National Design Prize 2015

National Design Prize for BALDACHIN

We are very happy that we got the State Prize for Design - the highest award for austrian design. The canopy series convinced the jury. ".... This ingenious solution, which is both functional and beautiful, finally puts an end to a decade-long nuisance ..."

Jury Statements

This ingenious solution, which is both functional and beautiful, finally puts an end to a decade-long nuisance: plastic ceiling covers, which unpleasantly interfere with a room's overall impression and almost always cause an aesthetic and visual break, now belong to the past. This is the minimalist definition of a material- and function-based junction - an integrative connection of electricity, lamp, and ceiling - closing a design gap in interior decoration. There are no components that might push to the fore. In terms of aestheticism, this system may also be described as a modern and timeless variation of old stucco ceilings. That the system offers a choice between a concave and a convex language of form is a further merit.