Biennale Interieur, which this year will take place from 17 to October 26, is where gather passionates and professionals in the design gather, finding a meeting spot for experiencing trends, tastes and creative movements. Looking forward to it, Interieur Awards have just concluded, with the selection of 20 winners participating at the Biennale in October. The international jury applied in exploring the impact of new technologies and materials on product design, and how and how much these affect the designers. Criteria by which the Keystones collection, table and coat hanger designed by the italo-Japanese duo Minale Maeda, from Rotterdam, was awarded with the first prize. With Keystones they, more than just objects, created a new way of designing furniture, using a single connector, a compact piece that can be printed in 3D, and therefore requires no carpentry skills. The result is an extremely simple design, in which the pieces are held together by a set of screws, which do not penetrate the material but they just tighten it, simplifying logistics since it is all small, easily transportable items or even printed at the moment. Therefore the winner was intelligent use of new technologies, which crossing industry and crafts aim to identify new possibilities within the production.
