The Award Ceremony 2018

Christian Archambeau, Executive Director of the EUIPO, Luisa Bocchietto, Chairperson of the DesignEuropa Awards Jury and Hartmut Esslinger, winner of the DesignEuropa 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award.

Attendees enter the Polin Conference Centre in Warsaw, before the start of the DesignEuropa Award Ceremony on 28 November.

Jury members of DesignEuropa Awards 2018 (left to right) Joanna Leciejewska, Janina Fey, Luisa Bocchietto, Gemma Tost, Anna Szonyi and Robin Edman with Hartmut Esslinger (centre), winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award.

The three trophies of the DesignEuropa Awards 2018, exhibited at the POLIN Conference Centre before the start of the Award Ceremony.

Christian Archambeau, Executive Director of the EUIPO, delivers the opening speech at the DesignEuropa Awards 2018 Ceremony.

Luisa Bocchietto, President of the World Design Organisation and Chairperson of the Jury of DesignEuropa Awards, delivers a speech at the DesignEuropa Awards 2018 Ceremony.

Adam Bielan, Deputy Marshal of the Senate of the Republic of Poland (Wicemarszałek Senatu RP), delivers a speech at the DesignEuropa Awards Ceremony 2018.

A view of the main stage at the DesignEuropa Awards 2018 ceremony in the POLIN conference centre in Warsaw with Anna Kalczyńska and Piotr Kraśko, presenters of the gala.

Attendees during DesignEuropa Awards ceremony in Warsaw on 27 November 2018

Attendees during DesignEuropa Awards ceremony in Warsaw on 27 November 2018

Sara Clement and Niels Pedersen, of Marcus Pedersen ApS, winners of the Small and Emerging Companies category for Air.Go 2.0, at the DesignEuropa Awards Ceremony 2018.

Niels Pedersen and Sara Clement, of Marcus Pedersen ApS, winners of the Small and Emerging Companies category for Air.Go 2.0, at the DesignEuropa Awards Ceremony 2018.

Nadja Roth of Siemens Healthineers, receives the Industry category trophy from Alicja Adamczak, President of the Polish Patent Office at the DesignEuropa Awards Ceremony 2018.

Michael Martens and René Kartmann (Siemens Healthineers), Tobias Reese (at-design), Nadja Roth and Markus Weingarten (Siemens Healthineers), winners of the Industry Company category for ARTIS Pheno at the DesignEuropa Awards 2018 Ceremony 2018.

Hartmut Esslinger receives the Lifetime Achievement Award trophy from Christian Archambeau, Executive Director of the EUIPO at the DesignEuropa Awards Ceremony 2018.

Hartmut Esslinger receives the Lifetime Achievement Award trophy from Christian Archambeau, Executive Director of the EUIPO at the DesignEuropa Awards Ceremony 2018.

Hartmut Esslinger, winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award, delivers a keynote speech at the DesignEuropa Awards Ceremony 2018.

The winners of DesignEuropa Awards 2018 (from left to right): René Kartmann, Markus Weingarten, Michael Martens and Nadja Roth of Siemens Healthineers, Tobias Reese (at-design Gbr); Sara Clement and Marcus Pedersen (Marcus Pedersen ApS) and Hartmut Esslinger.

Group picture of all the winners and finalists of the DesignEuropa Awards 2018.

Marcin Halicki, of Braster, finalist of the Small and Emerging Companies category for Braster System, at the DesignEuropa Awards Ceremony 2018.

Germán Rubio of Durbanis and Alex Fernández Camps, finalists of the Small and Emerging Companies category for Locklock, at the DesignEuropa Awards Ceremony 2018.

Matej Feguš of Donar d.o.o. and Primož Jeza, finalists of the Small and Emerging Companies category for Nico Less, at the DesignEuropa Awards Ceremony 2018.

Sara Romero and Mariano Vallejo, of Romero Vallejo, finalists of the Industry category for Docks, produced by Gandia Blasco, at the DesignEuropa Awards Ceremony 2018.

Łukasz Gdyk and Bartłomiej Arcichowski of Fibaro, finalists of the Industry category for Intercom, at the DesignEuropa Awards Ceremony 2018.

Cristiano Crosetta and Antonia Crosetta of Tubes Radiatori with designer Alberto Meda (centre), finalists of the Industry category for Origami.