On Thursday 4 June, when Umeå School of Design held its annual Design Talks and Degree Show - featuring world-leading lecturers in the design field alongside degree presentations and award ceremonies - two students were selected to take home The Golden Seed Award, a prize produced by the student initiative UID Climate Group.
This year, eXpression Umeå is sponsoring the award. For the second year in a row, it is awarded to the student or students who have consistently thought about sustainability and the climate impact of their degree project. The students who won the award this year were Camilla Näsholm, Master's Programme in Interaction Design and Elias Pfuner, Master's Programme in Advanced Product Design.
It is an honour to receive this award. It represents how important it is for our society to move towards more sustainable systems. Thank you to the UID Climate group for pushing important issues forward, Camilla Näsholm, Master's Programme in Interaction Design.
Mycelium is called Camilla Näsholms thesis project and is a platform that helps people who are interested in growing vegetables to get in touch with each other and learn about growing together. Read more about Camilla's project here: http://www.uid.umu.se/en/uid20/project-gallery/ixd/camilla-naesholm/
Elias Pfuner was the second to take home the prize with her graduation project Living with Fire as is a speculative project about creating a vision of how the world and the societies we live in would look like if forest fires were an accepted part of the social landscape and ecosystem. The outcome of the project is an identity for new fire workers, called FireGuardians, and their tools.
I'm super happy to receive the award and I think it highlights how important it is to also focus on more things than just us on the planet, Elias Pfuner, Master's Programme in Advanced Product Design.
Read more about Elia's project here: http://www.uid.umu.se/en/uid20/project-gallery/apd/elias-pfuner/
In order to highlight, encourage and celebrate the future of design that takes responsibility for a sustainable future, eXpression Umeå works in close cooperation with the Umeå School of and is a proud sponsor of The golden seed award.
The Golden Seed Award is a prize developed by UID climate group, a student initiative that working for increased sustainability at school and in the design profession. The group is part of student union Ställverket on the arts campus.
With the prize, they want to highlight those projects that have a sustainable approach both socially, economically but above all ecologically. This can mean a sustainable materials, minimised emissions and, in the best case, a circular system that product or service exists in. The Design Prize also hopes to inspire others to think and act more sustainably.
For us, it was a matter of course to collaborate with the Sustainable Design Award. Our mission is to develop new ideas and concepts from creators into sustainable businesses. Contributing to resilience and a sustainable future is everyone's responsibility. So congratulations to everyone graduating now and extra congratulations to Camilla and Elias! Marlene Johansson, CEO eXpression Umeå
Nominated Golden Seed Award 2020:
Amanda Wallgren, Bachelor's Programme in Industrial Design
Camilla Näsholm, Master's Programme in Interaction Design
Elias Pfuner, Master's Programme in Advanced Product Design
Ivan Kunjasic, Master's Programme in Interaction Design
Rebecka Rosenlind, Master's Programme in Advanced Product Design
Lucas Flynn, Master's Programme in Interaction Design
Julian Loretz, Master's Programme in Advanced Product Design
Patrick Birch, Master's Programme in Transport Design.
Christoffer Weinreich, Bachelor's Programme in Industrial Design
Lovisa Lund, Bachelor's Programme in Industrial Design
Jury of the Golden Seed Award 2020:
Lisa Selin, BFA2
Ellinor Werner, BFA1
Inna ZrajaevaIXD1
Anna Hing, APD1
Teun Stickers, IDI
Sonya Swan, APD1
Marlene Johansson, CEO, eXpression Umeå
Contact
Marlene Johansson, VD
eXpression Umeå
marlene.johansson@expressionumea.se
Lisa Selin, Initiator
The Golden Seed Award
lisamariaselin@gmail.com
UID Climate group
uid.climategroup@gmail.com
