Established in 1954 and the result of an idea of Italian architect Gio Ponti to highlight the value and quality of industrial design products, the ADI Compasso d’Oro Award is considered to be the most significant and influential Italian design award.
The Compasso d’Oro Award is promoted and organized by ADI in partnership with the ADI Foundation.
ADI – the Association for Industrial Design represents the complete Italian design process and includes businesses, designers, distributors, schools and institutions.
To mark the Expo 2015, which will be held in Milan from the 1st of May to the 31st of October 2015, and bearing in mind new global scenarios where the right to safe, healthy and sufficient food for all is considered a central theme for the future of the planet, ADI is promoting the 1st International ADI Compasso d’Oro Award in line with the theme of the Expo, that is, Feed the Planet, and dedicating the award to “Design for Food and Nutrition”.
Participation in the competition for sending the nomination will be open till February 28th 2015.
For further information, please see the attached file.