Roche Bobois Design Award 8th Edition South Africa

Roche Bobois South Africa have the honour of hosting the 8th Edition of the Design Awards in sunny South Africa this year. They have invited 3 prestigious design universities to participate in the Awards.

Since 2009, the Roche Bobois Design Award competition has chosen to explore the diversity of new talents all over the world. It is held every two years in a different country. This competition is therefore aligned with the company’s social consciousness. As such, it allows Roche Bobois to discover new talents through new cultures while giving them the opportunity to emerge. Through this collaboration, each party is enriched by the differences in traditions, cultures and techniques. Together we learn from particular ways of thinking, conceiving products and expressing creativity.

From an applicant’s point of view, the contest is a way of gaining exposure to the professional world. Here students can learn the ins and outs of a product’s design, creation and production. The winning designers will also earn the opportunity to have their products prototyped and presented in the international Roche Bobois congresses that select the future models added to its collection. As such, they have the possibility of having items manufactured and distributed in the Roche Bobois worldwide network. Furthermore, winners will also learn about the communication process to gain international press coverage for their product.

Showcasing the South African culture

For this 8th edition of the Roche Bobois Design Awards, Roche Bobois is proud to discover the fascinating culture of South Africa. As such, the brand is collaborating with three of the bests design schools in the country: CPUT University (Cape Town), Greenside Design Center (Johannesburg) and Tshwane University of Technology (Pretoria).

All students are doing a tour of their showrooms and on the 14th of March 2022, they will be personally briefed by Nicolas Roche on what the awards will entail. They will quickly discover what they will need to produce to win an amazing award that will no doubt skyrocket their career as an interior designer.

New sources of light – new resources for lighting

This year’s theme is lighting. We can already see bulbs lighting up above heads as students start working on their creations. The winner will subsequently get their light manufactured by Roche Bobois. Furthermore, their name will be placed upon the list of many prestigious designers who have collaborated with Roche Bobois before them.

We are excited to see these amazing awards unfold. We are equally thrilled to witness South African creativity come to life.

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