On Friday, 13 October, an awarding ceremony of the annual Design Arena competition for emerging designers took place, where the Latvian Patent Office presented its awards in two categories - Product Design and Design Research.
The Latvian Patent Office has been supporting the competition for schools and universities organized by the Latvian Designers' Society for the tenth year already. In his congratulation speech, Deputy Director of the Latvian Patent Office/ Director of the Administrative Department Eriks Rēkis thanked all the participants stressing that each of the created works deserved admiration due to their authors’ imagination, fantasy and daring to create something unusual, and adding that each of the works was the author's intellectual property, i. e. the realization of their thoughts in material.
Mr. Rēķis invited the young people to continue along this path as well as to think about the legal protection of their works, which is one of the prerequisites for building a successful design career.
The Latvian Patent Office awarded the winners with the books "The Secret Life of Colours", "Art of Colour: The History of Art in 39 Pigments " and "Design: The Definitive Visual History".
The winners in the Product Design category
Schools:
1st place – EXPRESSIO jewellery collection, Milana Fjodorova, Liepaja Music, Art and Design Secondary School, teacher Vizma Auzenberga-Kalniņa;
2nd place – 48 H emergency bag, Oto Bulats, Riga School of Design and Art, teacher Guļnara Hasanšina;
3rd place – Lumé mood lighting object, Rūdolfs Preiss, Liepaja Music, Art and Design Secondary School, teacher Agris Padēlis-Līns.
The winners in the Communication Design category
Schools:
1st place – Otrā puse (The Other Side) book design, Agrita Vanaga, Riga School of Design and Art, teachers Klāra Grundšteine and Inese Vēriņa-Lubiņa.
The winners in the Design Research category
Universities:
1st place
- PIKSELIS (PIXEL), an exhibit at RTU Futurimo Riga Science Centre, Reinholds Švarcs, Riga Technical University, teacher Baiba Lukašēviča;
- NĀKOTNES MATERIĀLI (MATERIALS OF THE FUTURE), an exhibit at RTU Futurimo Riga Science Centre, Eduards Helmuts Šmits, Riga Technical University, teacher Artūrs Ķīsis.
2nd place
- TROKŠŅU KABĪNE (NOISE CABIN), an exhibit at RTU Futurimo Riga Science Centre, Agnese Sauska, Riga Technical University, teacher Ilze Gudro;
- Zero waste clothing design, Kitija Berga, Riga Technical University, teacher Ilze Gudro;
- Deposit bottle storage bag, Inese Līga Kaminska, Riga Technical University, teacher Juta Ķimenīte.
3rd place
- KLIMATAM DRAUDZĪGS UZTURS (CLIMATE-FRIENDLY NUTRITION), an exhibit at RTU Futurimo Riga Science Centre, Unigunda Meijere, Riga Technical University, teacher Baiba Lukašēviča.
Jury Award
- Electrospun fibre membranes for wound care, Kristīne Pavloviča, Riga Technical University, teacher Zane Želča;
- Illustrative design for Meldra Gailāne's fairy tale book “Kā kļūt par īstu lāci” (How to become a real bear), Līga Munda, Rezekne Academy of Technologies, teacher Aina Strode.
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