Top Nominees for Index: Award Announced

published Mar 12, 2007
Top Nominees for Index Award Announced
Out of 340 designs nominated by the world's leading design institutions, the jury has shortlisted 112 top nominated products and services that meet the INDEX: requirement of Design to Improve Life.

All in all, the 112 designs represent all seven continents of the world.

They address such diverse problems as water shortage, CO2 emissions, health, environmental sustainability as well as health and safety at work.

Rather than focusing exclusively on form, the INDEX: jury also looks at the design's context from ethical and cultural points of view and at the design's societal effect, including the sustainability of the design and the actual need for it.

"In this way, the INDEX: AWARD is different from all other design awards in the world," said Kigge Hvid, CEO of INDEX:, at today's press conference, when the top nominated designs were announced.

The chairman of the international INDEX: jury, Nille Juul-S�rensen, who is head of the design department of Arup, London, the world's largest engineering company, was also at the press conference.

He presented a number of top nominated designs from countries throughout the world, including the Tesla Roadster electric sports car; the HydroWall, which stores heat and water for later use; and the washing machine for the future, Airwash, which washes clothes without using water and detergents.