Young Designer of the Year 2010
The recipient of the Young Designer of the Year 2010 are two designer groups, Imu and Aivan!. The Young Designer of the Year prize is given to a young designer of exceptionally original and high-standard skills and ability in the fields of crafts, applied art, industrial design, graphic design or interior architecture. The purpose of the prize is to encourage young designers to carry on uncompromising and original work in design. Read More at Design Forum Finland.
Previous recipients of the prize are designers Harri Koskinen and Ilkka Suppanen (2000), interior architect Karola Sahi and architect Eeva Lithovius (2001), designer and cabinetmaker Tuuli Autio and designer and silversmith Pyry Tamminen (2002), graphic designers Antti Hinkula and Teemu Suviala (2005), industrial designer Jukka Korpihete and furniture designer Mikko Paakkanen (2006), shoe designer Julia Lundsten and designer Janne Kyttänen (2007), designers Nathalie Lahdenmäki and Naoto Niidome (2008) and designers Terhi Tuominen and Mikko Laakkonen (2009).