THE 2009 HUNGARIAN DESIGN AWARDS CEREMONY A Magyar Formatervezési Díj sírköve

Winners of the Hungarian Design Awards, managed by the Hungarian Design Council, are announced for the 30th time this year. The prizes are awarded by a jury of acclaimed artists and experts in four categories – Product, Visual Communication, Concept and Student Work – for the most outstanding Hungarian design achievements. The exhibition containing some of the most outstanding entrants of the competition gives an insight into the most recent processes of Hungarian design culture.

october 5. 17.00 Museum of Applied Arts 1091 Budapest Üllői avenue 33-37.  Exhibition: October 5.–November 22. Open: Tue 14.00–18.00, Wed, Fri, Sat, Sun 10.00–18.00 Thu 10.00–22.00

IMM Cologne 2009 with Designspotter – See the Photos

Prototype

Concrete surface design

Designing a surface for a concrete product was quite difficult, because of the material’s extreme variousness. Concrete tends to be “active” with a variety of surface tones. It is easy to achieve decorative patterns, but the vivid surfce hides the material itself. The biggest challange was