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

[Don Dory]

I as well appreciate the lifetime achievement winners freedom to choose a
wardrobe that is personally satisfying.  Your Warsaw skyline images are
very well done as well.

On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 4:25 AM Philippe via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> Last one is my favorite too -  it is visual evidence that you can be both
> a successful designer, and a winner when it comes to finding your matching
> clothes by touch, half awake in the dark …
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> The architecture smacks of Gaudi, lovely lines overall.
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> And congrats to the Chief Economist! :-)
> The XE-2 rules in his hands.
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> OTT : Is « Pol-in » an echo sent back to Br-exit(eers) ?
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> Keep documenting and sharing
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> Amities
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> Zubrowka-ly yours, Philippe
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> > Le 28 nov. 2018 à 10:12, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> a écrit :
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> > 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.
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> > The lobby of the museum:
> > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-RXWh4z2/A
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> > Colours and shapes:
> > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-QDCZkjf/A
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> > The event gets under way, moderated by professional moderators:
> > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-rcS3LrS/A
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> > 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
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> > 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
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> > 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
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> > This last one is probably my favourite image of the event.
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> > My week in Warsaw continues.
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> > Cheers,
> > Nathan
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> > Nathan Wajsman
> > Alicante, Spain
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> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu
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Don
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