Expert Jury Selects Winners Of The 14th Design + Technology Awards

The winners for the 14th Materialica Design + Technology Award have been determined. At the beginning of September, the jury of experts selected the most interesting products and projects as winners from numerous submissions. In the special “Student” category, three student submissions from Germany, Canada and South Korea also have the chance to win € 1,500.

Imaginative products from companies and students

"We also had great contributions this year: These included optimization projects as well as a few submissions that represent real innovations at the core of their cause," said jury chair Prof. Christian Labonte, Manager Design Communications in the Design Strategy area at Audi. “We have seen a lot of new things in the basics, for example in terms of materials, in recent years. This continues in new products and applications. Some companies and some student submissions were very imaginative here,”continues Labonte. “Overall, the level was higher this year than in previous years. It was really difficult for us to ignore products,”says Robert Metzger, CEO of Munich Expo and organizer of the award.

The winners can now expect the announcement of the Silver, Gold and Best Of Awards in the four categories "Material", "Product" "Surface & Technology" "CO2 Efficiency" and the special category "Student". The official award ceremony for the award will take place on the first day of the E-Move 360 ​​° Europe trade fair on October 18, 2016. The TV journalist Jan Stecker (automobile, sports) moderates the event and receives musical support from the Munich-based singer Tim Peltzer.

Winner in the Material category

• Festo: DHAS adaptive gripper
• Georg Fischer Automotive: Simo 100
• Hydro Aluminum Rolled Products: All-Aluminum Light E-Body
• Liquidmetal Technologies: Liquidmetal Alloy LM-105
• Magment: Magment
• New materials Bayreuth: E-PBT
• Otto Bock: Adaptable prosthetic socket
• RUD: Ice Bolt
• Tedrive: plastic steering box
• Thyssen Krupp: Tribond 1200/1400

Winner in the “Surface & Technology” category

• Edag: Next Generation Spaceframe
• Grohe: Essence Foot Control
• I-TV Denkendorf: Bionic triple branch
• Konrad Hornschuch: Skai Transporter Collection
• Schaeffler: Sensotect
• The Size Surfaces: Neolith by The Size

Product Category Winner

• Ancorro: Sandcast
• Daimler: AMG GT R carbon torque tube
• Ebm-Pope: Diagonal compact module
• Lindberg: Lindberg Sun.

Winner in the “CO2 Efficiency” category

• Contitech Vibration Control: NAG 3 gear adapter
• Daimler: microsandwich
• Ebm Pope: Axicool

Student Student Winner

• Yujin Park (Hanseo University, South Korea): Air Audio
• Mark Tholen (OCAD University, Canada): Metal Grip / Press Laminated Timber
• Sedef Turhan (FH Hof Münchberg department): Aequalis et Varius

Members of the jury for the Materialoca Design + Technology Award 2016

• Chairman of the jury: Prof. Christian Labonte (Design Strategy, Manager Design Communications, Audi)
• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Volker Altstädt (CEO New Materials Bayreuth GmbH)
• Prof. Michael Lanz (Managing Partner, Designaffairs GmbH)
• Robert Metzger (Managing Director Munich Expo Veranstaltungs-GmbH)
• Prof. Peter Naumann (Dean University of Applied Sciences Munich, FB Industrial Design)
• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Karl Reiling (Landshut University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Forming and Joining Technology)
• Nina Saller (Director, Xbeyonds)

About the E-Move 360 ​​°

The E-Move 360 ​​° Europe 2016 is an international trade fair for Mobility 4.0. It presents the complete range of future-oriented and sustainable mobility solutions, from urban & mobile design, material and process solutions to automated driving and electronics to infotainment. The target group of the fair are developers and designers, IT experts, as well as buyers and users, such as fleet managers, decision-makers in cities, municipalities, tourist regions and service providers. The trade fair combines the Materialica and S-Move 360 ​​° trade fairs under one roof. (kj)