2月6日，第三届联合国教科文组织创意城市网络深圳创意设计新锐奖颁奖典礼在蛇口海上世界文化艺术中心境山剧场举行。深圳市委常委、宣传部长李小甘出席活动并颁奖。
为了向本土设计界展示国内外同行的优秀作品，向深圳市民介绍本次活动，第三届新锐奖优秀作品展昨日在当代艺术与城市规划馆A5展厅开幕。展期至2月23日，市民可免费进场。
新锐奖是面向全球创意城市网络180个城市的35岁以下年轻设计师的国际性专业竞赛。该奖项由深圳市设计之都推广办公室主办，市设计之都推广促进会承办，联合国教科文组织创意城市网络及香港设计总会协办。第三届新锐奖为深圳“设计之都”十周年献礼，同时作为“深圳城市文化菜单”活动之一，也为市民送上一道丰盛的开年菜。
主办方介绍，经过半年多的紧张筹备，第三届新锐奖于2017年9月正式全球发布征集公告，共有来自12个国家的21个创意城市的数千名年轻设计师参加了各城市提名机构组织的初评。
组委会秘书处最终收到了由21个提名机构提名的260个青年设计师或团队提交的近600件参评作品。由7位世界著名设计师组成的终审团于1月13日至14日会集深圳，经过两天的紧张评审，从中评出了全部21个奖项。最终，来自意大利都灵的年轻设计师法布里奇奥·阿雷西奥，凭借充满人文关怀的自制轮椅设计，打动了所有评委，赢下2万美元的头奖。
法布里奇奥·阿雷西奥介绍，自制轮椅的设计灵感是为了满足残疾人的日常生活需求。通过开源设计，用户可以从网站下载项目的文件包及指南，自定义尺寸，在家自制轮椅，节省十倍的成本。“设计的目的为了让人们拥有更美好的生活，好的设计应该同时体现人文关怀和技术进步，感谢深圳创意设计新锐奖，让我的作品得到更多关注，也为来自不同国家的设计师提供了交流切磋的机会。”
此外，10个个人或团队分别获得优秀奖和新星奖。与此同时，三个“设计之都”——法国圣艾蒂安、墨西哥普埃布拉和中国北京，因在本届活动中表现出色，被评为最佳提名机构。
Fabrizio Alessio from the city of Torino Italy topped the list of 21 winners of the 2017 Shenzhen Design Award For Young Talents (SDAY). He has won the Grand Award with a prize of US$20,000.
Fabrizio Alessio, born in 1986, impressed the international jury of seven with Toowheel - an opensource wheelchair project for people with disability designed to be completely DIY everywhere in the world, with custom dimension and local materials.
Five individual designers and five design groups coming from Saint-Etienne, Detroit, Hong Kong, Macao and Shenzhen, won Merit Awards. Each of the entrants will receive US$5,000 prize for their creative designs that have brought better quality of life to people and made contributions to sustainable growth in their economies and cities.
In student category, four individual entrants from Saint-Etienne, Hangzhou, and Shenzhen, together with six student groups from Puebla, Dundee, and Beijing, won New Star Awards with designs that either applied environment-friendly materials or advocated sustainable lifestyles. Each entrant would be awarded US$5,000.
The three nominators from Saint-Etienne, Beijing, and Puebla were selected as the Best Nominators with honorary prizes.
“It was a participatory experience which was very well organized in an environment that suited the needs of a design awards competition exceptionally well,” said Johnathon Strebly, President-Elect of International Council of Design (ico-D) and the chairman of the final jury panel. “The submissions varied in concept and solution within their chosen disciplines, with many submissions providing ambitious design thinking which is always refreshing to see in an international award show for young talent. Some were presented better than others, yet they all exuded a desire to be better, both for themselves as designers, and for their communities.”
“In the spirit of this award, with focus on making our cities more livable and enjoyable for all, the jury chose strong submissions which looked past the aesthetic and engaged the social and human elements of design.” Strebly added.
In association and cooperation with the UNESCO Creative Cities Network, SDAY is organized by Shenzhen City of Design Promotion Office and executed by Shenzhen City of Design Promotion Association (SDPA). It is the first of its kind within CCN aiming to reward young and talented designers in creative cities around the world.
With the theme “Craftsmanship: The Spirit of Design,” this year’s award encouraged participants to submit works that have contributed to the enhancement of environmental sustainability, social and economic development and quality of life in cities via their skills and creativity in handicrafts.
Overall 260 entrants, including professionals and students from 21 creative cities in the network, have entered the final judging process, which lasted two days, with more than 600 projects.
