The European Prize for Applied Arts 2009

28.11.2009 to 17.1.2010

The European Prize for Applied Arts is organised by WCC•BF, in partnership with WCC-Europe,Design Vlaanderen and the City Mons.

No less than 100 designers from across Europe will attend the exhibition and competition held in the Great Hall of the Ancients Abattoirs Mons.

The countries represented are: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, United Kingdom, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Luxembourg , Poland, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey.

You find it by clicking below the list of artists selected classified:

alphabetically - by country - by discipline

Spain:

Rinaldo Alvarez
Enric Majoral
Auba Pont
Rosa Nogues Freixas
Katharina Dettar

The competition is focused on the artists working in the field of applied arts and design-led crafts and living in a European country (including the countries that are not part of the EU).

By “design-led crafts” we mean all kind of objects made by their designer, either one-of-a-kind pieces or small series products. Objects produced by industrial means are not admitted in this competition.

The objects admitted to the exhibition will be of high quality in design and technical aspects and of innovative input.
The selected works will be shown, from 20th November 2009 until 17th January 2010, at the Grand Hall of the Anciens abattoirs of the City Mons (Belgium).

The European Prize consists in two categories :

• the “Master Prize” , provided with a prize-money of 3.500 euros,
  to be given the author of a masterpiece (older than 30 years at the 1st November 2009)
• the “Young Talent Prize” , provided with a prize-money of 3.000 euros,
  to be given to a young artist (aged max. 30 years on the 1st November 2009)

Further prizes might be given, depending on the financial opportunities at the moment of the opening of the exhibition.

A trilingual (GB/F/NL) full-colour catalogue will be published with introduction texts and at least one page with text and photograph for each participating artist.