Awards 16

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. This means that Flanders DC (before Design Vlaanderen) keeps awarding the Henry van de Velde Lifetime Achievement Award, the Henry van de Velde Company Award and the Henry van de Velde Young Talent Award. These winners were awarded on 19 January 2017 in Bozar.

As an answer to the changing society, Flanders DC, in partnership with the OVAM, focusses on products, projects or services (partially) based on a design methodology or design attitude, that offer an answer to contemporary questions. In other words, we focus on the value and impact of design on our economy, our society and on the climate, today and the future. Enter the Design Solution Awards. These are the categories of: OVAM Ecodesign PRO, Efficiency, Life Quality, Feel Good, Communication, Better Health, Collective en Design Research.

1400 people attended the award ceremony on January 19th in Bozar, Brussels. That same evening, a free exhibition was opened in Bozar, running from 20 January until 19 March 2017. 21.000 visitors saw the exhibition.

The ceremony in the Henry Le Boeuf hall (Bozar, 2016) © Michael De Lausnay

Lifetime Achievement

Kristel Van Ael & Joannes Vandermeulen (Namahn)

Kristel Van Ael and Joannes Vandermeulen are the founding partners of the Namahn design agency, specialised in human-centered design and one of the world’s leading agencies when it comes to digital, user experience and service design.

Young Talent

Pieter-Jan Pieters

Pieter-Jan Pieters (°1988) studied at the Design Academy Eindhoven. He graduated in Man & Mobility. After graduating, he launched his graduation work on Kickstarter, with amazing results. He founded OWOW (the Omnipresent World Of Wizkids). Some years later, OWOW is a team of some 10 persons.

Company

Rotor Deconstruction

Rotor Deconstruction is an autonomous side-project of Rotor, a Brussels-based non-profit, created in 2005, engaged in promoting and facilitating the re-use of building components as a strategy on the path towards a more resource-efficient materials economy.

Public

StandUp Nomad

The StandUp Nomad is a height-adjustable standing table which can be adjusted manually to ensure that every user is able to stand and work at it in the most ergonomic way, without having to bend over (i.e. with the table top at elbow height).

Better Health

INGA WellbeingFiona Mc Greal (i.s.m. Gysemans Clothing Industry, Innovatie Centrum, Alsico NV, Philippe Buck, Solvay, Jacques Peeters, Jules Bordet Institute) + INGA Wellbeing Better Health 16
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StandUp NomadHenri Verheughe & Mathias Ellegiers + Jaswig bvbaBetter Health 16
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Grada International NV, Imaginair RLV, Aaron Lapeirre, Grada International NV

Imaginair RLVGrada R&D department + Grada International NVBetter Health 16
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DMOA, Maggie Shelter Proof of Concept - Steenokkerzeel maart 2016, Benjamin Denef, DMOA

The Maggie ShelterDMOA architecten bvba + VERMAKO bvba (producent)Design Research 16
Better Health 16
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Collective

MARTAONDERGROND vzw + MARTACollective 16
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We kopen samen den Oudaan, dag van de Architectuur 2015, Copyright: We kopen samen den Oudaan

We kopen samen den OudaanNDVR (i.s.m. Hanne Van Gils, Anne-Sofie Verheyen, Tara Op de Beeck, Ellen Verbiest, Wouter Lensselink, Nicolas Petillon, Mathias Bastiaensen en vele sympathisanten)Collective 16
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Hanne De Wyngaert, QUE ONDA VOS rug Ayahuasca Stone, Mathias Hannes, © QUE ONDA VOS

QUE ONDA VOSInternia Bvba + Hanne De Wyngaert + QUE ONDA VOSCollective 16
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Communication

DDfP - Awakening Goggles, by Tessel Bruehl - Photo Celine Callens

Disarming Design from PalestineAnnelys de Vet & Mohammad Saleh, Sami Khaldi, Ghadeer Dajani, Wisam Hourani, May Marei + Disarming Design from Palestine (DDFP)Communication 16
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Bahamontes, Pjotr Grafisch Ontwerp voor Heeren Vertrekt, foto Pjotr

BahamontesPjotr Grafisch Ontwerp + Heeren VertrektCommunication 16
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stefan schöning. tijdcapsule, copyright vilda

