The organizers of the 22nd Salão Design award are proud to announce the list of the award winners, marking the 30th anniversary of the project carried out by Sindmóveis Bento Gonçalves. A total of 12 cash prizes will be given to Students, Professionals and Industry/Retail, besides three honorable mentions, one Alternative Woods Award and one Master Teacher Trophy. This event, when the traditional categories were replaced by the first, second and third places, showed typologies of products with new possibilities of use and pieces with different applications within living spaces. The winners are projects by designers from Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay

The Salão Design Award is the most representative product design award in Latin America having received 14,213 thousand entries along its history. The director of Salão Design, Eduardo Nuncio, points out that the idea evolved at a crucial moment for the national furniture industry in 1988 - when the country faced an economic crisis and there was a demand for competitive advantages to resume the consumption of furniture. "In these 30 years, we have created a genuine exchange environment between competitors, the organizers and the judging panel. Many of the leading names in Brazilian design today were revealed due to the award, which has broadened its scope in Latin America," he says.

The 2018 award judging panel consists of designers Brunno Jahara, Bruno Faucz, Letícia Grisa, Nicole Tomazi in addition to Salvatore Figliuzzi from Germany. For Brunno Jahara, the group of winners presents a certain unity of concepts, with pieces that show an improvement in the understanding of the market and its trends. "I always encourage students, professionals and designers to enter the competition with their pieces, because it is a good way to improve their production quality,  recognizing the real value of a good project," he points out.

In addition to cash prizes and honorable mentions, the Salão Design Award recognizes the work of design professors who supervise their students by giving the Mater Teacher Trophy - this year awarded to Professor Gabriel Deber, from the University School of Design, Montevideo, for the Mesa Quebrada project, by the student Agustín dos Santos Farias. Another special category is the Alternative Woods Award, promoted in partnership with the Brazilian Forest Service, which awards the best piece of the edition made from wood considered not widely used by the timber industry. As an award for Penteadeira Nena, the Em2 Design studio based in Rio de Janeiro will be given an expedition to the Forest Products Laboratory in Brasilia and sustainable forest management areas in Rondônia.

Sponsored by Berneck and Interprint, the competition changed its award dynamics this year. Instead of the traditional categories such as furniture for living rooms and home accessories, each class (Student, Professional and Industry / Retail) will have first, second and third places, in addition to the three super-awards for the best products of the competition, regardless of their class. The placement of the winners, however, will be a surprise that will be disclosed only in March, during  Movelsul Brasil 2018 - when the award ceremony and product show will take place, from March 12 - 15, at Parque de Eventos in Bento Gonçalves. In August, the award winning products  will be exhibited during the DW! São Paulo Design Weekend, at  High Design - Home & Office Expo.

For more information, visit www.salaodesign.com.br and www.movelsulbrasil.com.br.

Awards – in alphabetic order

Students:

Coleção Diagonal, designed by Gabriel Paim Barbeiro (Universidade de Caxias do Sul/Caxias do Sul RS)

Inspired by simple lines, grouped, inclined and also arranged in parallel, used as a base and structure for lamps.

Mesa Quebrada, designed by Agustín dos Santos Farias (Escuela Universitaria Centro de Diseño/Montevideo) and the Master Teacher Award to Gabriel Deber

Small occasional piece made from iron rods. As simple as that. The piece design is constructed from the empty spaces between its rods.

Poltrona Flor, designed by Artur de Menezes Fernandes (Universidade Norte do Paraná/Londrina PR)

The result of studies about forms and fluid lines.

Professionals:

Biblioteca Latorna, designed by Marcela Coppari and Agustín Barrionuevo (Cordoba/Argentina)

Open system that can be adapted to different configurations. It consists of just two elements: columns and shelves.

HUM, designed by Federico Mujica Iturria and Carolina Arias Bianchi, Muar Diseño (Montevideo/UY)

Lightweight, it is made of oak and coated with natural fibers. Available in three sizes:  sofa, 3-seater sofa and chaise longue.

Linha Zina, designed by Zanini de Zanine, Studio Zanini (Rio de Janeiro/RJ)

Line inspired by Brazilian iron furniture from the 1950s, combining a mix of contrasting materials such as carbon steel, fabric and solid wood.

Luminária Costureira, designed by André Ferri (Belo Horizonte/MG)

Handmade lamp with a tube that can be rotated 360º to control its brightness.

Poltrona Lina, designed by Leo and Fernanda Mangiavacchi, Fantástico Studio di Design (Rio de Janeiro/RJ)

Featuring a structure that combines metal and wood, it results in a mixture of lightness and sensorial richness.

Varanda: designed by Menini Nicola and Bernardo Senna (Montevideo/UY)

The Varanda line creates urban gardens considering the small living spaces that surround us. The collection consists of a flower box, benches and tables.

Industry:

Mesa Falésia, Lider Interiores (Carmo do Cajuru/MG) designed by Amélia Tarozzo, Camila Fix, Flávia Pagotti Silva and Rejane Carvalho Leite – Plataforma 4

Structure in solid wood and laminated top.  Special mention to the crack in the center with marquetry work at the ends

Mini Nadda, Iluminar (Belo Horizonte/MG) designed by Francisco Esteban Terroba

Its main design feature, in addition to its reduced dimensions, is the tilting system for manual vertical adjustment.

O2 talheres, Alma Design d’Auteur (Curitiba/PR) designed by José Manuel Carvalho Araújo

With dual function - chopstick + fork/knife - this set is made of cast 316 stainless steel.

Alternative Woods Award

Penteadeira Nena, designed by Mariana Beting Ferrarezi and Roberto Hercowitz, Em2 Design (Rio de Janeiro/RJ)

Built to be a dresser, Nena features a backlit mirror with led strips and bezel trim, drawers with multiple compartments to accommodate objects. Identified wood: Cariniana SP and laminate

Honorable Mentions

Castiçal Veleiro, designed by Giuliano Perretto and Max Kampa, Ventura Lab (Curitiba/PR)

Is Vela for lighting or sail? This Salão Design Award finalist plays with the Portuguese double meaning of the word Vela.

F.LY, designed by Andrea Bezerra de Carvalho Macruz, Nolii (São Paulo/SP)

Bold, the F.LY lamp is a representation of the ramifications of a non-symmetrical leaf. It is made of special paper with neutral PH, which prevents yellowing and increases the durability of the piece

Hoop Lamp, designed by Daniel Simonini and Niccolo Adolini, Adolini+Simonini for Martinelli Luce (São Paulo/SP)

This table lamp pays homage to Angelo Mangiarotti, by giving a new interpretation of the Eros table, designed by the Italian master in the 1970s.