National Design Awards

Since 2003 the National Design Awards are presented annually at the festival Month of Design for the significant contributions to Slovene design. Recognising design excellence on the corporate, individual, and institutional level, the National Design Awards are granted in many categories from a number of fields, including interior and product design, architecture, technology and industrial design, fashion, and more. The main National Design Awards are Designer of the Year, Interior of the Year, Success story, Timeless Slovenian Design, and Young Prospective Designers.

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 is granted to companies which incorporate quality design into their development strategies. In 2009 the title was bestowed to the company Akrapovič, a world known manufacturer of motorbike exhausts. The previous receivers of the Success Story prize were the companies Pipistrel, Intra lighting, Gorenje, Seaway, Tipro Keyboards, OLoOP Design, and Porcelain Catbriyur.

Timeless Slovenian Design

The collection Timeless Slovenian Design is aimed at presenting the most notable Slovene products by authors, who have promoted design in practice at home and abroad. The collection is expanding each year since 2004 and includes the following eye-catching designs: Cockta bottle (Sergej Pavlin, 1953), Rex chair (Niko Kralj, 1954), microphones MD9 (Marko Turk, 1963), kiosk K-67 (Saša Mächtig, 1966), Tomos ATX 50 motorcycle (Igor Rosa, 1983), Iskra ETA 85 telephone (Davorin Savnik, 1985), Gondola reclining chairs (Oskar Kogoj, 1969/70), Pobi battery charger (Marijan Gnamuš, 1973), and Universal electrical tools (Albert Kastelec, 1960 – 1970). In year 2009 the chair Sistem L (Branko Uršič, 1981) was added to the collection.

Young Prospective Designers

The Young Prospective Designers award has been honored to raising stars in the field of industrial, fashion and interior design since 2006.

Young Prospective Designers 2009 are Kaja Antlej, Nina Hercog, Mateja Martini (industrial design), Jan Hadžić, Uroš Rustja (interior design), Arĳana Gadžĳev, and Maja Ratajc (fashion design). The winners of previous years are industrial designers Miha Črtalič, Jaka Verbič (2008), Tilen Sepič, Marko Pavlinec (2007), David Cugelj, Luka Stepan (2006). The awardees in fashion design are Neli Štrukelj, Jure Purgaj (2008), Mateja Krofl, Barbara Šuštar (2007), Anja Mlakar, Maja Mehle (2006), and in interior design Rok Triller, ProstoRož (2008), Ajdin Bajrovič, Jernej Hočevar (2007), Gašper Kociper, Ivana Antolovič (2006).

Aljoša Dekleva, Dean Lah and Milan Tomac – Enota Architects received a title Young Prospective Designers in 2003 along with Polona Matek, Nana Žargi, Barbara Nardoni, Iztok Lemajič, Damjan Marušič, and Nataša Koselj.

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