Ready to bring your design idea into life? Ready for chair production?
- Call for entries:7th April 2021
- Deadline for entries:1th September 2021
- Selection of winners by the grand jury: 8th September 2021
- Award ceremony: Festival of Wood 2021, 7th October 2021, Kočevje
- 1st award: money prize (1000€ pre-tax), prototype production + free board costs at the Bearlog hostel during the Festival of wood 2021 (4 nights) + guided tour to the brink of the virgin forest of Kočevsko+certificate
- 2nd & 3rd award prototype production+certificate
(PRIMAL) CHAIR
7TH INTERNATIONAL DESIGN CONTEST 2021
The Festival of Wood invites open applications to the 6th Industrial Design Competition.
We look for: Functional, modern wooden piece
»Most of us imagine forest as an oasis of peace and relaxation. A sound of rustling leaves, birds singing, pleasant forest scents relax and calm us. The question is whether a carefully designed piece of nature in the form of wood can create a feeling of homeliness and connection with nature?”
So far 188 authors have participated at the international design contest (Primal) chair. They come from Slovenia, France, Serbia, Ukraine, Mexico, Italy, Croatia, Sweden, Ireland, Finland, Taiwan, Kuwait, China, Iran, Poland, Hong Kong, Russia, Germany, Montenegro, Hungary, Canada, Vietnam, Philippines, Nepal, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Peru, Brazil, United Kingdom, Russia, Netherlands, Colombia, Mexico. Seventeen prototypes are the result of the past four contests. In the year 2017 the three awarded prototypes were promoted within the 25th Bienale of design (BIO 25) in Ljubljana.
EXPERT COMMISSION
doc. Mojca Perše
Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Design
Rok Kuhar
arhitect and industrial designer
prof. Janez Suhadolc
arhitect
Natalija Lapajne
Museum of arhitecture and design
dipl.ing.les Andrej Palman
(primal)chair manufacturer
Albin Škalič, ing.les
direktor podjetja Murales
PRIZE AWARD COMPETITION Primal CHAIR 2021
72 contestants for Prastol applied for the competition. There were 10 applicants from Slovenia, India 7 applicants, Italy 6, Serbia 5, France 4, Hungary 4, Russia 3, Hong Kong 2, Sweden 2, Philippines 2, Brazil 2, Kuwait 1, China 1, Iran 1, Poland 1 , Montenegro 1, Canada 1, Vietnam 1, Croatia 1, Nepal 1, Ukraine 1, Thailand 1, United Arab Emirates 1, Peru 1, United Kingdom 1, Netherlands 1, Ukraine 1, Colombia 1, Mexico 1. Top three winners both from India, Canada in the Philippines. The selection of chairs took place on 3.9.2021. The jury consisted of 6 professional members. Members of the expert commission as follows: prof. Janez Suhadolc - architect, Rok Kuhar - architect and industrial designer, Natalija Lapajne - museum of architecture and design, Andrej Palman - ing. woodworking, doc. Mojca Perše - professor at the Faculty of Design, Albin Škalič, ing. woodworking, director of Murales. He was elected Presidential Jury. Natalija Lapajne. Selection of award-winning chairs:
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