On January 29, Flanders DC announced the new Henry van de Velde Gold Award Winners of 2019. These \u201cOscars\u201d for good design are the oldest design awards in our country and take place every year at BOZAR Brussels. Last year the Limburg designers and design companies performed particularly well. Topping this was not going to be easy. An overview of the winners.<\/p>\n
The professional jury presented 12 awards. The Lifetime Achievement award went to Vincent Van Duysen<\/strong> this year. The architect-designer – also artistic director at the Italian label Molteni & C – received the award for his oeuvre and his refined aesthetic vision. Bart Lens was honoured with this award last year.<\/p>\n Company of this year is De Zetel<\/strong>. This West Flemish family business specializes in the production of chairs. Their collection also includes designs by Studio Segers. The design award for Young Talent did not go to one promising designer, but to a collective: BRUT Collective<\/strong>. In it we find some links to our Province, because in addition to Ben Storm, Charlotte Jonckheer, Linde Freya Tangelder and Nel Verbeke, C\u00e9dric Etienne (Studio Corkinho)<\/strong> and Bram Vanderbeke<\/strong> are also part of the collective.<\/p>\n C\u00e9dric Etienne laid the foundation in 2013 for his Studio Corkinho as a laureate of MARKED, the talent-coaching program of the city of Genk and the Province of Limburg. Bram Vanderbeke is involved in FORMAT, the new guidance program of Z33 and successor of Applied. Bram Vanderbeke will be responsible for the scenography of the FORMAT exhibition that will open this autumn in the brand new Z33 building.<\/p>\n