Ranging from a positioning platform for breast radiotherapy and a font that provides assistance in the correct pronunciation of an unfamiliar language to a circular facade stone for a museum, a lighting installation addressing the issue of street harassment and the furnishing of a city office: these are just some of the projects that received a Henry van de Velde Award this year. Discover them all and cast your vote for the public prize!
You will find out who wins the Gold, Silver or Bronze Award within each category at the ceremony taking place at Bozar on Tuesday, the 21st of January 2025. Registration is possible from 25 November, so keep an eye on our website and newsletter! Surf to henryvandevelde.be for more information on the winning projects and cast your own vote for the Public by National Lottery Gold Award. Which project is your absolute favourite?
Business Innovation
Caretool S!MPLR, Dripl Refill Point, Open Access Breast Couch
- Caretool S!MPLR, S!MPLR
A compact and smart tool that combines essential devices to optimise caregivers' workflow
- Dripl Refill Point, Comate for Dripl
A dispenser where you can fill a drinking bottle or glass with natural and low-sugar drinks
- Open Access Breast Couch, Max Schoepen and Radion-D for UZ Gent
A prone positioning platform to achieve more precise irradiation during breast radiotherapy
Consumer
Fairbuds, Urbanisto, Verde KinetiCore
- Fairbuds, Dott Achilles for Fairphone
Wireless and rechargeable earbuds with active noise cancelling, designed to last a lifetime
- Urbanisto, Dott Achilles for Urbanisto
A modular cycling solution that allows you to switch easily between a regular electric bike, a practical cargo bike or a family cargo bike
- Verde KinetiCore, Lazer Sport
A circular cycling helmet made from recycled and minimised materials
Crafts by Bokrijk
Al Khat, Guided by Tiles, IT Pieces
- Al Khat, Gillis & Aniss for Flanders DC
A multifunctional textile made of Belgian wool according to Flemish-Moroccan traditions
- Guided by Tiles, Dear Reader (Eva Moulaert i.c.w. Robin Vermeersch) for Ouest Architecture
A tile design to integrate signage and art in theatre Le Vilar, located in Louvain-la-Neuve
- IT Pieces, Flora Miranda
Generative designs transforming data into textiles
Design Research
Gent Waste Brick for DING, Hoe maak ik mijn gebouw toekomstgericht?, Phonobet
- Gent Waste Brick for DING, BC Materials for Design Museum Gent and sogent
A circular facade stone, for 63% made of waste streams from Ghent and generating only one third of the CO2 emissions of a baked stone
- Hoe maak ik mijn gebouw toekomstgericht?, archipelago architects for OVAM
A practical client guide on future-oriented (re)construction
- Phonobet, Walda Verbaenen
An alphabet consisting of recognisable letter shapes that helps non-native readers to correctly pronounce an unfamiliar language
Environment
FenNet, Gent Waste Brick for DING, Jaga Net Zero
- FenNet, Pars Pro Toto for Hommes et Terre
A reusable and movable fence that enables landscape restoration in the pastoral regions of western Africa through reforestation
- Gent Waste Brick for DING, BC Materials for Design Museum Gent and sogent
A circular facade stone, for 63% made of waste streams from Ghent and generating only one third of the CO2 emissions of a baked stone
- Jaga Net Zero, Jaga
A range of heat pump radiators allowing you to heat and cool with high efficiency and low CO2 emissions
Graphics
Musée de la Mémoire 'PROPRIÉTÉ UNIVERSELLE' ®, Safer Streets, Tosca
- Musée de la Mémoire 'PROPRIÉTÉ UNIVERSELLE' ®, Joëlle Tuerlinckx and Adriaan Van Leuven for Joëlle Tuerlinckx, Captures éditions and HOPPER&FUCHS
An artist's book that tells, confirms and completes the story of the M.M., a museum without walls
- Safer Streets, Mutant for l'Oréal Paris
A lighting installation addressing the issue of street harassment in Brussels and beyond
- Tosca, Jelle Jespers for Das Mag and Maud Vanhauwaert
A novel hidden in a poetry book, which pretends to be blank and whose pages need to be cut open
Habitat
PureAura, Stack, Stock
- PureAura, Dott Achilles for Lingnan University
A simple, low-cost, high-efficiency air purifier designed to improve air quality in small spaces
- Stack, studio MOTO
A modular, abstract furniture system consisting of horizontal and vertical components that snap together as desired
- Stock, Stock Antwerpen
A circular alternative to tableware, re-glazing existing biscuits
Spaces
019, Mensgericht Design: Stadskantoor Gent, The Adult Playground
- 019, 019
A transdisciplinary platform developing intermediate spaces for intuitive experimentation, collaboration and encounter between architecture, graphic design and visual art
- Mensgericht Design: Stadskantoor Gent, GELO - Mensgericht Designstudio for Stad Gent
Ghent's municipal offices were radically renovated, prioritising a human-centred design in all areas
- The Adult Playground, AKQA Brussels x RAAK Design Studio for Helan Onafhankelijk ziekenfonds
A series of benches to encourage parents taking their children to the playground to exercise
You will find out who receives the Gold, Silver or Bronze Award within each category at the ceremony taking place at Bozar on Tuesday, the 21st of January 2025. Registration is free but compulsory and can be done from 25 November via this page.
More information can be found on henryvandevelde.be.
- Organisation: Flanders DC
- Partners: VLAIO, OVAM, Bokrijk, National Lottery, VMM, Bozar
