Promoting good design since 1968.
Braun is excited to announce the 22nd Braun Prize International Design Competition. Since its inception in 1968, the Braun Prize has been at the forefront of recognizing and promoting young designers globally. This year, under the theme of 'Ideas to Keep,' we challenge emerging designers and inventors to explore both timeless design principles from the past and new innovative solutions worth preserving for the future. With Braun's commitment to nurturing young talent, we are proud to offer a total prize value of $50,000 USD, reaffirming our dedication to fostering innovation and excellence in design.
The jury panel
It is our honor to introduce this year's experts.
Submissions are closed!
We would like to thank all participants for the great entries! The jurors now have the difficult task of selecting the seven best talents. Together with the Braun design team, they will first draw up a shortlist and then meet on October 28 for an intensive jury session in Kronberg im Taunus to discuss their favorites and jointly select the final winners. The winners will then be officially announced at the end of November. Don't forget to follow us on Instagram and subscribe to our newsletter to stay up to date with the judging process. We can't wait to see who this year's winners will be.
'Ideas to Keep'
"In these transformative times, I'm excitedly anticipating the 2024 edition, where I'll have the privilege to witness and judge the preservation of timeless ideas and the embrace of new ones, all created by the next generation of designers, supported by the Braun Prize." - Oliver Grabes 2024
“I'm excitedly anticipating the 2024 edition”
Prof. Oliver Grabes is Head of Design at Braun and the chairman of the BraunPrize jury since 2012.
Traditionally the Head of Braun Design has been the chairman of the BraunPrize jury.
Dr. Fritz Eichler
Chaired the jury from the first competition until 1989.
Prof. Dieter Rams
Chaired the jury until 1995.
Peter Schneider
Chaired the jury from 1999 until 2009.
Watch our 2021 edition
Get inspired!
Unleash your creativity by diving into award-winning projects from our previous design contest.
How was design created back then? The design process was different. Designs were only presented with models, sometimes pulled out someone's pocket (big pockets) to put a sudden end to discussions. When designers started to draw on their drawing boards, they were so fast and noisy that it was hard to concentrate. Right next door the model makers worked in white jackets, creating an atmosphere more laboratory than model shop. A clean high precision room. All models were built in-house, sometimes just on the basis of a few words or rough sketches.
In the 80s Braun Design had mythical status and was discussed controversially among students. Those discussions also took place at Braun internally, and we asked ourselves, how could we transform classic Braun Design for the future? Computer aided design opened up a completely new world of possibilities. We experimented with 3D software and different interpretations of Braun design came to life as we searched for the new.
Today we found our way forward, by balancing the past with the new. This comes with a new spirit, new tools and new ways of working across the globe with colleagues in Geneva, Boston or Bejing. And yes, models are still very important - but so are renderings and animations today.
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