Winners DME Award 2009!

At the DME Award Ceremony on the 22nd of October an international public of business representatives, members of the international design and design management community and policy makers gathered in De Machinekamer at Strijp S - a hot spot for the post-industrial creativity which Eindhoven embodies - to award and celebrate the DME Award 2009 winners and honourable mentions.

The competition is the first of its kind to award the management contribution of successful design, and provides a review of the current state of the art of design management for managers, designers and researchers to learn from. The DME Awards have already been referred to as the "Oscars for design management", being a recognition of excellent quality and successful design management.

Therefore, we proudly present the winners and honourable mentions of the DME Award 2009:

MICRO COMPANIES

Winner:
VanMoof, The Netherlands

Honourable Mentions:
Alma Design, Portugal
Emme Italia, Italy
Kees, The Netherlands
Muzus, The Netherlands

SMALL COMPANIES

Winner:
Venrooy Cable Equipment, The Netherlands

Honourable Mentions:
Ilio, Turkey
Kundalini, Italy
MAM Babyartikel, Austria
Metalarte, Spain
ShadeLab, Italy

MEDIUM COMPANIES

Winners:
Royal VKB, Koninklijke Van Kempen & Begeer, The Netherlands
TemaHome, Portugal

Honourable Mentions:
GreenPan Europe, Belgium
International Innovation Company, The Netherlands

LARGE COMPANIES

Winner:
Trespa, The Netherlands

Honourable Mentions:
Achmea, The Netherlands
ArcelorMittal, Luxembourg
Contour Premium Aircraft Seating, UK
Getronics, The Netherlands
LEGO Group, Denmark
Rabobank Nederland, The Netherlands
Vlisco, The Netherlands
VOX Industrie, Poland

PUBLIC/NON-PROFIT

Winner:
MyMachine, Belgium

Honourable Mentions:
Centre d'Intervention Dudelange, Luxembourg
Défi-Job, Luxembourg
Provincie Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
T+Huis, The Netherlands

FIRST TIME DESIGN PROJECT

Winner:
Nomad Wheelchairs, UK

Honourable Mentions:
Cityroofs, The Netherlands
Eppelpress, Luxembourg
Hoppop, Belgium
Watt & Co, France

SUSTAINABILITY
This year a special DME Sustainablity Award was awarded to one of the nominees within all categories, by jury member Yasushi Kusume, vice-president at Philips Design.

Winner:
Cityroofs, The Netherlands

More information:
At the DME website the Book of Winners and Poster Displays of all winners and honourable mentions of the DME Award 2009 can be viewed. Click here >>

Date: 20-10-2009