Dutch Design Awards Essen

The finalists and winners of the Dutch Design Awards 2009 were be on show at Zeche Zollverein in Essen during RUHR.2010. From April 8 through to May 2 this Red Dot Design Museum hosted the ‘best of the best’ of Dutch Design, as part of an international tour of the exhibit, showing design by renowned designers as Studio Wieki Somers, Maarten Baas, Thonik, Philips Design, Gert Dumbar, Jelte van Abbema (young talent 2009), and many others.

The Dutch Design Awards are the prestigious awards for the very best products in the field of Dutch Design. This annual event is comprised of a competition, the exhibition, a catalogue and a travelling exhibition of Dutch Design. The selection committees selected the finalists per sub-category from over 700 entries of scouted work and online entries, after which the international jury ultimately decides which design deserves one of the twenty awards in the main categories of Communication, Product, and Spatial. 

The jury also awards the special prizes, among which the Audi Design Award (Public Award), the Rado Young Designer Award (incentive prize for young talent), the Best Client Award, the Toon van Tuijl Design Prize, and the BNO – Piet Zwart Life Time Achievement Award. The international jury awarded the Golden Eye – the award for the best Dutch design in 2009 – to Studio Wieki Somers. A list of all finalists of the Dutch Design Awards can be found in a separate file.

More information on the Dutch Design Awards website.