Erasmus Prize 2006 Awarded to France's Pierre Bernard

Erasmus Prize 2006 Awarded to Frances Pierre Bernard
The Board of the Praemium Erasmianum Foundation has decided to award the Erasmus Prize 2006 to the French graphic designer, Pierre Bernard.

The Erasmus Prize is awarded annually to a person who has made an exceptionally important contribution to European culture, society or social science.

The presentation of the prize will take place on 24 November 2006.

The field in which the 2006 Erasmus Prize will be awarded has been described as 'Design for the public domain'.

This includes the realm of the state, politics and the common good.

In making this choice for the public domain the Foundation did not consider the designer who functions as a specialist in form, fashion and market, but rather the designer as thinker who, during the design process, is conscious of forms of interaction with other disciplines, users and commissioning parties.