Winners Henry van de Velde Awards 2025
From a positioning platform for breast radiotherapy and a typeface that provides help with the correct pronunciation of an unfamiliar language to a circular façade stone for a museum, a lighting installation that addresses the issue of street harassment and the design of a city office: these are just some of the projects that are up for a Henry van de Velde Award this year. Discover them all and vote for the public award!
From hundreds of entries, the professional jury decided in two rounds of judging which projects deserved an award this year. Cast your own vote for one of the projects and help decide who deserves the Public by National Lottery Gold Award. You can vote until 19 December!
You will find out who deserves the Gold, Silver or Bronze Award within each category and who goes home with the Lifetime Achievement, Young Talent, Company and Ecodesign by OVAM Award during the festive award ceremony in Bozar on Tuesday 21 January 2025. Mark this date in your diary now, registration is possible from 25 November!
Business Innovation
Caretool S!MPLR
The caretool S!MPLR is a compact and smart tool that combines essential tools to optimise carers' workflow.
Dripl Refill Point
Dripl Refill Point is a dispenser where you can fill a drinking bottle or glass with natural and low-sugar drinks.
Open Access Breast Couch
Open Access Breast Couch is a positioning platform with abdominal recumbency for breast radiotherapy.
Consumer
Fairbuds
Fairbuds zijn draadloze oordopjes met actieve noise cancelling, ontworpen om levenslang mee te gaan.
Urbanisto
Urbanisto is een modulaire fietsoplossing waarbij je vlot wisselt tussen een gewone elektrische fiets, een familiebakfiets of een praktische cargofiets.
Verde KinetiCore
Verde KinetiCore is een fietshelm ontwikkeld vanuit een circulair ontwerp, gebaseerd op de principes van het verminderen, hergebruiken en recycleren van materialen.
Crafts by Bokrijk
Al Khat
Al Khat is a multifunctional textile made from Belgian wool according to Flemish-Moroccan traditions.
Guided by Tiles
Guided by Tiles is a tile design for the signage/art integration of theatre Le Vilar in Louvain-la-Neuve.
IT Pieces
IT Pieces are generative designs that transform data into textiles.
Design Research
Gent Waste Brick for DING
Gent Waste Brick for DING is a circular facing brick, made 63% from waste residues from Ghent and accounting for only one third of the CO₂ emissions of a baked brick.
How do I make my building future-proof?
How do I make my building future-proof? is a practical guide for clients on future-oriented (re)construction.
Phonobet
Phonobet is an alphabet with recognisable letter shapes that provides help with the correct pronunciation of an unfamiliar language for non-native readers.
Environment
FenNet
FenNet is a reusable and movable fence to enable successful landscape restoration through reforestation in the pastoral regions of western Africa.
Gent Waste Brick for DING
Gent Waste Brick for DING is a circular facing brick, made 63% from waste residues from Gent and accounting for only one third of the CO₂ emissions of a baked brick.
Jaga Net Zero
Jaga Net Zero is a range of heat pump radiators for heating and cooling with high efficiency and low CO₂ emissions.
Graphics
Musée de la Mémoire ‘PROPRIÉTÉ UNIVERSELLE’ ®
Musée de la Mémoire ‘PROPRIÉTÉ UNIVERSELLE’ ® is an artist's book by Joëlle Tuerlinckx, which tells, confirms and completes the story of the M.M., a museum without walls.
Safer Streets
Safer Streets is a lighting installation that addresses the issue of street harassment in Brussels and beyond.
Tosca
Tosca is a novel hidden inside a book of poetry, which pretends to be a blank book and whose pages need to be cut open.
Habitat
PureAura
PureAura is a simple, low-cost, high-efficiency air purifier designed to improve air quality in small rooms.
Stack
Stack is a modular furniture system consisting of horizontal and vertical parts that click together.
Stock
Stock is a circular alternative to tableware, re-glazing existing biscuits.
Spaces
019
019 is a transdisciplinary platform that develops intermediate spaces for intuitive experimentation, collaboration and encounter between architecture, graphic design and visual art.
Human-centred Design: Ghent City Office
The Ghent city office was radically renovated, prioritising people-oriented design in all areas.
The Adult Playground
The Adult Playground is a series of benches to encourage parents taking their children to the playground to exercise.
Henry van de Velde Awards?
The Henry van de Velde Awards showcase and award not only Flemish designers, companies and governments that use design intelligently, but also products, services and systems with a positive impact on society, the environment and the economy. From 215 entries, the professional jury has selected 23 winners in 8 categories for the Henry van de Velde Awards 25! You can cast your vote for one of the projects to help determine who deserves the Public by National Lottery Gold Award. You can vote until 19 December!
