Pure Talents Contest call for entries

 

Pure Talents Contest is open to young designers worldwide. Students and young graduates are invited to submit  designs for contemporary, sustainable living objects. The best 20 among them will be invited by the organiser to present their prototypes to the trade world at the international interiors trade fair imm cologne 2020.

The competition is run in conjunction with the international interiors trade fair imm cologne and invites young creatives from all around the world to enter. Last year 926 products by 756 designers from 69 nations were submitted. The contest is addressed to design students and graduates whose graduation is no more than three years behind them.

The jury includes designers Sebastian Herkner (Germany) and Philippe Malouin (United Kingdom), the Art Director of Cappellini, Giulio Cappellini (Italy), and the IDEAT editor Johannes Hünig, the head curator of the Design Museum Helsinki, Suvi Saloniemi.

Submissions close September 12, 2019. The jury will then view the submissions and select the 20 best products. These will be exhibited during imm cologne January 13 –19, 2020.

A first, second and third prize will be awarded, each endowed with 3,000, 2,000 and 1,000 Euro respectively. In addition to this, a  €1,000 Audience Prize will also be awarded.

Learn more at www.imm-cologne.com