Awards
The products that were designed by our Mepra designers have received several awards over the years. Continuous improvements have lead to awards that we are very proud of. Each mepra cutlery review will help us to keep improving our products and stay ahead of our competitors.
The Designpreis der Bundesrepublik Deutschland ("Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany") is a recognition in the design field assigned by the Rat für Formgebung ("German Design Council") and sponsored by the Ministry of Economics and Technology German. The prize is awarded every two years, and the first edition was published in 1969. Participation is only permitted against products that have won a national award within the European Economic Area, and were then made available to the market German.
The famous Italian design house Pininfarina signs the Stile cookware line for Mepra, awarded by the Chicago Athenaeum with the prestigious Good Design Award. Pininfarina, an emblem of Italian style in the world, has won two Good Design Award at the beginning of 2019. The famous international award is the oldest and the most authoritative design award in the world. And it was given by the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design to Pininfarina for Vision, the kitchen designed for Snaidero, and for Stile, the cookware line designed for Mepra.
Stile is a refined and innovative cookware collection that, with its smart approach focused on people’s wishes and needs, offers attention to safety, ergonomics and functionality, an expression of the highest Italian quality. Paolo Pininfarina, Chairman of the Group, said: “The Good Design Award for us represents the dimension to which we must aspire during the realization of every project, it is an indicator that confirms the quality of our path towards excellence.”
STILE awarded with 'Red Dot Design Award' Mepra solid experience and Pininfarina constant aesthetic research have created a cookware collection in the pursuit of timeless values: Beauty, Purity, Innovation. With its contemporary, essential look, STILE brings elegance in the kitchen without forgoing functionality, making the cooking experience even more satisfying.
The award Golden Compass is an award that is awarded by the Industrial Design with the aim of rewarding and put in value the quality of Italian design. Established in 1954 from an idea by Gio Ponti and supported initially by the Rinascente department stores, rewards the Italian design. Since 1964, terminated the sponsorship of the Rinascente, the prize has gone full ADI. The award refers to the compass of Adalbert Goeringer and the golden proportion. Designed by graphic Albe Steiner, is the work of architects Marco Zanuso and Alberto Rosselli. The objects are chosen rewarded thanks to the pre-selection of the Permanent Design which includes critics, historians, designers and journalists, not necessarily members of ADI. Since 1998, the objects that pass this first selection are indicated by the ADI Design Index that includes them in the yearbook of the same name.
Every three years, an international jury selects among items reported in the yearbooks of the previous three years in those receiving the award Golden Compass. Objects rewarded and reported are collected, at the Gallery of design and furnishings of the CLAC Cantu, the Historical Collection of the Compasso d'Oro ADI.
The Design Plus Award is a recognition in the field of design and is awarded annually in the fairs Ambiente and ISH, which take place in Frankfurt. The award was established in 1983 and is organized by the Frankfurt Trade Fairs (Messe Frankfurt), the Council for the German Design (Rat für Formgebung), and by the German Council for Industry and the Chamber of Commerce (Deutscher Industrie und Handelskammertag). The Design Plus is awarded to products that combine attractive design, innovative materials, and sustainability of production.
The Good Design Award is a design prize awarded by the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and promoted by the European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies. The award is given to the most innovative products of the year, and the award-winning products are exhibited permanently in the Chicago Athenaeum.
The award was created in Chicago in 1950 by Edgar Kaufmann Jr. idea, curator and founder of the Museum of Modern Art in Chicago, in collaboration with architects and designers Ray Eames, Russel Wright, George Nelson and Eero Saarinen. The jury, composed of professionals and industry experts, industry specialists and specialized press, base its decisions on the same criteria of the 1950 original, about innovation, form, materials, construction, concept, function, utility and sustainability, as well as the ' aesthetic.
The product categories considered include electronic equipment and medical items for kitchen and bathroom, sports equipment, household goods, appliances, printing and packaging, lighting and urban environments, building materials, furniture, fashion and textiles, office products, robotics and bionics, industrial instruments, vehicles. The logo, which consists of a circle inscribed in a square and the inscription GOOD DESIGN, was designed by graphic Mort Goldsholl. Through a special license with the Museum, the producers awarded are invited to use the logo to locate it on product packaging or use it in marketing communications and promotional.
