Young Designer of the Year
The Young Designer of the Year prize is an encouragement award with the intention to support young designers in their uncompromising and unique work.
The Young Designer of the Year prize is an encouragement award with the intention to support young designers in their uncompromising and unique work.
The winners have demonstrated creative vision, competence, daring and entrepreneurship in the design field and have received some international visibility.
The prize sum is 5,000 € and it includes an exhibition. The prize has been awarded annually since 2000 and the receivers of the prize are selectede by a jury.
Juslin Maunula – designer, fashion designer Laura Juslin and architect Lilli Maunula – were selected as Design Forum Finland’s Young Designer of the Year 2022.
Hanna Anonen is a versatile designer whose portfolio covers a wide range from spatial and graphic design to interior decoration products. The pieces, which are often made from painted wood, are characterised by bright colours, unexpected ideas and playfulness.
The works of Matias Karsikas tread the fine line between functional objects and art. He creates original, sculptural figures, jewellery and lighting units from ceramics, glass and wood.