Sydney designer Adam Goodrum is the winner of the national Rigg Design Prize for 2015 with his work entitled ‘Unfolding’, a series of translucent folding house structures, overlaid with dichroic film, which reflect a luminous array of colourful images across the gallery walls. This is Australia’s most prestigious accolade for contemporary furniture and object design award with a prize money of $30,000 to an Australian design practitioner.
This year’s judges were two of the biggest names in international contemporary design, Gijs Bakker (Co-Founder, Droog Design) and Wava Carpenter (Former Curator, Design Miami). Revealing a picture of contemporary Australian design that is independent, original, and expressive of present-day issues and values, the Rigg Design Prize 2015 invited seven designers to exhibit bodies of work that communicated their practice and ideas. The exhibition of all seven designers’ works opens at the National Gallery Victoria from 18 September to 7 February 2016.
悉尼设计师 Adam Goodrum 成为维多利亚国家美术馆2015年理格设计奖优胜得主。他的作品 “Unfolding”，
一系列的半透明剔透折叠房屋结构，覆盖二向色胶片的面位，穿过艺术画廊折射出炫美的图象光线。
这项对于澳大利亚设计从业者来说也是现代家具与对象设计奖的最高荣誉，奖金高达30000美元。今年的评委是由两名国际当代设计大师Gijs Bakker (Droog设计联合创始人) 和 Wava carpenter（Miami设计前馆长）担当。
现代澳大利亚设计是以独立、原始的方式表述当代问题和价值，2015年里格设计奖邀请了7名设计师把他们的实践与思考原创作品展示，这项作品展于今年9月18日至2016年2月7日在维多利亚国家美术馆展出。
ADAM GOODRUM
Adam Goodrum grew up in Western Australia then moved to Sydney to study Industrial Design. Today Adam is focusing on furniture, product and interior design and his work unifies functionality with aesthetic.
“My design philosophy is curios, hands on, fun and rigorous. To me design is creating functional products with personality. Elements such as mechanisms, movement and geometry fascinate me.”
Adam Goodrum 在西澳成长，过后迁移到悉尼学习工业设计。Adam 的聚焦重点是家具、产品及室内设计，他的作品特质是结合功能与美感。
“我的设计理念是新奇、实践，乐趣和严谨。对我来说，设计是建立个性化的功能性产品。机理构造，移动和几何形状等元素让我着迷。”
DANIEL TO & EMMA AISTON
Daniel To and Emma Aiston are an Adelaide based design duo that are rapidly becoming super stars internationally. Starting their practice in 2008 they have products produced in France, Denmark and USA and have been part of Wallpaper magazine’s Wallpaper Handmade three times and are frequent exhibitors in New York, Paris, Tokyo, London and Berlin.
Daniel To 和 Emma Aiston 是目前驻扎澳大利亚阿德莱德的设计组合，他们迅速崛起成为国际超级明星。2008 年他们在法国、丹麦和美国开始设计制作产品，参与墙纸杂志与壁纸手工制作，并且在纽约、巴黎、东京，伦敦与柏林频繁参展。
BRODIE NEILL
Examples of Brodie Neill’s material driven masterpieces such as his ‘E-turn’ bench for Kundalini (2007), his limited edition ‘Remix’ bench (2008) and his ‘Reverb’ chair shown above, formed part of the exhibition of his work along with much more recent designs for his newish brand Made in Ratio such as last years ‘Alpha’ chair and the magnificent ‘Cowrie’ rocker from Made in Ratio Collection 2.
自 2007 年开始，设计师 Brodie Neill’s 取材自昆达里尼 (瑜伽式) 的“E转向”板凳被誉为杰作，随后还有限量版的 “混音”和他的“混响”椅子概念，而形成的部分作品展览及近期的设计，包括去年的作品“恒生”，还有壮观的“玛瑙贝椅” ，都是 Made in Ratio 的收藏系列二。
KATE ROHDE
At 35 Rohde is one of the younger Rigg finalists. A graduate of the Victorian College of Arts in 2001 Rohde set up her own studio a year later and has consistently exhibited since. Rohde describes her work as “shiny, loud, colourful and unashamedly decorative. I’m compelled and repulsed in equal measures by the fantastical environments I make.” The work itself is executed in various synthetic polymers and resins built up into a mesmerising tableau of furniture, vessels and ornaments.
年仅 35 岁的 Rohde 是最年轻的里格设计奖入围者之一。2001年毕业于维多利亚艺术学院的后成立本身工作室，一年后进行作品个展。Rohde 描述她的作品为“闪亮响亮、色彩鲜艳，底气十足，热爱幻想的概念，比较排斥平淡。 ”她的作品色彩强烈，家具，器皿和装饰品大部分为人造橡胶与合成树脂素材的设计。
RUSSEL KOSKELA AND SASHA TITCHKOSKY
Russell Koskela and Sasha Titchkosky formed Koskela in 2000 and operate their design studio across corporate and domestic sectors creating entire interior solutions along with individual lighting and furniture products. Koskela has recently added new objects to the line up – the ‘Hoodie’ covered desk, a new range of lights that add a slick spun metal canopy component to the woven outcome and a modular meeting place made up of timber seats and supports with woven panels.
Russell Koskela 与 Sasha Titchkosky 在 2000 年开始创立 Koskela 设计工作室，为企业和家庭创意设计室内照明方案与家具用品。Koskela 加入了新的题材 – “帽衫”覆盖的小书台和照明设计，外罩光滑的纺金属篷布组件，为会议地点增添了木质和编织材料元素。
JANOS KORBAN & STEFANIE FLAUBERT
Janos Korban and Stefanie Flaubert started their studio in 1993 while working in Germany on lightweight architecture and exhibition design but formerly founded their practice back in Sydney in 1995. Working out of their studio and workshop in Alexandria, the pair produce to both public and private commission while also creating a small range of production pieces.
在 1993 年于德国工作并且开始创立工作室的 Janos Korban 与 Stefanie Flaubert 这对设计组合，专长是鋁合金轻量级架构与展会设计。而他们在 1995 年回到悉尼后，也开始另外一段设计旅程。
KHAI LIEW
Khai Liew is an Adelaide based former restorer, turned fine woodworker and designer. Of Chinese Malay origin, after several decades of working as a restorer of the highest calibre, working on projects for private customers and museums both locally and abroad, Liew launched his design career at the ripe old age of 44. Liew is constantly reinventing the fertile ground that exists between Scandinavian, Asian and Colonial European furniture.
驻扎阿德莱德的 Khai Liew 是修复师和设计师。源为马来西亚华人，拥有数十年高水平修复经验，参与过国内外个人客户和博物馆修复项目，Liew 在 44 岁的高龄中开始设计生涯，Khai Liew 擅长重塑北欧，亚洲和欧洲殖民地家具。
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