ICONIC AWARDS: Innovative Architecture - ARCHITECTURE COMPETITIONS

ICONIC AWARDS: Innovative Architecture.

BRIEF

Holistic design: The competition for architecture, interior design, product design and brand communication.

With the ICONIC AWARDS: Innovative Architecture, the German Design Council established an impartial, international architecture and design competition that factors in the interaction of the disciplines for the first time.

Awards are given to visionary buildings, innovative products and sustainable communication in all sectors of
architecture, the construction and real estate business and the manufacturing industries. The focus is on
the holistic staging and interaction of the trades in the context of architecture.

Eligible participants include architects, interior architects and designers, engineers, specialist planners, agencies and design studios, companies in the construction and real estate sectors as well as manufacturers in the areas of materials, building technology, fittings, plumbing and bathroom products, etc., as long as the products / services are named in the categories of the ICONIC AWARDS: Innovative Architecture.

SCHEDULE

Deadline for online registrations / Grant programme
14 May 2018

Jury meeting
30 May 2018

Award ceremony
08 October 2018

AWARDS

An appropriate number of entries for each competition category will be awarded with the label Selection and Winner. Moreover, up to 15 entries per category will win the Best of Best label.
The jury is free to choose by majority vote to assign an entry to a different category than that for which it was registered.

FEES

The registration fee for the competition per submission . . . . . EUR 180

We charge an additional organisational fee for handling product samples each with a size of up to 0.5 m (length / width / height) and a weight of up to 20 kg or for handling digital sub-missions in the category Communication (films, websites, apps, etc.).
per submission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EUR 50

JURY

Susanne Brandherm

brandherm + krumrey interior architecture, Cologne/Hamburg
Susanne Brandherm studied interior architecture at Detmold University of Applied Sciences. Susanne Brandherm and Sabine Krumrey founded their company brandherm + krumrey interior architecture in 1999. With offices in Cologne and Hamburg, they undertake national and international projects. Susanne Brandherm is the winner of the 2013 INsider Award. She became a member of the board of trustees of the trade show organisation architect@work Germany in 2012. From 2013 to 2015 she taught design at Trier University of Applied Sciences.
Michel Casertano

Atelier Brückner GmbH, Stuttgart
Michel Casertano studied architecture at the Technical University in Munich and at the University of Bath, England. Since 2005 he has been employed at the internationally acclaimed ATELIER BRÜCKNER in Stuttgart, and has been an associate there since 2012. He heads up its architecture division. ATELIER BRÜCKNER has been designing and realising narrative architecture and exhibitions following the principle of “form follows content” since 1997. Content and messages create scenography which sets benchmarks. The reasoned interplay between space, graphics, light and digital media determines the convincing overall statement of architecture, museums and brand environments.
Marco Dessí
© Matthias Aschauer
Studio Marco Dessí, Vienna
Marco Dessí, born 1976 in Meran, Italy, after an dental technician apprenticeship studied industrial design with Bořek Šípek and Paolo Piva at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. Straight after completing his studies in 2007, he founded his own design studio. He worked with international companies such as Richard Lampert, Skitsch and long-established Vienna companies such as J. & L. Lobmeyr, Vienna porcelain manufacturer Augarten and Wittman. The studio does not stick to a specific style, a preferred material or a standard formula, but views design as craftsmanship in which a deep understanding of materials, processes and their relationships form core creative values. Dessí emphasises transparency in his work, in the sense of a consistent relationship between design process and actual production stipulations.
Andrej Kupetz

General Manager German Design Council
Andrej Kupetz has been General Manager of the Rat für Formgebung/German Design Council in Frankfurt/ Main since 1999. He studied industrial design, philosophy and product marketing in Berlin, London and Paris. In 1997, after various positions in design management and university liaison, Andrej Kupetz joined German Railways (Deutschen Bahn AG) where he was responsible for brand management in the DB Group and for the implementation of various corporate-design processes.  Kupetz is member of the advisory board of the Design Management Institute Bosten. Since 2011 Kupetz has been a member of the higher education council of the Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach/Main. That same year the European Commission appointed him to the European Design Leadership Board.
Wiebke Lang

Editor-in-chief of designreport, Frankfurt
Wiebke Lang has been editor-in-chief of designreport since 2017. She was international PR chief and brand editor at Erco in Lüdenscheid from 2013 to 2017. She previously worked as an editor and author for various German design and media magazines such as form and PAGE and was co-curator at Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany. She has a degree in design and worked in the book retail sector.
Silvia Olp

Phoenix Design Stuttgart/Munich/Shanghai
Silvia Olp is Head of Communications at Phoenix Design and Vice President on the Board of aed Society for the Advancement of Architecture, Engineering and Design in Stuttgart. She is also initiator of the aed neuland competition for aspiring young designers. For many years she was Head of PR and Marketing and Member of the board at burkhardt leitner_modulas spaces. With her consulting firm, Silvia Olp Public Relations, she advised design agencies and other clients in the design sector on PR and marketing measures. Furthermore, she worked as studio manager for renowned photographers.
Linda Stannieder

GRAFT Brandlab, Berlin/Los Angeles/Beijing
Linda originally trained as an architect before specializing in branding. After her master degree at the University of Applied Arts Berlin-Weissensee, she relocated to China in 2005 for her Chinese studies, where she lived and worked 6 years. Living and working in China, Linda came to the world of brand when she was approached by the branding agency MetaDesign to help establish and creatively lead their new Beijing office in 2008.
Believing strongly in the emotional power brands possess beyond the limitations of two dimensions, Linda’s experience both in pure architectural and strategic brand projects means she has accumulated a wealth of experience with international renowned clients spanning brand adaptations, corporate identity projects, events, exhibitions, trade shows, retail and brand destinations in industries ranging from automotive to fashion and beauty.
In her previous position as Head of Brand Environments and member of the management board at MetaDesign Berlin she started working back in Berlin in 2011, where she also started her own business in 2014.
Stefan Weil

Atelier Markgraph, Frankfurt am Main
Stefan Weil began his career in 1989 as a designer with Meiré und Meiré, an early adopter of interdisciplinary brand design. He later brought this approach to international full service agencies such as Leo Burnett, TBWA, Saatchi & Saatchi and JWT; working as an Art Director and Creative Director, he created and implemented new marketing and communication formats for global brands such as Levis, Marlboro, Diamond Trading Company, Sony and Becks. In the year 2000, Stefan Weil became Creative Head of LAB.01 – the ‘Future Laboratory’ initiated by DaimlerChrysler – at EXPO Hanover on behalf of Atelier Markgraph. Stefan Weil has been Lead Creative Director at Atelier Markgraph since 2005. Founded in 1986, this interdisciplinary design and planning provider creates tangible, 3D experiences of companies, brands and themes. Using cutting edge technologies, Atelier Markgraph produces surprising spatial productions at the interface of business, culture and science – from exhibitions through media presentations to corporate architecture. In addition to brands such as Mercedes-Benz, Lufthansa, Union Investment, WMF and Viessmann, the Atelier Markgraph client list also includes cities, museums and cultural institutions. Stefan Weil has received numerous national and international awards for his work.