Tijdcapsules Sigmaplanstefan.schöning.studio + Vlaamse overheid (departement Waterwegen en Zeekanaal, afdeling Zeeschelde)Communication 16
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MARTAONDERGROND vzw + MARTACommunication 16
OVAM Ecodesign PRO 16
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Design Research

Aalst, stad met zicht op zorg! Design Studio Dott. & AIPA & Pantopicon + Stad AalstDesign Research 16
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Studio Peter Van Riet, Create Meaningful Stuf, Studio Peter Van Riet, Studio Peter Van Riet

Create Meaningful StuffStudio Peter Van RietDesign Research 16
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Rotor DeconstructionRotor + Rotor DCDesign Research 16
Efficiency 16
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DMOA, Maggie Shelter Proof of Concept - Steenokkerzeel maart 2016, Benjamin Denef, DMOA

The Maggie ShelterDMOA architecten bvba + VERMAKO bvba (producent)Design Research 16
Better Health 16
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Efficiency

HaspencubesBoonen Design Studio + HaspenwoodEfficiency 16
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ontwerpers: Philippe en Thibaut Lampe, Lampe_textiles, product: Squid, fotograaf: Thibaut Lamp (tevens hoduer van de copywright)e

Squid Philippe Lampe & Thibaut Lampe + Lampe_textilesEfficiency 16
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MAXIMALdesign - TIMBTRACK TPM Track'r - copyright MAXIMALdesign

TIMBTRACK tree measuring device TPM Track'rMAXIMALdesign + DER BERG / TIMBTRACK bvbaEfficiency 16
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Rotor DeconstructionRotor + Rotor DCDesign Research 16
Efficiency 16
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Feel Good

Memory StoneYellow Window + Axel Enthoven + Memory Stone (Serax)Feel Good 16
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Ief Spincemaille

There is the sunIef Spincemaille / WerktankFeel Good 16
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Adriaan Debruyne, "Muti", Fotografie Medio's, Medio's©

AMIS - A'MuzeSaflot creative consultants bvba + Medio’s sàrl Feel Good 16
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studio segers, step up, Kris Dimitriadis

STEP UPStudio Segers + YounicFeel Good 16
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Life Quality

DMOA, Maggie Shelter Proof of Concept - Steenokkerzeel maart 2016, Benjamin Denef, DMOA

The Maggie ShelterDMOA architecten bvba + VERMAKO bvba (producent)Life Quality 16
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intro

BEDNET unitCides Product Design + BEDNETLife Quality 16
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charlotte vanhoutte. burenmuur overzicht.

SalonkletsPantopicon + WZC ImmaculataLife Quality 16
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Linde Hermans, Camp Carré, Kristof Vrancken, Kristof Vrancken

Camp CarréStudio Linde Hermans + Stad GenkLife Quality 16
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OVAM Ecodesign PRO

Rotor DeconstructionRotor + Rotor DCCompany 16
OVAM Ecodesign PRO 16
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MARTAONDERGROND vzw + MARTACommunication 16
OVAM Ecodesign PRO 16
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Jury

Laure Capitani

Klara De Smedt

Manager of De Winkelhaak | House of C, Jury chairman

Klara De Smedt

Klara De Smedt is the manager of De Winkelhaak. After obtaining a master’s degree in product development, she worked as a designer and then at Design Flanders for two years before moving to De Winkelhaak. In 2008, Klara De Smedt came up with the co-working concept Bar d’office. Since 2014, she has been one of the driving forces behind ANTWERP. POWERED BY CREATIVES.

Leen Creve

Kitty De Jong

Bernadette De Loose

Evelyn Lafond

Heleen Van Loon

Curator talent, Z33 House for Contemporary Art, Design and Architecture

Heleen Van Loon

Heleen Van Loon works as a project manager at Z33 in Hasselt. Among other things, she coordinates FORMAT, a path for promising designers and architects. In addition, she helps product design students at LUCA School of Arts Genk formulate their identity as designers.

Giovanna Massoni

Kurt Vanbelleghem

Stijn Debaillie

Sophie Lauwers

Ellen Vandenbulcke

Saskia Westerduin

Eveline Borgermans

Audiovisual Communication - Team Bedrijfstrajecten VLAIO

Eveline Borgermans

As the coordinator of ikinnoveer, Eveline Borgermans of VLAIO tries to bring the Flemish SME manager one step closer to a future-proof innovative company by putting together and providing innovation training courses and webinars. As a product designer, “design” with the associated methods continues to form a common thread in her life and work.

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