Armchair with music wins the Creative Industries Award

Horizon 47, who created a chair with integrated sound system, is the big seller of the 10th National Creative Industries Award. A partnership between Super Bock and Serralves, which this year also rewarded Guava, a brand of shoes and 100% Portuguese technology, and the Quartet Contratempus, which has created devices to make the performing arts more interactive, with the second and

The winner, who won a prize of 15 thousand euros, will represent Portugal in November in the largest international creative industry competition, the Creative Business Cup in Copenhagen, Denmark. The project, which competed in the Architecture and Visual Arts category, allowed the creation of an innovative and technological furniture, an armchair that invisibly incorporates a sound system so that the user can enjoy 39; a completely different and optimized experience

Here are the finalist projects for the 2018 edition of the National Creative Industries Award

The second prize, a value of seven thousand euros, went to Guava Shoes. The brand, totally national, developed by Inês Caleiro, also competed in the category of architecture and visual arts. The geometry and architecture of the high heels of his shoes stand out with the shoes to be made by hand, but combining the use of technologies with 3D printing and automotive molds.

The third prize, worth three thousand euros, went to the Quartet Comtratempus. The project, which competed in the Music and Performing Arts category, enhances the intersection between conventional stage art and interactive multimedia technologies through portable devices in which the stage and the sound are manipulated by artists. Born Knowledge (BfK), a prize promoted by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education, through the National Agency of Innovation. As its name indicates, the BfK Awards "celebrate scientific and technological knowledge and their impact on society."

Celebrating 10 years since its launch, the Bock / Serralves National Creative Industries Award has already supported more than 80 "in a sustained way" on the 2156 applications received. If in the first years the economic activities related to the service delivery by the candidate projects prevailed, in the last editions "the finalists presented a profile much more technological, with a particular emphasis on the development of platforms and projects". 39; technological applications) for the most diverse purposes (tourism, music industry, housing, among others). "