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Sunday, 12 August 2007 | Levent OZLER
Materials for Product Development, Design and Architecture: International Trade Fair and Conference
For the second time, Messe Frankfurt will be presenting the Design Plus prize at the Material Vision, trade fair and conference (22 to 23 November 2007 in Frankfurt am Main), the theme of which will be materials for product development, design and architecture. With their partners, the German Design Council, the trade-fair company will be honouring products, which feature forward-looking materials, wither in their manufacture or production processes. Participation in the Material Vision is explicitly not required for participation in the Design Plus competition.
Entry deadline: Product manufacturers from every nation and sector have until September 28 to register.
Dr. Michael Peters, Member of the Board of Management of Messe Frankfurt said: "The aim of exhibitions, conferences and competitions like Design Plus is to provide an ever more interdisciplinary trade audience with access to new developments and content in the field of design. The Design Plus Material Vision competition, which is open to international entries, is the materials innovation sector's only exclusively application-orientated competition. This means that the prize is not awarded just to the material but to the product, which is manufactured using new materials and manufacturing techniques."
Andrj Kupetz, Managing Director of the German Design Council: "For a long time now, product design has been a more important if not decisive differentiation factor in the international market. The use of innovative materials is becoming increasingly important in design and s now a decisive, competitive advantage in product development. We expressly invite companies, designers and architects to take part in the Design Plus competition to put their design expertise and innovative powers to the test."
Design quality, material selection, functionality, technical and ecological quality and overall concept are the criteria on which the interdisciplinary jury of experts evaluate the entries. Products which have been on sale in the marketplace for longer than two years are not allowed to take part and a market launch must be imminent.
A top-quality jury will sit on October 5 2007 to select the prizewinners. The members of the jury are:
* Lutz Dietzold, Marketing Manager, German Design Council, Frankfurt
* Frederik Flototto, Managing Director, brands GmbH, Gutersloh
* Bernd Hollin, Hollin+Radoske Architects, Frankfurt
* Michael Kindler, Designer, Darmstadt
* Nicola Stattmann, Designer, Frankfurt
Entries for the Design Plus competition can be submitted online at http://www.material-vision.com
All the winning products will be on display at the Design Plus exhibition at Material Vision from 22 to 23 November 2007. The Design Plus title will be awarded to the manufacturer and relevant designer at an awards party on November 22.
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