German Federal Ecodesign Award: RESET is Nominated!

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The nominees for this year's German Federal Ecodesign Award are in: and RESET is among them.

Author Sarah-Indra Jungblut:

Translation Sarah-Indra Jungblut, 09.07.17

The nominees for this year’s German Federal Ecodesign Award are in: and RESET is among them.

Germany’s most significant state prize for ecological design, the Federal Ecodesign Award, is a competition to find the country’s best products, services and concepts that tackle ecological challenges using innovation and creativity. RESET has made it into the second round of the competition and is on the shortlist of prize nominees.

The nominees were picked by around 50 experts from different departments of Germany’s Federal Environment Agency and the award’s project committee. In the next and final stage, the different projects will be examined by an interdisciplinary jury made up of designers and environmental experts, who will be picking the overall winners on the 11th of September.

Fingers crossed for RESET!

Find Out More About Sustainable Design First Hand

For those based in Germany, there’s a chance to visit the award’s special exhibition which is being held in Berlin’s Kunstgewerbemuseum in Berlin on the 12th and 13th of September. All of the nominees of the competition will be presented over the two days – including innovative and future-oriented projects from the fields of architecture, food, mobility, communication and fashion. You can register for a guided tour through the exhibition online here.

To find out more about the award: bundespreis-ecodesign.de

This is a translation of the original article which first appeared on RESET’s German-language site.

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