Stankowski Foundation
The Stankowski Foundation , based in Stuttgart, is a foundation that was founded in 1983 by Anton Stankowski .
The purpose is to highlight art and design as a unit and to overcome the strict classical division and separation of free and applied art and design.
As a result, at irregular intervals (previously every 2 years), awards are given to people or institutions who have promoted the connection between art and design in a special way, be it in art, design, science, technology or in other areas of society.
The prize money of up to € 25,000 is not paid out directly, but used for exhibitions and accompanying documentation.
Award winners have been:
- 1985: Almir Mavignier , artist and designer
- 1986: Willi Daume , President of the Organizing Committee of the Games of the XX. Olympics Munich 1972
- 1988: Hans Peter Hoch , graphic designer
- 1990: Wim Crouwel , Dutch designer and former director of the Boymans van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam
- 1993: Donald Judd , American artist and designer
- 1995: Erwin Heerich , sculptor and architect
- 1997: Ingo Günther , media artist
- 2000: Kunsthaus Bregenz for the museum concept
- 2001: Stefan Moses , photographer, honorary award for his life's work
- 2009: Atelier van Lieshout , Rotterdam
- 2014/2015: Kilian Stauss, Designer, Munich
After the death of the founder of the foundation Anton Stankowski in 1998, another goal of the foundation is to keep the memory of Anton Stankowski alive as a painter, graphic artist, photographer and author. Since the artist's death in 1998, the Stankowski Foundation has managed and looked after the extensive artistic estate, consisting of paintings, drawings, photographs, prints, advertising graphics and a library. Galleries and museums can borrow works from this collection for exhibitions.