STAMFORD, Conn. – A contest through which contributors should craft a chair utilizing solely the supplies present in a champagne bottle has named its winners. The annual competitors drew greater than 200 submissions and generated a $20,000 donation.
Now in its twentieth yr, Champange Chair contest contributors should craft a chair utilizing solely foil, cap, cage and cork of a bottle of champagne. The competitors is run by MillerKnoll fashionable residing model Design Within Reach, in addition to Champagne Pommery, a French champagne maker.
This yr’s winners have been named Feb. 7 at a celebration at DWR’s New York studio. Three first place prizes of $1,000 DWR present playing cards got out, whereas two runners-up have been awarded one $750 present playing cards every. Prizes have been for Most Authentic, Finest Likeness (of any chair that DWR sells) and the Pommery prize.
Listed here are the winners:
The Hand Chair by Aspen VanHooser was chosen by Champagne Pommery as this yr’s Pommery Prize winner. Runners-up have been the LC4 Chaise Lounge Chair by Stephen Neale (Finest Likeness) and Wintery Apple Tree with a swinging seat by Evan Lorenzen (Most Authentic).
Judges for the competition have been:
- Ellen Van Dusen, designer and founding father of Dusen Dusen
- Erica Choi, artistic director and founding father of Superegg
- Daniel Rauchwerger, co-founder of BoND Structure
- Tze Chun, founding father of Uprise Artwork
- Omar Nobil, vp of product design and model artistic for Design Inside Attain
To commemorate the competition, the MillerKnoll Basis donated $20,000 to United States Artists, a nonprofit that helps artists and celebrates their important position in society.
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