Swiss Design Award at Emily Carr University of Art + Design in Vancouver
February 28, 2011 Leave a Comment
The best of Swiss design comes to Vancouver.
March 18 – March 28, 2011
Practical Information:
Location:
Emily Carr University of Art + Design
Concourse Gallery – North Building
1399 Johnston Street (on Granville Island)
Vancouver
Opening hours:
Monday – Friday: 7:30am – 9:30pm
Saturday/Sunday: 8:30am – 5:oopm
Panel Dsicussion bringing Swiss and Canadian designers together will be held on March 17 at 5pm at Emily Carr University of Art + Design, South Building, Room 320
Guided tours by the curator on March 21 – 23.
Swiss designers are known for style, creativity, and detailed execution. In March, the best of Swiss Design comes to Vancouver with the biennial Design Preis Schweiz, or Swiss Design Award exhibition. Works include Martin Leuthold’s magical Secret Garden http://www.designpreis.ch/en/reviews.09.pw.leuthold.html , Pollock fabrics http://www.designpreis.ch/en/reviews.09.nom.27.html , Nopicnic’s Pacemaker for Tonium http://www.tonium.com/products (a fully integrated DJ system no bigger than an MP3 player), and Colin Schaelli’s V30 Skid http://www.colinschaelli.com , a modular furniture system for Freitag http://www.freitag.ch/shop/FREITAG/page/frontpage/detail.jsf .
The Design Preis Schweiz competition is open to Swiss designers living in Switzerland and abroad as well as foreign designers who make their products in Switzerland. Organized by the Design Center in Langenthal, Switzerland, the awards in communications, textiles, products, furniture, fashion, and more are handed out by an international panel of judges that has included greats such as Konstantin Grcic and Jasper Morrison.
According to organizers, the role of Design Preis Schweiz is to give uncompromising encouragement to adventurous ideas and honor outstanding achievements. The current showcase of nominated and award-winning designs also features works from Albert Kriemler (Akris), Atelier Oï, Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, Claude Zellweger (One and Co.), Christa Michel, and more and has traveled around the world from Geneva to Shanghai to Tokyo to Chicago. Recently, the exhibition was presented at Design Miami. Los Angeles audiences could catch it at the A+D Museum before it was displayed at siwssnex in San Francisco.
The Design Preis Schweiz tour is made possible by Pro Helvetia the Swiss Arts Council, Presence Switzerland and Swissnex San Francisco. As a leading country in science, research, and technology, Switzerland is working with its Canadian counterparts to address key global topics such as sustainability to better understand trends and arrive at solutions.
