(PRIMAL) CHAIR

^7TH INTERNATIONAL DESIGN CONTEST 2021

 The Festival of Wood invites open applications to the 6th Industrial Design Competition.

We look for: Functional, modern wooden piece

»Most of us imagine forest as an oasis of peace and relaxation. A sound of rustling leaves, birds singing, pleasant forest scents relax and calm us. The question is whether a carefully designed piece of nature in the form of wood can create a feeling of homeliness and connection with nature?”  

So far 116 authors have participated at the international design contest (Primal) chair. They come from Slovenia, France, Serbia, Ukraine, Mexico, Italy, Croatia, Sweden, Ireland, Finland, Taiwan. Seventeen prototypes are the result of the past four contests. In the year 2017 the three awarded prototypes were promoted within the 25th Bienale of design (BIO 25) in Ljubljana.

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PRIZE AWARD COMPETITION Primal CHAIR 2020

35 contestants for Prastol applied for the competition. There were 26 applications from Slovenia, 3 applications from Hungary, 1 from Germany, 2 from India, 1 from Mexico, 1 from Romania, Poland / based in New Zealand. The first three winners are from Slovenia, and the fourth prize (special mention) is from Hungary. The selection of chairs took place on 9.9.2020. The jury consisted of 6 professional members. The members of the expert commission are: prof. Janez Suhadolc-architect, Rok Kuhar-architect and industrial designer, Natalija Lapajne-museum of architecture and design, Andrej Palman-ing. of woodworking, Doc. Mojca Perše-professor at the Faculty of Design, Albin Škalič, ing. woodworking, director of Murales. He was elected president of the jury. Natalija Lapajne. Selection of award-winning chairs:
1st place: author: Amadej Bezovšek, chair name: PRAMOD Chair, Slovenia,
2nd place: author: Gašper Fabijan, chair name: Kozolec, Slovenia,
3rd place: author: Andraž Rudi Vrhovšek, chair name: Hashtag, Slovenia,
SPECIAL MENTION: author: Bálint Szalai, chair name: Closer, Hungary