Let’s Design, the competition of ideas for designers and interior architects working in Italy promoted by Cosentino, a leader in the global market for innovative and technologically advanced surfaces for the design world, has made a comeback.
How can an innovative material be used in an unconventional way? Let's Design was created as a challenge the company issued to designers inviting them to explore the potential of Dekton's ultra-compact slabs to develop an idea and to prototype original and striking furniture and furnishings in one of the four new categories of public and private spaces in the call for proposals: Contract: Offices, Retail and Culture; Ho.Re.Ca.: Hotels, Restaurants and Bars; Yachting: Recreational motor and sailing boats; Wellness: SPA and B2B + B2C Fitness.
The star of the new call for proposals is the Dekton® Kode stone 2023 collection developed together with the designer Daniel Germani, inspired by Vicenza stone, Travertine marble and Ceppo di Grè.
Travertine Kode - Marmorio - Surfaces Details - Dekton Cosentino Antonio Citterio is the impartial judge of this second edition of the contests, called on to evaluate the candidates and to elect the 4 winning projects.
«The contest is an excellent opportunity to showcase the creativity of young talents by experimenting with an innovative material from the Cosentino Group to create new design solutions».
Antonio Citterio, architect and president of architecture and design firm ACPV ARCHITECTS Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel.
The designer of the collection, Daniel Germani, is the Jury President who will assess the technical feasibility of submitted projects.
«This contest is an extraordinary opportunity. It is a dream come true to discover the potential that Kode Stone will achieve in the projects created by designers and architects involved in this contest.»
Daniel Germani, creative director and founder of Daniel Germani Designs
Daniel Germani - Let'sDesign - Cosentino Contest 2023
The projects are then anonymously submitted to the Jury composed of experts and qualified professionals from the worlds of design and architecture.
Contest timeline and stages:
> by April 16, 2023: contest entry. Interested parties should fill out the entry form available on the contest website, and select the area of interest for the development of their project. They will also need to submit a portfolio attesting to their professional expertise.
> by June 12: submission of works.
> by July 20: finalist selection. The jury will announce 3 finalists in each category, for a total of 12 projects that will come to life in augmented reality to enable the final round of voting.
> April 2024: presentation of the prototypes of the 4 wining projects during Milan Design Week. Exhibition at the Cosentino showroom in Piazza Fonatana 6, Milan.
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