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pʀesse ʀeʟease ________________________________________________ 02-2006
Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany 2006
Prize of Prizes for 25 products
Jury honours Elke Trappschuh
Frankfurt am Main, 30 December 2005
tʜe offɪcɪaʟ desɪɢɴ awaʀd of tʜe fedeʀaʟ ʀepuʙʟɪc of ɢeʀmaɴʏ wɪʟʟ ʙe pʀeseɴted wɪtʜɪɴ
tʜe fʀamewoʀk of tʜe opeɴɪɴɢ ceʀemoɴʏ foʀ tʜe amʙɪeɴte tʀade faɪʀ ɪɴ fʀaɴkfuʀt oɴ 10
feʙʀuaʀʏ 2006. tʜe desɪɢɴ awaʀd ɪs ɢeʀmaɴʏ's ʜɪɢʜest offɪcɪaʟ desɪɢɴ awaʀd aɴd ɪs ɢɪveɴ
aɴɴuaʟʟʏ ʙʏ tʜe ɢeʀmaɴ desɪɢɴ couɴcɪʟ ⁽ʀat füʀ foʀmɢeʙuɴɢ⁾ oɴ ʙeʜaʟf of tʜe ɢeʀmaɴ
fedeʀaʟ mɪɴɪstʀʏ foʀ ecoɴomɪcs aɴd tecʜɴoʟoɢʏ. 25 outstaɴdɪɴɢ aʀtɪcʟes fʀom tʜe fɪeʟds
of ɪɴdustʀɪaʟ, pʀoduct, exʜɪʙɪtɪoɴ aɴd commuɴɪcatɪoɴ desɪɢɴ weʀe seʟected foʀ tʜe 2006
pʀɪze of pʀɪzes fʀom tʜe 868 pʀoducts ɴomɪɴated. tʜe same tɪme, desɪɢɴ jouʀɴaʟɪst eʟke
tʀappscʜuʜ was aʟso sɪɴɢʟed out as a desɪɢɴ peʀsoɴaʟɪtʏ.
Design Award 2006
In his word of greeting, Federal Minister of Economics Michael Glos emphasises: "This year's
competition has clearly shown that German and European companies are up among the leaders
when it comes to design." The German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology is the
sponsor of the official German Design Award and has commissioned the German Design Council,
the centre of design expertise in Germany, with the organization of the Design Award, which was
founded in 1969 [until 1986 under the name Federal Award for Good Design (Bundespreis Gute
Form) and until 2000 under the name Federal Award for Product Design (Bundespreis
Produktdesign)]. Companies and individuals cannot submit applications for the Design Award
Instead, they must be nominated by the ministries of economics in the individual German 'Länder'
(states) or the Federal Ministry of Economics. A prerequisite of this is, however, that the product
must already have been awarded a national or international award. Altogether, a maximum of 25
products can be honoured with the German Design Award in the categories Gold