National Design Awards
Awards
Designer of the Year
Designer of the Year 2009 was architect Damjan Uršič for his achievements in the field of furniture design. Previous award winners were Ernest Bevc (2008), GigoDesign (2007), Robert Lešnik (2006), Nina Mihovec (2005), Jure Miklavc (2004), and Bojan Klančar (2003).
Interior of the Year
The awarded Interior of the Year 2009 showroom Pertot in Trieste was designed by Dekleva-Gregorič Arhitekti. The School of Economics in Murska Sobota won the Interior of the Year 2008 title – the building by Rok Benda, Primož Hočevar, and Mitja Zorc recieved also the Plečnik Award and Golden Pencil Award. Previous winners were Katjuša Kranjc and Rok Kuhar for the interior of the restaurant Cubo (2007), Vesna Vozlič Košir and Matej Vozlič from Atelje Vozlič with co-author Sandra Banf Škrbec for the interior of the Opera bar (2006), Lena and Tomaž Krušec – Ark Arhitektura Krušec for the Pilates centre (2005), and Tomaž Maechtig for the interior of the office of the Maechtig-Vrhunc Arhitekti studio (2004).
Success story
The special award of the Month of Design, the Success Story, was in 2009 bestowed to the company Akrapovič, a world known manufacturer of motorbike exhausts. The previous receivers of the award were the companies Pipistrel, Intra lighting, Gorenje, Seaway, Tipro Keyboards, OLoOP Design, and Porcelain Catbriyur.