Monday, 5 December 2005 | senay
VOLVO SportsDesign FORUM and AWARD 2006
"Active Safety" - Safety for the Future!
For 2005, the VOLVO SportsDesign AWARD was announced by ispo and VOLVO to honor the outstanding innovative product and design developments within the sports industry. 281 applications from the sports industry, designers and students have been brought into the contest. After a successful launch in 2005 the VOLVO SportsDesign AWARD will again be organized.
Cabaret artist Karl Valentin once claimed: "Even the future was better in the past." He may have been right - but one thing is true - it will definitely be safer. Which is why the compelling of "Active Safety" was selected for the upcoming VOLVO SportsDesign FORUM and AWARD show in January 2006.
Leading designers from across the globe will present trendsetting design solutions that protect the body, mind and sports equipment as well as improve the functionality and durability of equipment. This yearly forum was brought into existance through a cooperation between the Volvo Car Corporation in Göteborg and ispo, the world's leading international sporting equipment and goods trade show.
The VOLVO SportsDesign FORUM
The VOLVO SportsDesign FORUM is a unique platform that brings together designers and developers from varying branches. The goal is to accelerate the dialogue between industrial, graphic and SportsDesign and to stimulate new impulses in design developments. Accordingly, top-class representatives from industry, design, science, trade and press meet at the ICM Munich on January 28th (the day before ispo_winter 06) for dissertations and workshops to exchange their experiences, visions and trends for the future.
The themes of 2006 are:
--Sports hardware
--Sportswear
--Extreme sports
--Industrial design
VOLVO SportsDesign AWARD
While the VOLVO SportsDesign FORUM focuses on the future, the VOLVO SportsDesign AWARD renumerates innovative ideas dealing with this year's theme "Active Safety". 2006 will be the second year that the AWARDs are granted - and they have already become coveted within industry and design. The first VOVLO SportsDesign AWARD in 2005 received 281 applications from members of the sports industry, designers and students. From these, five products were nominated in each category. An international jury of experts from industrial design, sports, trade and the media determines the winners after critiques on functionality, form, safety, innovation, use of materials, color and graphics. Each winner receives an award-sculpture and their product is presented at the VOLVO SportsDesign exhibition and also introduced on a double page in the AWARD yearbook.
The 2006 Award-Categories are:
--Head Protection
--Body Protection
--Foot Protection
--Personal Safety Equipment and Security Equipment
--Equipment Protection
--Human Body Prophylaxe
--Concepts
Host and moderator:
As last year, Sébastien de Diesbach, philosopher and president of the trend agency Promostyl, with establishments in Paris, Tokyo and New York, will lead the forum.
Application and further information
Terms of entry
Jury
Winners 2005
Photos 2005
For more information : http://www.ispo-sportsdesign.com/english/index.html
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