of any shape. Unlike fixed walls or conventional partitioning systems, softwall is ever-changing and can form space in a spontaneous, flexible and ephemeral way. The
compressed softwall is small, lightweight, and highly transportable, and when needed can be easily and instantly expanded up to 300 times its size. softwall dampens sound and can both absorb and transmit light. Paper softwall is made from recycled material and is 100% recyclable.
Observatorio Iberoamericano para la Artesanía (Work) – design by Fundación Española para la Innovación de la Artesanía, Ministry for Industry, Tourism and Commerce, Spain
The Foundation designed a strategy, a network and a website focused on improving life for 40 mil. craftsmen in Latin America, threatened by the globalisation. The main activities improve the networking among craftsmen and teach them new tendencies with tailor made activities. The Foundation works with craftsmen on research of new design methods, information transfer, networks, technological development, design, product development and access to new markets. The Foundation has trained thousands of craftsmen, promoted their craft, and defined development programs following up their implementation to improve people’s lives.
Apple iTunes, iPod (Play) – design by Apple Design Team, USA
iPod together with Apple’s iTunes software is truly changing the way people experience their music. iPod allows a music fan to have their entire music collection with them anytime, anywhere. The iTunes software provides unparalleled ease of use for organization and sharing of music as well as recorded literature and images. Playlists can be shared with other computers across a network via Apple’s Bonjour technology. iTunes secures that music users pay for their music.
Architecture for Humanity (Community) – design by Cameron Sinclair and Swee NG, USA
Architecture for Humanity is a nonprofit organization and network designed in 1999 to promote architectural and design solutions to global or humanitarian crises. Examples of the impressive work the network does are the quick reactions to help people in deep need after the Tsunami
and the hurricane, Katrina. Through competitions, workshops, educational forums, etc. Architecture for Humanity creates opportunities for architects and designers to help communities in need. Where resources and expertise are scarce this network makes amazing differences.
The five winners received €100.000 each. The winning designs are exhibited together with the 95 top nominated designs on the five squares close to the pedestrian street Strøget. The exhibitions are outdoor and free of charge.
For further information about the winners, please visit www.index2005.dk or contact communications director Peter Hentze at ph@index2005.dk or call +45 6129 2007.
