The DOEN | Materiaalprijs wants to come up with answers to the issues facing contemporary society, where innovation and sustainability play a central role. By improving today’s world, you are building the society of tomorrow. And this needs new materials and innovative technologies with the ability to improve the quality of everyday objects, and raise design practice to the next level.
The DOEN | Materiaalprijs was created in 2009 to promote sustainable design practice where the core values of innovation and sustainability go hand in hand with style and functionality. This annual prize intends to mobilise everyone at the cutting edge of art and design to devise new ways and means of designing for a sustainable future.
The DOEN | Materiaalprijs awards two prizes. The sum of #8364; 15,000 for a final product and an incentive prize of #8364; 5,000 for an idea that has not yet been put into production.
Participation
Submissions are welcome from all designers, visual artists, fashion designers and architects living and working in the Netherlands. The closing date for entries is 10 September 2010. An expert committee will select fifteen to eighteen designs from the work submitted.
Exhibition and prize-giving
The selected works will be presented in a separate exhibition during Dutch Design Week, held from 23 to 31 October in Eindhoven. The chosen designs will first be displayed in the Centre for Sustainable Excellence in Eindhoven where an expert three-person jury will select the winners. The two winners will be announced during the opening of Dutch Design Week, on 23 October 2010.The DOEN | Materiaalprijs is jointly organised by the Materiaalfonds voor Beeldende Kunst en Vormgeving and Stichting DOEN.
NEWSITEMS
GENERAL
A good design idea defies categorisation. Sustainable design and the innovative use of materials are just as hard to pin down. Over the last decade, this terrain has seen the evolution of an astonishing array of potentials and ideas. Attitudes and ideas as surprising as they are innovative: recycling, upcycling, ecodesign, cradle to cradle, biomicry and superuse to name but a few. The Doen | Materiaalprijs seeks to promote thinking outside the box, inviting projects and designs from across the disciplines: we challenge designers and artists to come up with and submit an idea within their area of expertise that makes explicit use of existing or new sustainable materials and cutting-edge technology. A design that reflects the world we’re living in, and offers an integrated vision that can act as a basis for a sustainable future. Work that inspires, and which can help create the world of tomorrow, today.
REGISTRATION
The registration form sets out a few pointers and tips that might be useful in developing a successful project. The terms and conditions of the contest can also be found on the registration form.The competition is open to all designers, artists, fashion designers and architects living and working in the Netherlands. The closing date for entries is 10 September 2010. An expert committee will select fifteen to eighteen designs from the submitted proposals.
NOMINATION COMMITTEE
The committee '10 comprises:
Rianne Makkink
Designer, architect, Studio Makkink & Bey
Simone de Waart
Founder and managing director Material Sense
Chris Kabel
Designer, winner DOEN | Materiaalprijs 2009
Marina Toeters
Fashion designer, founder and managing director by-wire.net
Tejo Remy
Designer
Edo Dijksterhuis
Managing director Art Amsterdam
Berend Aanraad
Managing director ICSE (International Center of Sustainable Excellence)
JURY
The jury '10 comprises:
Wijtse Rodenburg
Designer, lecturer at the Design Academy Eindhoven
Dorothea Seebode
Senior director Sustainability, Philips Research
Arno van Roosmalen
Managing director Stroom, The Hague
WINNERS
CHRIS KABEL
Seam Chair
HELEEN KLOPPER
Wool Filler
NOMINATIONS
MARJAN VAN AUBEL
China Cabinet
FIOEN VAN BALGOOI
I.S.M. BERBER SOEPBOER
Fragment Textiles
MARIA BLAISSE
Moving Meshes
CELESTINE BRIËT
Beleaf, bird houses made out of leaves
DIDIER DORVAL
Bagazo, chaise
BRAM GEENEN
Gaudi Stool
JENNIFER DE JONGE
Yana
MIEKE MEYER WITH
DESIGNER LABEL VIJ5
NewspaperWood
ATELIER NL
(NADINE STERK AND
CONNY VAN RIJSWIJCK)
Formed from Clay
DINAND STUFKENS
KAZMOK re-use
SAARA VALLINEVA
Jupperi, My grandparents' house
JAN ERIC VISSER
Aquadine Sculpture
2012ARCHITECTEN
Wikado
ALDO BAKKER
Side Table
ARCHITECTENBUREAU CEPEZED
Canvas: second skin façade
Jurystatement '09
The DOEN | Materiaalprijs 2009, launched by the Materiaalfonds voor Beeldende Kunst en Vormgeving and Stichting DOEN, challenged designers and artists to come up with a project or idea combining sustainability and innovative materials, beauty and functionality. The prize, awarded this year for the first time, seeks to promote the sustainable and innovative use of materials in the fine arts, design, fashion and architecture. A playground of discarded windmill sails, a chair of sugar-beet waste, wood made out of newspapers or a bird house of fallen autumn leaves: the organisers were astonished at the number and quality of the entries. The nomination commission selected seventeen designs from a total of seventy eight submissions.The jury (which consisted of Ursula Tischner, Ruud Koonstra and Arnout Visser) was then faced with the difficult task of picking two winners from the seventeen nominated designs. They feel that the seventeen contending projects showed an extraordinary fusion of fine art, design, fashion and architecture and approached sustainable material use from different vantage points. The jury based its final decision on four criteria: sustainability, innovation, aesthetics and use. A number of the nominated projects met the aesthetics criterion but the jury found that they did not fully satisfy the new requirements that apply to sustainable design. In other projects, the materials were innovative but the application still needed improvement.
