Salão Design Award: meet the winners of the 25th edition

Recognizing the talent of professionals and students around the world, the Salão Design Award has just announced the 11 projects selected for its 25th edition.

The result comes after two phases of evaluations carried out by professionals who are references in the market. In the first phase, technical-functional, the 575 projects registered passed through the eyes of the judges Adriana Fontana (ABD – Brazilian Association of Interior Design); Ana Paula Coelho (Belas Artes University Center of SP); Eduardo Nuncio (Carraro Furniture); Rodolpho Guttierrez (CBD – Centro Brasil Design) and Sidnei Schenato (Senai – RS).

Of these, 228 were approved and considered finalists , moving on to the second stage of aesthetic-creative evaluation.

In Bento Gonçalves , in Serra Gaúcha, the second jury entered the scene to analyze in person the 189 projects submitted.

This group was formed by Adélia Borges (critic, design historian and independent curator); Cristina Bava ( CASACOR ); Paulo Biacchi (product designer), Thaís Lauton (Casa e Jardim) and Winnie Bastian (curator and content producer).

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The Salão Design Award is the main and most traditional Brazilian furniture design award. The initiative was created by the Furniture Industry Union of Bento Gonçalves (Sindmóveis) in 1988, as an inductor of innovation and a competitive tool for the furniture industry.

Below, check out the complete list of winners of the 25th edition of the Salão Design Award.

• CHALLENGE OF SPACES IN TRANSFORMATION

Award in the professional category:

Genkan – design by Joaquín Ezequiel Ordóñez (ORDÖ diseño) - Buenos Aires, Argentina

Honorable Mention in the professional category:

Piazza Sofa – design by Carolina Starke and Andrea Zanocchi (Zanocchi & Starke for Bell\´Arte) - Blumenau, SC, Brazil

• BRAZILIAN IDENTITY CHALLENGE 2023

Award in the professional category:

Clothesline Armchair – designed by Porfirio Valadares de Andrade (Porfirio Valladares Architecture and Design) - Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

Honorable Mention in the professional category:

Enxada Chair (special version of Pirarucu leather) – design by Pedro Monteiro Luna (MOLU by Pedro Luna for MOLU Design, the chair, and Empório Beraldin, the upholstery) - São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Student award:

Caravella Chair – design by Gustavo Mateus de Oliveira - Araucária, PR, Brazil

• CHALLENGE OF USING A PANEL

Award in the professional category:

Yogo Panel – design by Rosana Simões Pires and Fernando Diehl (The Creative MKT Studio) - Curitiba, PR, Brazil

• EMBEDDED TECHNOLOGY CHALLENGE

Award in the professional category:

Lusa Side Tables – design by Henrique Schreiber (Re.Selva Estudio for Schuster Furniture and Design) – Florianópolis, SC, Brazil

• CHALLENGE OF POSITIVE EXPERIENCES

Award in the professional category:

Taboa Bench – design by Porfirio Valadares de Andrade (Porfirio Valladares Architecture and Design) – Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

• SPECIAL AWARD FOR ALTERNATIVE WOODS

Award in the professional category:

Terra Chair – design by Amelia Tarozzo, Camila Fix, Flavia Pagotti Silva and Rejane Carvalho Leite (Plataforma4 for Oficcina Origin) - São Paulo, SP, Brazil

• POPULAR VOTE SPECIAL AWARD

Award in the professional category:

KIS bookcase – designed by Ráisa Guerra e Silva (Decoration Mania) - Goiânia, GO, Brazil