LAUNCH PAD PRIZEWINNERS

A big congratulations to our prizewinners for 2008! The przes were awarded to the following products, based on their scores from the Live Judging event in June.

 

The Living Edge prize was a lunch at the fabulous Pearl restaurant for the winner, Ross Gardam, with international guest Harald Gründl (Eoos) along with Aidan Mawhinney (Director, Living Edge), James McWhinney (Marketing Manager, Walter Knoll), Raj Nandan (Publisher, Indesign) and Paul McGillick (Editor in chief, Indesign).

It was a fantastic afternoon of relaxed discussion about design, architecture, sustainability and other issues facing designers today... all accompanied by some fantastic food and wine.

Congraatulations to all our prizewinners.

 

MENTORING AFTERNOON AND INDUSTRY EVENING

This year's Launch Pad program of events have been a huge success. With over 20 industry mentors present, our 2008 group of finalists each presented their products with the opportunity for both the designers and mentors to ask questions and discuss the works.

The Launch Pad mentoring afternoon is a crucial element of the Angels Indesign network - putting designers in touch with key players in the industry.

One of our finalists Ross Nicholls had the following feedback about the event:

"The opportunity to display and discuss our work and plans for the coming years is invaluable in helping us gain some insights into the industry in which we have chosen to work. Last night we were able to chat with people we would not otherwise have had the chance and have been invited to meet with others over the coming days. For us, the event has been everything we had hoped for."

A big 'Thank You' to our mentors and our finalists - your participatiomade the event happen.

Click here to view the photo galleries of the Melbourne exhibition and events.

 

2008 FINALISTS SELECTED AT LIVE JUDGING

The Launch Pad Live Judging took place on Monday June 16 at the Source One in Melbourne. Source One transformed their warehouse space into a mini gallery, perfect for displaying all the short-listed prototypes from Australia and New Zealand.

It was a fantastic afternoon, where the judging panel gathered to view the short-listed products they had remotely selected. The Live Judging is the most important aspect of the Launch Pad judging process, giving the judges the opportunity to see, touch and discuss the products together – sharing knowledge and expertise from their respective fields.

We are proud to announce the 24 Launch Pad finalists for 2008. These products will go on to be exhibited at Melbourne Museum from Thursday July 24 - Sunday August 10, and then at artisan in Brisbane from September 4 - October 5.

You can check out the top 24 designers and products at the finalists page.

Congratulations to all of our fantastic designers!

 

JUDGING PANEL ANNOUNCED

We welcome the following esteemed industry experts to the Launch Pad Judging Panel for 2008.

  • John Gertsakis - Senior Sustainability Associate, WSP Group
  • Jean-Pierre Jardel - Managing Director, Planex

The judges are reviewing all the submissions as we speak, to select the short-list of 40-50 products to be sent down Melbourne for the Live Judging finalists selection

Stay tuned to the news page for the next announcement of who's made it to the short-list!

 

LAUNCH PAD ENTRY NOW CLOSED

Entry into Launch Pad for 2008 has now officially closed. A huge 'Thank You' to all the incredibly talented designers who have submitted applications to be a part of this year's exciting program.

The short-list will be announced right here on the Launch Pad website at the end of May, so stay tuned as we inch closer to revealing the 2008 Launch Pad finalists.

 

LAUNCH PAD 2007 VIDEO

Check out the video of the 2007 Angels in Design Mentoring afternoon and Industry eventing, with special international guest mentors Tom Dixon, Giulio Cappellini and Paul Leroy!

 

INTERNATIONAL GUESTS BRING STAR POWER TO LP

We’ve only just opened this year's program and already Launch Pad is bringing out the big names. Just confirmed is that Harald Gründl from Eoos will be a special international guest associated with the Launch Pad 2008 program of events.

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GET EXCITED!

Once again in 2008, Launch Pad is set to give you the best of Australian design. To complement the brand new events program, we’ve given Launch Pad a hot new website with more of what you want to see – more products, more photos and even a video of last year’s networking event.

Proudly brought to you by SATURDAY IN DESIGN and Major Sponsors LIVING EDGE and WOVEN IMAGE, the plans for Launch Pad 2008 are bigger and better than ever. Stay tuned as event details and fatastic prizes are revealed on the website.