NEXT JENERATION JEWELLERY TALENT CONTEST 2016
AWARDS TO THE BEST INTERNATIONAL TALENTS, IN THE SPOTLIGHT AT THE TEMPORARY EXHIBITION ON THE THEME “JEWELLERY AND TRAVEL” AT THE JEWELLERY MUSEUM, VICENZA
Vicenza, 3-7 September 2016 - On the occasion of VICENZAORO September, the winners of the Next Jeneration Jewellery Talent Contest 2016, the fifth edition of the contest dedicated to young designers under 30, organised by Fiera di Vicenza in conjunction with the School of Design of the Polytechnic University of Milan, were awarded.
The 5 winners (3 prizes and 2 special mentions) come from the most prestigious international schools (EcoleBoulle in Paris; Design Hochschule Pforzheim in Germany;Technology University Eindhoven in Holland;FIT, New York;Loughborough University in England; College for Creative Studies in Detroit, Michigan;Shenkar University, Tel Aviv; Hong Kong Design Centre;HES-SO Geneva;Florida International University and the Polytechnic University of Milan). They were selected by a jury of experts officiated by Gijs Bakker - Designer and Founder of Droog Design and Chi ha paura…? - and it’s composed of: Luisa Bocchietto, Designer and former President of ADI - Industrial Design Association -Alba Cappellieri, Jewellery Design Professor at the Polytechnic University of Milan, Marco Romanelli, Designer, andPilar Coin, Marketing Director of Roberto Coin S.p.A. and Past President of Women Jewelry Association Italy.
The winners were chosen because of their creative and valid interpretations of this year’s theme “Jewellery and Travel”, understood as inspiration - symbolic or real - as well as a narrative metaphor that may refer to an interior journey, to geography or even to a production process.
The award ceremony was presented during the opening evening of VICENZAORO. The winnerwasIsottaScarpa,that was rewarded by Matteo Marzotto, President of Fiera di Vicenza, for her “Travel Shapes”: an elegant design that compares the past with the contemporary, using language and materials to understand the concept. The Right Hon. Ivan Scalfarotto, Undersecretary of State at the Ministry for Economic Development, presented the award for the second place, the talent Bhawna Bhatia D’Anella, for “Travel Notes”: an interesting research to rediscover gestures that are disused and to make functional an object, as the jewel, that is purely decorative. The third place, Alessio Lu, wasrewardedby the President of Rimini Fiera, Lorenzo Cagnoni,for “Reflecto”: a project with a strongly symbolic value, in which the subtraction of shapes accentuates the value of the design.
The Jury also thought that it was appropriate to give a special mention to OriaForsher, awarded by Jury President, Gijs Bakker, for “Inspired by Kandiski” with which she was able to express her ability to integrate art within the project. CorradoFacco, Managing Director of Fiera di Vicenza, presented the award for the second special mention, designated toSilvia di Napoli for “On the Silk Road”, a combination of cutting-edge techniques and inspiration from the past.
The winning works and those of the other finalists in the talent contest will be on show until January 2017 in the exhibition “Il Gioiello e ilViaggio - Jewellery and Travel”, curated by Alba Cappellieri and hosted by the Jewellery Museum, a projectdevised and run by Fiera di Vicenza in partnership with the Municipal authority of Vicenza, in the Palladian Basilica.
For more information on the Jewellery Museum, see:
Open: from Tuesday to Friday, from 15.00 to 19.00;On Saturday and on Sunday, from 11.00 to 19.00
Full price tickets cost 6 euros, concessions, 4 euros.
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About Fiera di Vicenza
Fiera di Vicenza is one of the world’s leading company for organizing trade fairs and is one of the most dynamic players at global level. It is ranked as the world’s top player for the gold and jewellery industry, thanks to its VICENZAORO trade show, a brand now exported to the most important international fairs: Hong Kong, Las Vegas, Mumbai and Dubai. The event VICENZAORO DUBAI, organised by DV Global Link, the joint venture between Fiera di Vicenza and the Dubai World Trade Centre, is now an established B2B platform of excellence and a strategic hub for the world jewellery trade.Another mark of Fiera di Vicenza’s commitment to promoting the cultural sphere of jewellery is the Jewellery Museum, a permanent museum space of 410 square metres located in the Palladian Basilica, an UNESCO heritage monument from 1994. It is the first museum in Italy to be entirely dedicated to jewellery and is a project devised and managed by Fiera di Vicenza, in partnership with the Municipality of Vicenza.
The expertise and excellent know-how of Fiera di Vicenza also cover lifestyle & innovation events for different sectors: style and comfort for the home, hunting, target sports and individual protection, fishing, outdoor sports, exhibitions and ateliers dedicated to creative crafting, tech innovations for the medical and pharmaceuticals sector, cars and bicycles, universal tourism and religion, with furnishings, liturgical items and components for religious buildings. As well as being a Business Hub, Fiera di Vicenza is also a Cultural Hub, promoting Made in Italy business culture, the circulation of ideas and information to boost the economic system with specific focus on social responsibility in business.
Fiera di Vicenza is also an expert interlocutor for conferences and conventions, a role that has been reinforced thanks to the redevelopment works inside the Exhibition centre. In 2015 the Conference Centre hosted 58 events at national and international lleve, recording a growth in turnover of 16%.
In 2015 Fiera di Vicenza directly organised 17 international and national events in the Jewellery and Lifestyle & Innovation sectors. It hosted 7 Events organised by third parties in its Congress Centre and Halls and set up 58 Conventions, Assemblies, Meetings, Events and Seminars. A total of over 5,200 exhibitors from Italian manufacturing districts and from about 60 foreign countries, plus 37,000 buyers from jewellery trade exhibitions from 130 countries. More than 550,000 people have come to the events organised by Fiera di Vicenza.
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