Outstanding design, ecologically compatible and future-oriented

The German Federal Ecodesign Award is Germany's highest state award for ecological design.

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Interview with Anna Berkenbusch

In our new interview section, we ask experts who help decide on the awarding of the German Ecodesign Award what is important to them in the submitted entries. This time, Anna Berkenbusch, who is the jury chair since 2018, explains what she considers to be the criteria for a well-made project.

Interview

The Jury

Coming up next: On 28 September, the interdisciplinary jury of renowned designers and environmental experts will come together in order to determine this year's nominees and award winners.

The Jury

Ten years!

The German Ecodesign Award will be presented for the tenth time this year. We look back on many inspiring ideas and impressive projects! Here we tell some of the stories of former award-winning projects:

Stories

Touring exhibition in Ludwigsburg

From 6 to 30 July, this year's touring exhibition was on view on the premises of the Kunstverein at MIK Ludwigsburg. It is planned to bring the double exhibition, which presents the nominated and award-winning entries of the German Ecodesign Award of 2019 and 2020 on the occasion of the 10th anniversary, also to Innsbruck and Berlin. As a taster, the exhibition can already be visited virtually now! You will find the link to the virtual tour on the exhibition page.

Exhibition

What is Ecodesign?

More information on the topic of Ecodesign can be found here for those who are interested in contemporary design and who also have environmental protection in mind.

Ecodesign

Project Overview

Here you can find an overview of all nominated and winning projects since 2012. Among them are works by companies, design offices and marketing agencies, architecture and engineering firms, researchers and students.

All projects since 2012