Green Furniture Award is the leading design competition for sustainable furniture. Designs that are not yet signed up for production can compete. The competition is open for design professionals and students (no background requirements).

Outstanding Sustainable Design incorporates aspects as the choice and sourcing of material, production methods, efficient use of materials, ways of disassembling and recycling, social responsibility, etc. Outstanding Sustainable Design is also meaning a piece of furniture to keep and treasure – with a story to tell, that ages in a nice way, that can last beyond current trends, and have the potential of becoming a classic.

Background

The Green Furniture Award 2016 (application deadline autumn 2015) consists of the following prizes:

• A General First Prize of 7000 Euro

• A Cappellini Prize of 7000 Euro

• A Green Furniture Prize of 7000 Euro

The Jury has the right to redistribute the prizes or postpone a prize to a following year (the Award sum added to the next year?s Award) if no contributions live up to the Jury?s expectation of winners. 2009, 2010,2012 and 2014 one or two additional Honorable Mentions were also awarded. In 2011 the same contribution was awarded 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize and four Honorable Mentions were awarded. The 2013 Award was added to the 2014 Award where 5 winners shared a doubled prize sum of in total 200 000 SEK. Same with the 2015 Award that is making a double prize sum for the 2016 Award (in total 21 000 Euro).

The website http://greenfurniture.se/award/

The finalists are presented at Stockholm Furniture Fair and the Official Award Ceremony is held during the Milano Design Week, in the Cappellini showroom.