[Leica] Nathan's PAD 27/11/2018: an award ceremony in a fantastic place in Warsaw

[Nathan Wajsman]

Every two years, our office sponsors an award for the best industrial design by a European company. There are two categories: one for small companies, and one for large ones, plus a lifetime achievement award to an eminent designer. This year we are held the event in Warsaw yesterday, part of the celebrations of the country’s 100th anniversary of independence and hence also the 100th anniversary of the Polish Patent Office. The venue was at first sight a bit curious: POLIN, the magnificent museum of Jewish history, at the heart of what was Warsaw’s ghetto until 1943. What does POLIN have to do with designs? Nothing in particular, except that it is a fantastic building, and also, like many museums, it is always looking for additional income sources, and making its auditorium available for this kind of event is one such source. It was a very nice event, and here are six images from the ceremony.

The lobby of the museum:
https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-RXWh4z2/A

Colours and shapes:
https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-QDCZkjf/A

The event gets under way, moderated by professional moderators:
https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-rcS3LrS/A

To kick things off, a video about the value of industrial design is played, including a short blurb from yours truly about the importance of designs to the economy and to individual companies:
https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-k8pVNw8/A

The winner of the small company award, to my great pleasure, was a Danish company that has designed a new kind of automatic self-service automatic luggage drop-off for airports:
https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-x9bjVtH/A

And the ceremony ended with a lifetime achievement award to a German designer who has worked with some of best known companies in the world, such as Apple, Sony, Microsoft, Lufthance and numerous others:
https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-WgxbzQK/A

This last one is probably my favourite image of the event.

My week in Warsaw continues.

Cheers,
Nathan



Nathan Wajsman
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