Notes from Jury Session #2
Hi there! I’m back again at the BraunPrize jury session here in Kronberg and the jury gathered for their final discussions. I arrived last night and joined a larger group of the BraunPrize team including jury members and we’ve had some nice food and good conversations.
While having dinner I’ve learned that the jury is far ahead of the given schedule and they’ve already narrowed down the remaining 68 submissions down to 24 final entries which will be included in the BraunPrize exhibition later on. Furthermore I’m also happy to share the news that the 4 finalists are already selected as well … sorry folks, but I’m not allowed to go any deeper with my descriptions here.
Accordingly the jury can now use most of the day to work on discussing and formulating the underlying rationale of their decisions for each of the 24 objects. In this context it’s interesting to observe (especially from an outsider’s perspective) that judging in such a contest is far from simply having a good time! Accordingly just a few minutes ago Peter Schneider urged the jury to not simply praise the designs for the sake of praisal, but also to demonstrate that even though in many cases we already see a considerable conceptual quality it’s still a long way from concepts to ready-to-manufacture products.
While the BraunPrize team and I made a considerable number of photos directly from the jury meeting we’re unfortunately not allowed to publish any photo which shows any of the models … So for those of you sitting in front of their computer screens at the other side of the globe you have to wait until September 12th, 2007 (The official BraunPrize Forum). On the other hand while reviewing my photo shots I’ve been able to identify at least some which I consider as legitimate to share ;-)
So if you’d like to catch a little bit of the jury session atmosphere simply click on the Flickr! badge on the right hand side of this blog. Once you’ve been directed to Flickr you can select the folder “Jury Session 2”. Leave your comments here on this blog or directly at Flickr.
