LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize 2018
Award
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04 May 2018
Published: 03.11.2017
Loewe Foundation
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In 2016, the LOEWE FOUNDATION launched the international annual LOEWE Craft Prize to showcase and celebrate newness, excellence and artistic merit in modern craftsmanship. Aiming to acknowledge the importance of craft in today’s culture and recognise artisans whose talent, vision and will to in¡novate will set a standard for the future, LOEWE Creative Director Jonathan Anderson conceived the initiative inspired by LOEWE’s beginnings as a craft cooperative in 1846.
The LOEWE FOUNDATION was established as a private cultural Foundation in 1988 by Enrique Loewe Lynch, a fourth-generation member of LOEWE’s founding family. Today, under the direction of his daughter Sheila Loewe, the Foundation continues to promote creativity, support educational programmes and safeguard heritage in the fields of poetry, dance, photography, art and craft. The Foundation was awarded the Gold Medal for Merit in the Fine Arts, the highest honour granted by the Spanish Government, in 2002.
One of the primary purposes for which the LOEWE FOUNDATION was established was to support design and craftsmanship.
The LOEWE Craft Prize seeks to acknowledge and support international artisans of any age (over 18) or gender who demonstrate an exceptional ability to create objects of superior aesthetic value. By identifying work that reinterprets existing knowledge to make it relevant today while reflecting its maker’s personal language and distinct hand, the LOEWE FOUNDATION aims to highlight the continuing contribution of craft to the culture of our time.
About the Craft Prize
The LOEWE Craft Prize seeks to acknowledge and support international artisans of any age (over 18) or gender who demonstrate an exceptional ability to create objects of superior aesthetic value. By identifying work that reinterprets existing knowledge to make it relevant today while reflecting its maker’s personal language and distinct hand, the LOEWE FOUNDATION aims to highlight the continuing contribution of craft to the culture of our time.
2018 Jury:
— Jonathan Anderson, LOEWE Creative Director.
— Ernst Gamperl, Winner of the LOEWE Craft Prize first edition.
— Rosy Greenlees, President of the World Crafts Council.
— Hong-Nam Kim, former Director of the National Museum of Korea.
— Toshiyuki Kita, furniture and product designer.
— Enrique Loewe, LOEWE FOUNDATION Honorary President.
— Deyan Sudjic, essayist and Director of Design Museum, London.
— Benedetta Tagliabue, architect and Pritzker Prize jury member.
— Patricia Urquiola, architect and industrial designer.
— Anatxu Zabalbeascoa (Chair), architecture and design correspondent for El País.
Key Dates LOEWE Craft Prize 2018
19 June 2017: Entry site opens to submit works
31 October 2017: Submissions close
January 2018: Shortlist of finalists announced
April 2018: Exhibition of finalist works in London
May 2018: Winner announced
Rules of Entry LOEWE Craft Prize 2018
FAQ's LOEWE Craft Prize 2018
Registration from 19 June to 31 October 2017 (23:59 CET)
Open Call LOEWE Craft Prize 2018. 2nd edition at klimt02
Object: Tree of Life 2, 2017
Oak wood.
Awarded at: LOEWE Craft Prize 2017
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Loewe Foundation
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