Design Prize Switzerland
The Swiss Design Prize has been awarded since 1991 and, alongside the Federal Design Competition, is the leading design prize in Switzerland . As an association, the Swiss Design Prize was organizationally linked to the founding main initiator Design Center Langenthal AG. In 2018, Michel Hueter, Raphael Rossel and Urs Stampfli took over the sponsorship regardless of the previous connection.
The prize is awarded every two years as an award for “outstanding Swiss design”. The two-stage competition with nomination and award is aimed at Swiss designers, brands, companies and institutions that work here or abroad. Foreign designers who study, work or work for Swiss companies in Switzerland are also admitted.
Products as well as research projects, processes, concepts and projects from all relevant design disciplines are awarded. Diploma theses are represented as well as trademarks, producers or institutes.
The nomination teams and the jury see design as the result of an integrated development process that uses the opportunities along the value chain and thus develops added value.
Award winners
- 2017/18
- Hotel Spitex / Claire & George (Design Leadership Prize: Focus Aging Society)
- EC250 Giruno from Stadler Rail and Nose AG (Design Leadership Prize: Focus Aging Society)
- Light frieze on the new building of the Kunstmuseum Basel / Christ & Gantenbein (Communication Design)
- Ottolinger / Christa Bösch, Cosima Gadient (Fashion Design)
- Stabellö / Röthlisberger Collection and tna design studio (Furniture Design)
- Malvaux «No. 1 »/ Thilo Alex Brunner (Product - Consumer Goods)
- SaphirKeramik / Laufen Bathrooms AG (Product - Investment Goods)
- SteriLux / Jordane Vernet (Rado Star Prize Switzerland for Young Talents)
- HOUSE 1 / ALICE Studio (Research)
- 2015/16 (selection)
- DOING FASHION PAPER / Institute of Fashion Design (Communication Design)
- USM Privacy Panels / atelier oï (Furniture Design)
- Krönlihalle Bar / Collective Krönlihalle (Spatial)
- Leggero ENSO / Tribecraft AG (Product - Consumer Goods)
- Ampoules LMP / Renaud Defrancesco (Sustainable Impact Prize)
- 2013/14 (selection)
- Reports / Moiré Grafik GmbH (Communication Design)
- On / Thilo Alex Brunner (Product Design - Market)
- Chantal Prod`Hom (Merit)
- 2011/12 (selection)
- Markus and Daniel Freitag (Merit)
- 2009/10 (selection)
- Albert Kriemler (Merit)
- 2007/08 (selection)
- Pierre Keller (Merit)
- 2005/06 (selection)
- Rolf Fehlbaum (Merit)
- 2003/04 (selection)
- Martin Heller (Merit)
jury
Mirko Borsche Kim Colin Demna Gvasalia Alfredo Häberli Doreen Lorenzo Wolfgang K. Meyer-Hayoz Nils Holger Moormann