All of the nominated designs deserve to be exhibited. The knowledge and insights utilised can inspire crucial ground-breaking progress in sustainability and in the innovative use of materials in fine art, design, fashion and architecture.
The winners
'Technique bursting with potential'The € 15,000 prize goes to Chris Kabel with Seam Chair / Seam Bench. ‘Chris Kabel’s project is original, ingenious and shows great potential. He used just one material for his product: polypropylene, which is cheap, non-toxic and fully recyclable. Using an innovative technique, Kabel is able to transform this material into a lightweight yet sturdy chair.
For sustainable innovation in the future, it is crucial that objects consist of a single material. This makes recycling simpler and means there’s no loss of quality (which tends to be the case with multiple materials). The technique Kabel uses is energy- saving and produces a super-lightweight material that can replace extremely environmentally-damaging materials like glass and carbon fibre. Resourceful designers who are able to combine know-how and vision and who employ unorthodox methods are vital to innovation.
The jury was particularly impressed by the potential of the innovative technology. A low- tech approach produces high-tech possibilities. The jury firmly believes that this technique can be applied to numerous other processes and hopes the prize will encourage Chris Kabel to continue developing his technique and researching new applications.
'Effective, fun and simple'
The € 5,000 incentive prize goes to Heleen Klopper with Wool Filler.
'Her design is brilliant in its simplicity. By using the unique qualities of wool - it attaches itself automatically to a surface by means of minute scales - she developed a D-I-Y kit that anyone can use. It’s an easy and original way to repair the holes in woollen garments, rugs, curtains or other textile products. Even the clumsiest person will have no problem using it!
Repairing clothing and other fabric products is an incredibly sustainable activity because it extends the life of sweaters or rugs. You could see wool filler as '21st-century darning'. Granny would be proud! It's amusing, decorative and effective. And the results are unique. And on top of this, it's fun to do: the members of the jury played with the Wool Filler and enjoyed experimenting with it.'
Fore more information and press images please contact Francine Mendelaar
info@doen-materiaalprijs.nl
P 020 6255112
M 06 479 348 75
PRESSRELEASES
DOEN | Materiaalprijs '10 (pdf, English)
For the sustainable and innovative use of materials
Materiaalfonds
PO Box 14625
1001 LC Amsterdam
T 020 6255112
GSM 06 479 348 75
(Francine Mendelaar)
info@doen-materiaalprijs.nl
Initiative
Materiaalfonds (for visual arts and design)
DOEN Foundation
Organisation
Francine Mendelaar (Materiaalfonds)
Yu-Lan van Alphen (DOEN Foundation)
Steve Elbers (DOEN Foundation)
Production
Deneuve Cultural Projects
(Taco de Neef en Daniël Bouw)
The Schepper Campagnes
Communication
Xerva Blom (DOEN Foundation)
Graphic design
Marjolijn Stappers
English translation
Lisa Holden
Web development
Joris Lindhout
Asiff
www.asiff.nl
BNA
www.bna.nl
BNO
www.bno.nl
Centre for Sustainable Design
www.cfsd.org.uk
Dutch Design Week
www.ddw.nl
De Groene Offerte
www.groeneofferte.nl
Design.nl
www.design.nl
Ecosustainable HUB
www.ecosustainable.com.au
ICSE
www.icse.nl
Limburgse Design Associatie
www.lda.nl
Materiaalfonds voor Beeldende Kunst en Vormgeving
www.materiaalfonds.nl
Materia
www.materia.nl
Material Sense
www.materialsense.com
Material Matters
www.materialmatters.nl
Nieuwe producten ontwerpen
www.nieuweproductenbedenken.nl
O2 Nederland
www.o2nederland.org
Stichting DOEN
www.doen.nl
Tijdschrift kM
www.tijdschrift-km.eu
Tuttobene
www.tuttobene.nl
Utrecht Manifest
www.utrechtmanifest.nl
When developing the Seam Chair and Seam Bench Chris Kabel worked with Materials Lab of the Air and Space Faculty at the TU Delft and composites manufacturer Lankhorst Indutech in Sneek. Chris Kabel used the material Pure, which is a 100% woven polypropylene textile (PP threads) with an internal core that melts at around 180 degrees C and an outside that melts at 130 degrees C. At the right temperature, the outer layer melts, fixing the remaining fibres. The result is an extremely hard recyclable material in contrast to the glass fibre-reinforced plastics currently used in the (furnishings) industry.
