FENNIA PRIZE 2007
Design is an integral aspect of business in both the manufacturing and service sectors alike. The Fennia Prize – Good design grows global is a competition for firms and companies rewarding the exemplary use and application of design in business – companies for which design is a central means of product development and brand construction. The prize is awarded every second year.
Since 2007 there have been two series in the competition: Product Design Series and Open Series, including, for example, business and service concepts and environments. Awarded in the competition are the Fennia Prize Grand Prix, Fennia Prize awards and Fennia Prize honorary mentions.
The registration period for the Fennia Prize 2007 competition was 1 May – 17 October 2006. Sixty-nine products and concepts were submitted to the competition. The preliminary jury, consisting of design professionals, selected 22 products and six service concepts for further consideration. The final selection was made by a jury of experts in design, business and the media. In addition to high-standard design, the criteria of the competition were usability, responsibility for the environment and society and impact on business.
The Fennia Prize Grand Prix, with a prize sum of € 15,000, went to the Rocla Humanic reach truck. Fennia Prizes of € 5,000 each were awarded to the Halti company for its Gompa and Fiber jackets and Green backpack, to the Huonekalutehdas Korhonen furniture factory for its Flip line of furniture, to the PaloDEx Group (Instrumentarium Dental) for its Orthopantomograph OP200 x-ray equipment, and to the PlusArkkitehdit architectural firm for its PlusHuvilat business concept for a range of leisure homes.
Honorary mentions went to Design House Idoli, Finnzymes, GE Healthcare, Hanna Korvela Design, Lundia, Marimekko, Nokia Corporation Networks, Nokia Corporation, original habitek works*, Rocla, Suunto, TAG Heuer, Tulikivi, Ursuk, Vivero and YTV – the Helsinki Metropolitan Area Council. The prizes include participation in the Fennia Prize exhibition.
The organizing bodies of the competition are Design Forum Finland and the Fennia Group. Design Forum Finland is also responsible for the practical arrangements of the competition. The Fennia Prize is donated by the Fennia Group. The media partner of Fennia Prize 2007 is Kauppalehti business newspaper.
Partners:
Fennia
Kauppalehti
Press release (with press images)
Prize jury
Net exhibition
Competition brief
Competition rules
