The extent to which products influence the environment and our everyday culture is determined greatly by their design. The German Federal Ecodesign Award, which was launched in 2012 by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety and the German Environment Agency, in cooperation with the IDZ, recognises innovative products and concepts that embody high ecological and aesthetic aspirations. The overarching objective is to promote innovation and to support the market introduction and diffusion of environmentally sound products via a high-profile award. For companies and designers, the competition provides a platform for showcasing products and ideas of outstanding ecological- and design quality.
The International Design Center Berlin (IDZ), with the support of a project advisory board, has been commissioned with the development of the competition format and -implementation.
Exhibition
All nominated and award-winning entries will be presented in a travelling exhibition. The travelling exhibition will be shown for one year in museums, at trade fairs and design festivals.
The opening of this year's travelling exhibition with the 31 projects of the winners and nominees of the German Federal Ecodesign Award 2019 in the MIK Ludwigsburg as well as further exhibition stations had to be cancelled for the time being due to the corona pandemic.
Further information about the touring exhibition will be announced on our website and in our newsletter.
5.00 pm–10.00 pm
IDZ Event
German Federal Ecodesign Award 2019
Award Ceremony
At the award ceremony, Federal Environment Minister Svenja Schulze honoured this year's prizewinners. For invited guests only. More information at: bundespreis-ecodesign.de
IDZ Event
Exhibition at Designers' Open
in Leipzig
IDZ Event
Federal Prize Ecodesign 2019 Exhibition
at 'feldfünf - den Projekträumen im Metropolenhaus'
On 16 September, the jury of the Federal Ecodesign Award will meet in 'feldfünf - den Projekträume im Metropolenhaus' to examine the submissions for the year 2019 and then open around 130 projects to the public in an exhibition from 17 to 22 September. Admission is free of charge.
Location:
feldfünf
Fromet-und-Moses-Mendelsohn-Platz 7-8
10969 Berlin
Opening hours:
Di 17.09, Mi 18.09., Fr 20.09. 14:00 – 18:00
Do 19.09. 12:00 – 20:00
Sa 21.09., So 22.09. 10:00 – 18:00
IDZ Event
Exhibition at designtransfer, UdK Berlin
German Federal Ecodesign Award
From April 11 to May 22, the touring exhibition with the nominees and winner 2018 will be presented at designtransfer (Berlin University of the Arts) in Berlin.
For more information about the German Federal Ecodesign Award and the touring exhibition, please visit: bundespreis-ecodesign.de
Location
designtransfer
Berlin University of the Arts
Einsteinufer 43-53
10587 Berlin-Charlottenburg
IDZ Event
Exhibition at MIK Museum Information Kunst in Ludwigsburg
German Federal Ecodesign Award
The kick-off event for the opening of the touring exhibition take place at Scala in Ludwigsburg on 11 February 2019.
From 12 February till 10 March we are showcasing the exhibition of the winners and nominees 2018 at the MIK Museum Information Kunst in Ludwigsburg.
Please RSVP here: koala.kdrs.de
For more information about the German Federal Ecodesign Award and the touring exhibition, please visit: bundespreis-ecodesign.de
IDZ Event
Exhibition at the Grassi Museum of Applied Arts
Ecodesign for SME
From October 16 to November 4, the exhibition "New Conceptions" with the winners and nominees of the German Federal Ecodesign Award 2017 will be presented at the Grassi Museum für Angewandte Kunst in Leipzig.
Program:
October 21, 4 pm:
Guided tour with Sabine Epple (curator GRASSI Museum of Applied Arts)
October 30, 6 pm:
Lecture "dispose – reuse – recycle. Strategies, difficulties and potentials for the development of sustainable products", Prof. Mareike Gast (Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle)
IDZ Event
Exhibition at the 30th Coburg Design Days
Ecodesign for SME
From May 29 to June 3, the exhibition "New Conceptions" with the winners and nominees of the German Federal Ecodesign Award 2017 will be part of the 30th Coburg Design Days.
Details about the program will be available soon.
IDZ Event
Call for Submissions 2018: Good design has nothing to hide
German Federal Ecodesign Award
The German Federal Ecodesign Award is looking for products, services and concepts that convince through design quality and ecological credibility.
Projects can be submitted from January 15 to April 9, 2018 online (in German language) via: bundespreis-ecodesign.de
IDZ Event
Exhibition at MIK Museum Information Kunst Ludwigsburg
Ecodesign for SME
The kick-off event for the environmental communication project and the opening of the touring exhibition take place in Ludwigsburg on January 15, 2018.
From January 15 till February 18 we are showcasing the exhibition of the winners and nominees of the German Federal Ecodesign Award 2017 at the MIK Museum Information Kunst in Ludwigsburg.
IDZ Event
Workshop „Ecodesign“
at MIK Ludwigsburg
On February 12, 2018, Dr. Ulrike Eberle will conduct a workshop on the topic "Ecodesign: Evaluating products and services on environmental and sustainable aspects" at MIK Museum Information Kunst in Ludwigsburg. Participation will be for free.
To register please send an e-mail to medien@ludwigsburg.de .
IDZ Event
Exhibition at Darmstadt
From 15 September till 19 November we are showcasing our exhibition "More than beautiful: The winners and nominees of the German Federal Ecodesign Award 2016" at the Designhaus in Darmstadt.
The vernissage takes place on 29 September.
