BraunPrize Forum Jury Statements: Dr. Mark Breitenberg
Next in line has been Dr. Mark Breitenberg from Art Center College, Pasadena/US. In his adorable way of articulating complex issues via the selected use of the English language Mark thanked Braun for the perfect organisation of the competition as well as for applying the high quality standards of Braun Design to the execution of the BraunPrize competition itself.
One of his key remarks has been that as a member of the ICSID board he is visiting a lot of design schools around the globe. Accordingly he is pretty much impressed how well design students use their skills in order to not only solve everyday problems, but also more and more issues that address our quality of life as well as environmental issues.
For him quite a few BraunPrize entrants (he estimates almost 50%) demonstrated that there is a great sense of social and ethical responsibility reflected in their thinking and designs. However listen to him yourself:
