This year’s SaloneSatellite 2018 not only explored the theme of rising design in Africa and Latin America, it also invited its worldwide counterpart—which, since 2005, has been held in Moscow, Russia—to exhibit its award winners from 2017.
The Moscow selections included first place winner Alexandra Fedotova for her bathroom mirror piece MOON. Valeria Sergienko won second place for PERCEPTION, a collection of cups made from raw recycled leather, paper, plastic, styrofoam and glass. Third place was given to Nikolay Gryaznev for his MAGNETIC STORM which manufactures design objects from polyester paint and coatings to create stonelike results.
All 650 exhibitors of Milan’s SaloneSatellite competed to be one of the three best projects. You can check out an ensemble of fun images of the event on the SaloneSatellite Flickr website. International designers and architects made up the Selection Committee and announced the winners during Salone del Mobile:
FIRST PRIZE
Cucina Leggera (Light Kitchen) by Stefano Carta Vasconcellos, Italy
Cucina Leggera (Light Kitchen) is a kitchen unit which can be assembled through the interlocking of seven elements, without screws or hardware. It is part of the Celer Furniture collection.
Cucina Leggera by Stefano Carta Vasconcellos. Courtesy of SaloneSatellite.
SECOND PRIZE
Tink Things by Tink Things, Croatia
The design approach considers a wide spectrum of sensory needs while using therapeutic principles of sensory integration to design products that shape a comfortable and encouraging environment for all kids.
Tink Things by Tink Things. Courtesy of SaloneSatellite.
THIRD PRIZE
Soft Block by Yuri Himuro, Japan
This is a new home decoration object like a block toy. They provide a new building experience that takes advantage of softness and allows you to twist and bend them into various forms.
Soft Block by Yuri Himuro. Courtesy of SaloneSatellite.
