By Editor Design.nl / 15-03-2012

With the goal of finding the best custom-made lamp or furnishing designed for a specific interior, the international award was launched in mid-2011. A whopping 891 submissions were received via framemoooi.com, by designers in 79 countries.

At an award ceremony on 18 April, the winning project will be revealed and its designer will receive the €25,000 grand prize.

The award’s juror, internationally celebrated designer Philippe Starck, has selected the top 10 finalists and will personally announce the winner in Milan. Starck selected the finalists with an anonymous approach, in that he didn’t know the designers’ names or countries of origins. ‘I’m often invited to judge competitions,’ Starck says.‘I’m happy to say that the level of this one is clearly higher than average, a very nice surprise.’

The finalists are:
Ray – integrated ceiling light for an office, by Shl Design (Denmark)
What’s in your locker? – locker system for a school, by Lab 3 (Netherlands)
Caelum – LED table lamp for a bar, by Pablo Martinez Diez (Spain)
Kroon – chandelier for an office and apartment building, by ZMIK (Switzerland)
Shoe Box – display system for a sneaker shop, by Facet Studio (Australia)
Mist of Arch – furniture for public toilet in a department store, by Keiko + Manabu (Japan)
Sketch – display for a fashion shop, by Ypsilon Tasarım,Yesim Bakırküre (Turkey)
Stairway to Heaven – pendant light for a theater café, by Bertjan Pot (Netherlands)
Education Trestles and Easels – educational table system for an art museum, 
by Studio Makkink & Bey (Netherlands)
Decanterlight – pendant light for a bar, by Lee Broom (United Kingdom)


Frame Moooi Award

The award was launched in 2011 with the goal to unite innovative interiors with equally as innovative furniture and lighting. Many high-profile pieces of furniture and lighting have been designed for a specific context, such as Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona Chair, which was created for the 1929 International Exposition in Barcelona or Arne Jacobsen’s Egg Chair designed in 1958 for the Radisson SAS Hotel in Copenhagen.These and many other iconic products eventually experienced large-scale production and appeared in a wide range of interior projects. Many proved to be so innovative that they earned recognition and inspired others to design similar models. Contextual designs are clearly important for the development of furniture and lighting; they also strengthen the bond between (interior) architects and product designers.

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