Awards 15

On January 13, 2015, the Henry van de Velde Awards and Labels were presented for the 22nd time. Discover who won the Awards in 2015 at Bozar and find out more about them.

The Henry van de Velde Awards started in 1994. Since then, society and design have changed considerably. The focus of the Henry van de Velde Awards remains on the designer and the companies. Designers, because creative people remain the driving for for creation, and companies, because they enable a lot of creations.

Design Vlaanderen wants to show Flanders its creativity and entrepreneurship through the awards. We emphasize this with 3 prizes, each 5.000 euros worthy, and a silver trophy, designed by Rembrandt Jordan. On top of these 3 prices, we added the prize of the Public, 2.500 euros worthy.

Design prizes and labels are intended not only to celebrate people or products, but above all to identify and signal fundamental developments and shifts. Design was for long an under-used instrument and was utilized only for aesthetic or formal aspects. The 19 products that have received a Label indicate how broadly design and its various methods are applied nowadays. This edition saw more than 206 submissions and 65 nominations. A group of experts selected 19 winners.

The Henry van de Velde Award for Career, Company, Young Talent and the Henry van de Velde Award for the Public, were distributed respectively to Paul Verhaert, Materialise, Made en Daily-Needs. There were also 2 OVAM Ecodesign Award PRO'15 winners. Besides, 19 products and services, that launched onto the market in 2015, received the Henry van de Velde Label 2015. Discover here more about the story behind the winners.

The ceremony in the Henry Le Boeuf hall (Bozar, 2015) © Michael De Lausnay © Michael De Lausnay

Lifetime Achievement

Paul Verhaert

It was around May 1968 when the young Paul Verhaert came across the slogan L’homme fait l’amour avec les choses graffitied on a wall in Paris. It encapsulated something he felt deep inside and would spend the rest of his career exploring.

Young Talent

Made

Made is a design and innovation studio in Antwerp. A team of twelve design thinkers and researchers help its clients innovate by translating the user’s insights into inspiring products, services and digital interfaces.

Company

Materialise

In July 1990, Wilfried Vancraen founded Materialise NV where he remains the CEO to this day. Over the past 20 years, he has succeeded in turning Materialise into a highly respected organization with a reputation for innovation and over 1 300 employees in offices worldwide.

Public

B-AND-BEE

B-AND-BEE is an innovative overnight option with high density per square metre. The modules can be piled on top of each other up to four levels.

OVAM Ecodesign PRO

Rubbish 2.0Nobel FlooringOVAM Ecodesign PRO 15
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BuggybookerBoonen Design Studio + BuggybookerOVAM Ecodesign PRO 15
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Labels

B-AND-BEEAchilles DesignLabels 15
Public 15
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VAEDERGerd Couckhuyt + Modular Lighting InstrumentsLabels 15
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TumbleStudiovoskLabels 15
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Televic Interpreter DeskMade - Design & Innovation + TelevicLabels 15
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Structure SofaAlain Gilles + Bonaldo (IT)Labels 15
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Stulens ManifestHectica + StulensLabels 15
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Some thing, Some things, Some thinkings about dmvARonny & Johny + dmvA, Stichting KunstboekLabels 15
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RON TeapotPieter Roex + BergHOFFLabels 15
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RON knife seriesPieter Roex + BergHOFFLabels 15
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Once Upon A TimeOeyen & Winters + IgepaLabels 15
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Nuée SHADOWSLiv Mathilde Méchin & Côme Touvay + VerilinLabels 15
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MoMu Collection WallStudio Dos Santos + MoMu AntwerpLabels 15
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In VeinBen StormsLabels 15
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Gent Xtra BoldSanny Winters + Stad Gent & Uitgeverij LannooLabels 15
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Copper(II)chlorideSalvatore CaltabellottaLabels 15
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Carbon Black LineJan Mahieu + LIGHTperMETERLabels 15
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Bringme BoxMade - Design & Innovation + BringmeLabels 15
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Austere-THans Verstuyft + Trizo21Labels 15
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Albatros XLYellow Window Enthoven Design + De LijnLabels 15
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Jury

Vic Cautereels

Katja Craeghs

Kris Dekeyzer

Christophe De Schauvre

Axel Enthoven

Marc Huls

Karen Sprengers

Dries Verbruggen

Dieter Van den Storm

Creative & Communication Director, MAD Brussels

Dieter Van den Storm

Dieter Van Den Storm specialises in content creation and communication in the field of the creative industry. After fifteen years as a project coordinator at the Biennale Interieur, he joined MAD Brussels in 2021, the centre for fashion and design, where he takes on the creative leadership as the Creative & Communication Director.

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