Gold for Lightpanel iso

We were quite thrilled when we first heard that Lightpanel iso is among the winners of the iF material design award 2012. The joy was even greater when we were informed that our product had been selected to receive the gold award!
On Friday, February 10^th the time had finally come: The award ceremony and presentation of the gold cup to our designer team Frank H. Weimer and Rüdiger Szak took place in the festive atmosphere of the   BMW World at Munich.

The presentation of the iF gold award was celebrated by about 1,600 guests. With the presentation of the iF gold award, topping all iF competitions, the iF design awards night was the design event at the beginning of the year. At the invitation of iF International Forum Design, the award winners and guests of an economic, cultural and political background celebrated their success in one of the most famous design competitions.

Frauke Ludowig hosted the event and iF managing director Ralph Wiegmann presented the golden trophy, designed by Herbert H. Schultes, to our winning team!

The award of awards

The very best in design deserves the best in prizes, to be more precise, the 2012 German Design Award. It is bestowed annually for outstanding achievements in product and communication design by the German Design Council. Personalities from the world of design are also honored. There is also a cash prize for young designers. The 2012 German Design Award is the award of awards and the award of award-winners. A reward for outstanding work. Only works that are both pioneering and marketable, and indeed have already proved that they are fit for market, are short-listed. The competition aims to identify, present, and reward innovative and international design trends. In other words, design that differentiates. In this light, participating is something for the crème de la crème. Winning too.

Congratulations to our partner, the Ikaros Team of the University of Rosenheim, for capturing an exceptional second place in the competition! During the competition, which was held at Madrid this year, 20 international school and university teams competed against each other to determine who can design  and build the most attractive and energy-efficient solar house. On June 27^th, the moment had finally arrived: Rosenheim won first place in the categories lighting, comfort, energy balance and appliance – and missed taking first place by less than one point!

Designpanel was involved in the project with two products:We contributed the two interior sliding doors made out of ICEPLEX “ice white” to the Rosenheim solar house and the bathroom was equipped with wall panels made from IVISION “stem”.

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Highest design and product quality was our goal when we developed both our innovative product lines – and presented them to an international jury. And we were successful! During this year’s iF material award we made a double score: We received this much sought-after award in the category “Material” for our surface product “Wavepanel”  and in the category “Products” for our custom-made LED light emitting surface “Lightpanel”.

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