Because Pure is a textile before it hardens, it can be stitched. Chris Kabel stitched the textile into a bag in the shape of a hollow chair, filling it with sand during production to give it shape; you don’t need a mould to produce it. It then goes into an oven where it's fired a 130 degrees C for about an hour. This melts the fibres together. The sand is released through a hole, leaving an ultra-light chair or sofa.
The objective of this prototype chair is to show you don't need epoxy resin and glass fibres or carbon to produce a feather-light and super-strong construction that is 100% recyclable.
Wool Filler A new solution for an old problem
Wool filler to help darn textiles was devised to repair a hole in a woollen cardigan. Holes in woollen clothing are rarely clean tears - they are often frayed, laddered or surrounded by worn areas. This difference in the density and weave of the fabric is an ideal basis for felt which, as a non-woven textile easily adheres to any open structure. The unusual thing about felt is that it attaches itself automatically to a surface by means of minute scales. So, when felt is used to repair a hole, something new is created: a new section of fabric.
Wool filler exists in the form of a workshop and as a D-I-Y package (various balls of wool in diverse colours, a piece of foam rubber and two special needles). It's so easy, even the clumsiest person can get going straight away. In the past, holes in woollen garments were darned by hand. Nowadays that rarely happens; the item of clothing is thrown away. Repairing clothes plays an import role in helping create a sustainable environment.
Roelof Mulder - chairman
Artist, designer
Tom van der Horst
Innovation & Sustainability Engineer with TNO, former industrial designer who was involved in the conception of ecodesign
Natasja Martens
Fashion designer
Jan Konings
Architect, designer
Jeffrey Prins
Expert sustainability, DOEN Foundation
The jury '09 comprised:
Ursula Tischner
Founder of Econcept in Cologne and lecturer in sustainable product design at the Design Academy Eindhoven
Ruud Koonstra
Sustainable entrepreneur/founder and director of Tendris
Arnout Visser
Form-finder and designer
Jurystatement '09
The DOEN | Materiaalprijs 2009, launched by the Materiaalfonds voor Beeldende Kunst en Vormgeving and Stichting DOEN, challenged designers and artists to come up with a project or idea combining sustainability and innovative materials, beauty and functionality. The prize, awarded this year for the first time, seeks to promote the sustainable and innovative use of materials in the fine arts, design, fashion and architecture. A playground of discarded windmill sails, a chair of sugar-beet waste, wood made out of newspapers or a bird house of fallen autumn leaves: the organisers were astonished at the number and quality of the entries. The nomination commission selected seventeen designs from a total of seventy eight submissions.The jury (which consisted of Ursula Tischner, Ruud Koonstra and Arnout Visser) was then faced with the difficult task of picking two winners from the seventeen nominated designs. They feel that the seventeen contending projects showed an extraordinary fusion of fine art, design, fashion and architecture and approached sustainable material use from different vantage points. The jury based its final decision on four criteria: sustainability, innovation, aesthetics and use. A number of the nominated projects met the aesthetics criterion but the jury found that they did not fully satisfy the new requirements that apply to sustainable design. In other projects, the materials were innovative but the application still needed improvement.
All of the nominated designs deserve to be exhibited. The knowledge and insights utilised can inspire crucial ground-breaking progress in sustainability and in the innovative use of materials in fine art, design, fashion and architecture.
The winners
'Technique bursting with potential'The € 15,000 prize goes to Chris Kabel with Seam Chair / Seam Bench. ‘Chris Kabel’s project is original, ingenious and shows great potential. He used just one material for his product: polypropylene, which is cheap, non-toxic and fully recyclable. Using an innovative technique, Kabel is able to transform this material into a lightweight yet sturdy chair.
For sustainable innovation in the future, it is crucial that objects consist of a single material. This makes recycling simpler and means there’s no loss of quality (which tends to be the case with multiple materials). The technique Kabel uses is energy- saving and produces a super-lightweight material that can replace extremely environmentally-damaging materials like glass and carbon fibre. Resourceful designers who are able to combine know-how and vision and who employ unorthodox methods are vital to innovation.
The jury was particularly impressed by the potential of the innovative technology. A low- tech approach produces high-tech possibilities. The jury firmly believes that this technique can be applied to numerous other processes and hopes the prize will encourage Chris Kabel to continue developing his technique and researching new applications.
'Effective, fun and simple'
The € 5,000 incentive prize goes to Heleen Klopper with Wool Filler.
'Her design is brilliant in its simplicity. By using the unique qualities of wool - it attaches itself automatically to a surface by means of minute scales - she developed a D-I-Y kit that anyone can use. It’s an easy and original way to repair the holes in woollen garments, rugs, curtains or other textile products. Even the clumsiest person will have no problem using it!
Repairing clothing and other fabric products is an incredibly sustainable activity because it extends the life of sweaters or rugs. You could see wool filler as '21st-century darning'. Granny would be proud! It's amusing, decorative and effective. And the results are unique. And on top of this, it's fun to do: the members of the jury played with the Wool Filler and enjoyed experimenting with it.'