6.00 pm–10.00 pm
IDZ Event
German Federal Ecodesign Award
Awards Ceremony at the Federal Ministry for the Environment
2.00 pm–3.30 pm
Workshop "Digital Tools for sustainable development"
During the annual designerinnen forum conference the Designhaus Darmstadt will offer a workshop on "Digital tools for a sustainable development" by Stefan Bohle (futurestrategy).
Application: designerinnen-forum.org
10.30 am–11.30 am
Lecture "Die Matrix von mehr als schön"
During the annual designerinnen forum conference the Designhaus Darmstadt will offer a lecture on "The matrix of more than beautiful" by Dorothea Hess, who will be talking about evaluating environment and design, product-life-cycles, and the effect on every-day life culture as well as the process and criteria of conducting evaluations according to the sustainability-codex.
Application: designerinnen-forum.org
10.00 am–6.00 pm
IDZ Event
German Federal Ecodesign Award
Open jury exhibition at Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin
12.00 pm–6.00 pm
IDZ Event
German Federal Ecodesign Award
Open jury exhibition at Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin
10.00 am–12.00 pm
IDZ Event
German Federal Ecodesign Award
Guided tour through the jury exhibition 2017 at Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin
On 12 September, a guided tour through the exhibition of this year's competition will take place in the special exhibition area of the Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin from 10 am to 12 pm. The tour will be in german language.
Please register via the calender on the German Federal Ecodesign Award’s website calendar: www.bundespreis-ecodesign.de/de/calendar
The museum's entry fee amounts to 8 Euro (reduced 4 Euro).
Location:
Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin
Sonderausstellungsbereich
Matthäikirchplatz, 10785 Berlin
IDZ Event
Exhibition at German Environmental Agency in Dessau
The opening of the touring exhibition "more than beautiful" at Federal German Environment Agency in Dessau takes place on 13 July 2017. Speakers will be Dr. Thomas Holzmann, Vice President of the Federal German Environment Agency, and Dr. Claudia Perren, Director of the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation. The exhibition with the winners and nominees of the German Federal Ecodesign Award 2016 will be shown at the UBA foyer until the end of august 2017.
For directions and opening hours please visit: umweltbundesamt.de
10.00 am–6.00 pm
IDZ Event
Workshop about ecodesign in education
at the German Environment Agency Dessau
At 17 July there will be a workshop about ecodesign in design education for free at the German Environment Agency in Dessau. It is open for companies, design teachers, students as well as designers who are interested in sustainable design. The workshop is at no charge and will be held in German language.
More information
Registration
IDZ Event
Circular Design @OSCEdays
Agora Rollberg, Berlin
In cooperation with Berlin Partner for Economy and technology, IDZ arranges an event in the context of OSCEdays Berlin 2017 focussed on circular design: how can designers contribute to closed loop recycling management? It includes lectures, best practice examples, a discussion, a world cafe and information about aids for projects.
Programme: community.oscedays.org
To participate for free, please register via hannes.lebert@berlin-partner.de with your name and institution or company.
Further information about the OSCEdays: oscedays.org
4.00 pm–6.00 pm
+Material seminar: HELLER-LEDER
WissenschaftsForum Berlin
Sustainable design requires knowledge and experience of new materials. On 30 of May the BAU International Berlin and IDZ invites for a lecture focussed on producing eco-friendly leather.
Frank Fiedler, CEO of HELLER-LEDER GmbH & Co. KG, talks about tanning and graftage of high-quality leather. HELLER-LEDER sets a high value on ecological dyeing using leaves of olive trees.
4.00 pm–6.00 pm
+Material seminar II: TABU, colours of wood
BAU International Berlin
Sustainable design requires knowledge and experience of new materials. On 23 of May the University of Applied Sciences BAU International invites for a lecture focussed on dying woods.
TABU, the world leader in dyeing wood introduces their sophisticated and advanced technologies. In +MATERIAL seminar, TABU and Prof. Alessandra Angelini, the long term experimental research partner of TABU, will present their state-of-the art products, sharing their stories how to explore the potentials of natural-industrial materials to create one of the most innovative wood product in the world.
bauinternational-berlin.de
IDZ Event
Exhibition in Berlin
On 11 Mai the exhibition “More than beautiful” will be shown in the framework of the conference „Wider die Verschwendung III“ of the German Federal Environment Agency at Jerusalemkirche Berlin.
Registration to the conference „Wider die Verschwendung III“
Catering expenses: 20,00 €
IDZ Event
Exhibition at MIK Ludwigsburg
The kick-off event for the environmental communication project and the opening of the touring exhibition take place at Scala in Ludwigsburg on 20st March at 7 p.m.
From 21st March till 09th April we are showcasing the exhibition of the winners and nominees 2016 at the MIK Museum Information Kunst in Ludwigsburg.
IDZ Event
Workshop about Ecodesign
at MIK Ludwigsburg
On March 27, 2017, Dr. Ulrike Eberle will conduct a workshop on the topic "Ecodesign: Evaluating products and services on environmental and sustainable aspects" at MIK Museum Information Kunst in Ludwigsburg. Participation will be for free.
To register please send an e-mail to medien@ludwigsburg.de .
12.30 pm–1.30 pm
IDZ Event
German Federal Ecodesign Award
Guided tour through the exhibition at MIK Ludwigsburg
Contact
German Federal Ecodesign Award
T +49 (0)30 61 62 321-0
F +49 (0)30 61 62 321-19
E info@bundespreis-ecodesign.de
