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Brazil has a record number of winners at the iF Design Award, the “Oscar” of world design

The winners of the iF Design Award 2023, one of the main design awards in the world, were announced this Thursday (13th) in Berlin, Germany. In total, 68 Brazilian projects were awarded (a record number for the country), three of them with the highest trophy of the award, the iF Gold Award.

Brazil was featured in the Interior Architecture category, with an iF Gold Award given to the BC Arquitetos office – led by Camila Avelar and Bruno Carvalho – for the interior design of Residência DN, a 230 m² apartment located in a building from the 1970s in the Gardens, in Sao Paulo.

DN Residence project awarded the iF Gold Award to BC Arquitetos
DN Residence project awarded the iF Gold Award to BC Arquitetos

The proposal and design of the project takes modernist, contemporary and minimalist influences to the space. In the jury’s assessment, “it is a sensory and scenographic project inspired by a keen sense of contemporary poetics” and that “respects the original spirit of the building”, based on the pillars of architecture, art and vintage furniture.

The other top awards achieved by Brazilian projects this year went to Curitiba-based designer Luiza Nery, winner of the iF Gold Award in the Service Design category, for developing the app for the Câmbio Verde program (from the City of Curitiba), and to the Rio de Janeiro studio Café.art, which had four award-winning projects, including iF Gold in the User Interface (UI) category for the website of the podcast Cova Medida, a Radio Labuta program.

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The 2023 edition of the iF Design Award had nearly 11,000 submissions from 53 countries. Among them, 145 were Brazilian, 92 were finalists and 68 ended up awarded, a rate of 47% of awarded works – a result significantly better than that of 2022, when 30% of the projects presented by Brazil were awarded. Superintendent director of Centro Brasil Design (CBD), the institution that represents the iF Design Award locally, Letícia Castro celebrated the performance that, according to her, “reinforces all the potential of Brazilian design and generates more and more visibility for our companies”.

Brazilian projects were also awarded in categories such as lighting, architecture for retail and hotels, furniture, residential architecture and interiors. Check out some highlights:

Casa Jabuticaba, Fernanda Marques Associated Architects
Casa Jabuticaba, Fernanda Marques Associated Architects

 

Sire temporary installation, CASACOR Minas by Greco Design
Sire temporary installation, CASACOR Minas by Greco Design

 

Hermès Pop-up Store, Estudio Guto Requena
Hermès Pop-up Store, Estudio Guto Requena

 

Interiors of the Hotel Canopy by Hilton, retrofit by M Magalhães Estúdio
Interiors of the Hotel Canopy by Hilton, retrofit by M Magalhães Estúdio

 

Casa Guararapes, R4 Design Desenho, César Roberto da Rosa Comércio e Montagem de Móveis Sede Nova
Casa Guararapes, R4 Design Desenho, César Roberto da Rosa Comércio e Montagem de Móveis Sede Nova

 

Onda coffee table, designed by Guilherme Wentz
Onda coffee table, designed by Guilherme Wentz
Geta sofa, Patrícia Anastassiadis for Artefacto
Geta sofa, Patrícia Anastassiadis for Artefacto

 

She coffee table, Studio Linda Martins and Quadrifoglio Movelaria
She coffee table, Studio Linda Martins and Quadrifoglio Movelaria

 

Caré Louge Chair, design by Leo Ferreiro
Caré Louge Chair, design by Leo Ferreiro

 

Dunne armchair, Jader Almeida design and architecture for Sollos
Dunne armchair, Jader Almeida design and architecture for Sollos

 

Garoto coffee table, Mula Preta Design Studio
Garoto coffee table, Mula Preta Design Studio

 

Aurora Chair, Simonini and Emporium of Chairs
Aurora Chair, Simonini and Emporium of Chairs

 

Abajur portátil Mobi, da Lumini
Abajur portátil Mobi, da Lumini

 

Luminária linear Ubá, Omega Light
Luminária linear Ubá, Omega Light

 

Naiá floor lamp, Accord Lighting
Naiá floor lamp, Accord Lighting

 

Naiade faucet, Docol, design by Quaglio Simonelli Studio
Naiade faucet, Docol, design by Quaglio Simonelli Studio

 

The winners of the iF Award are defined by a jury composed of 133 specialists based on the evaluation of each project in five criteria: idea, form, function, differentiation and impact, with the selection of the 75 winners of the iF Gold and other awardees. Among the judges for this edition was the architect and designer Guto Requena, who represented Brazil alongside Larissa Abad, specialist in Product Design at Grupo Boticário, and Patrick Speck, design leader at LIXIL Global Design (EMENA).

The iF Design Award Night, the awards ceremony, is scheduled for May 15 at the Friedrichstadt Palast in Berlin.

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