Winners of Only for Women 2011

Little Big Event at Area Declic stand at the

Salone del Mobile: the winners of the third

edition of ONLY FOR WOMEN have been

awarded on Sunday, April 17th, 2011: here

they are depicted, all in the group.

A moment of conviviality as well as work that has seen flowing many curious beings present at the stand, together with the winning girls.

Mr. Daniele Ventura, CEO of Area Declic, took the

opportunity to make a quick point on the world economic

situation, while Mr. Sebastian Bello, Head of Sales

for South America, contextualized the competition

sponsored by Area Declic in the search for design.

Mr. Bruno Lugnani, International Sales Director,

stressed the international value of the initiative.

At the end of the ceremony has not missed a toast with delicacies and wine from Friuli.

A brief look to the winners....

1st prize: Mrs. Sara Passalacqua with CIRCLE LINE, a contemporary interpretation of traditional cantilever chair made of bent tubular and mesh.

2nd prize: Mrs. Kazuko Okamoto with the FOLD table. It can be aggregated; it’s removable and stackable and is characterized by both discrete and refined image.

3rd prize: Van Heel & Serowiec with PASO DOBLE folding chair, which recalls the functional chair by sea, fetched and made of mesh and metal pipe.

They received an honourable mention:

Mrs. Anna Ojajarvi with ROUGH PALE FAMILY, family of seats that captures the formal language of contemporary

Mrs. Anne Sofie Lefèvre with ACQUA CALMA, designed for public and transit spaces, robust and easy to be cleaned.

Mrs. Anna Vestrucci with DIVA, whose soft shape and the deformation of the sheet are the formal significant features.

This year, hundred and forty-two designers gave voice to their creativity by submitting their projects from the North and South America, Japan, North Africa, Russia and all over the continent. In addition to the northern areas, the provenience from the Mediterranean area, namely from Turkey, Greece, Spain and Italy, and Eastern Europe with participants from Ukraine, Russia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Romania, Hungary was consolidated. Among these, excluding the leadership of Italy, Spain and Russia are emerging in the number of accessions, configuring two epicentres of interest. It’s also interesting the fact that Italy is represented from North to South without a pre-eminence from Milan.