Graphic designer Paul Boudens has received a Henry van de Velde award for his career. The Tomorrowland festival also goes home with an important design prize, just like the young designer Amandine David.
Graphic designer Paul Boudens shot the main bird at the Henry van de Velde awards, named after the designer of, among other things, the Ghent Boekentoren. Boudens won the lifetime achievement award for his thirty-year career and distinct graphic style. The jury describes him as ‘a passionate designer who dares to kick the shins’ and someone who ‘helped put the identity of the Belgian fashion sector on the map’. Boudens worked for Belgian fashion designers such as Olivier Theyskens, Jurgi Persoons and Walter van Beirendonck. He also designed posters for dance company Rosas.
The young talent award went to Amandine David, who received a cash prize of 10,000 euros. David mixes traditional crafts such as weaving and ceramic making with digital production, connecting ‘flawless craftsmanship and innovation’, according to the jury.
Tombstones
Dance festival Tomorrowland won the company award. ‘Tomorrowland has an international image and continues year after year in a strategy in which design, innovation, experience, organization and safety are inextricably linked,’ writes Flanders DC, which organizes the awards, in a press release.
In the ecodesign by Ovam category, the jury awarded Resortecs by Cédric Vanhoeck. Vanhoeck and his company innovated the fashion sector by developing reusable yarn. Resortecs is internationally known and has already worked with the sports chain Decathlon and the fashion chain Bershka.
Frontrescue van Studio Brussels Lof
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The public could also choose their favourite, and chose the Fontrescue project by Studio Brussels Lof. That saves and digitizes old letters on tombstones and buildings. Fontrescue also won the graphic award, one of nine project categories.
Thalys-interior
Gold in the business innovation category went tothe medical device Xeos aura 10 from Pars Pro Toto. The consumer award was won by the company My Add On with Myblanket, a rain cover for wheelchair users. In the crafts category, boat builder Koen De Gezelle was awarded for the design of Whaleboat 028, a five-person rowing boat for ocean trips.
Ledegem becomes Leaudegem.
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Textile designer Isabeau Goddé won the design research award for her research into the possibilities of fluff, a by-product of the textile industry. The design for the Virtual Museum of Flanders, created by Studio Dott for the Flemish government, won the prize for best digital product. The environment award went tothe innovative water purification system ‘Ledegem becomes Leaudegem!’ from Hellowater.
The modularly expandable pergola and shelter Miacabana by the Antwerp design agency iDNA won the habitat award. The space award went to Yellow Window and Matali Crasset for their sustainable interior renovation of Thalys trains.
Since 1994, the Henry van de Velde Awards, presented by Flanders DC, have put the spotlight on Flemish designers, companies, products, projects and services that provide design solutions with a positive impact on the economy and society.
