žūrija 2024
Final jury
Regina
Hanke
Professor of Communication Design and Design Management at the Macromedia – University of Applied Science, a researcher in strategic and behavioural design in digital and public health. Beyond her academic pursuits, Regina is a co-founder of LEILA, a leading medical information and decision support system app in Germany. Her commitment to designing health care is equaled by her pursuit of designing politics and policy. As a Board Member of BEDA – The Bureau of European Design Association, she actively advocates for the impact and understanding of design across various sectors.
Maria
Azzurra Rossi
Co-founder and co-manager of Mint List, a design and architecture public relations agency, educated in design, architecture and marketing communications. Active in the field of communication for over a decade, she has collaborated with international media and has been Head of communications for KAAN Architecten. She teaches Design Management and Design Communication at the European Institute of Design in Rome (IED Rome). MINT LIST curates the communication of renowned international entities such as Alvisi Kirimoto (it), Maarten Baas (nl), ecoLogicStudio (uk), Estonian Centre for Architecture (ee), Isola Design Group (it), Leiko Ikemura (jp), and many others.
Ieva
Zībārte
Architect and writer, «New European Bauhaus» expert and Director of Property Development of «Rīgas nami». Ieva is an expert at the National Council for Architecture at the Ministry of Culture and the Coin Design Commission at the Bank of Latvia. She also writes about architecture, design, urban environment and popular culture.
Edgars
Zvirgzdiņš
Designer, founder of design studio "Associates, Partners et Sons" and co-founder of the speakers brand "Aretai". Alongside the design practice, Edgars is engaged in design management and development of brand design strategies. He is interested in combining different media, collaborating with a wide range of professionals to create expressive experiences and products. Several projects in which Edgar has been involved has won the National Design Award of Latvia, Latvian Design Awards, the Latvian Architecture Award and the Red Dot Design Award in product design.
Dārta
Apsīte
Creative director, previously worked at the "Wrong Digital" agency, headed the Brand and Design Department of the Riga City Council, where the visual renewal of the Riga brand was implemented. Over the past two years, the visual communication campaigns created under the leadership of Darta have won numerous awards for creative excellence in both local and international competitions. Campaigns created by Darta campaigns are promoting a sense of self-esteem and belonging to Latvia with design and audiovisual techniques.
Selection jury
Ieva
Zībārte
Architect and publicist, head of the Development and Construction Project Management Department of the municipal corporation Rīgas nami. As an architecture and design expert in Latvia, Ieva represents New European Bauhaus, the European Commission's strategic initiative, works for the National Architecture Council of the Ministry of Culture, acts as the board member of the Latvian Architects' Union and the Coin Design Commission of the Bank of Latvia. Ieva also writes about architecture, design, urban environment and popular culture.
Edgars
Zvirgzdiņš
Designer, founder of design studio "Associates, Partners et Sons" and co-founder of the sound and design product brand "Aretai". In addition to his design practice, Edgars is actively engaged in design management processes and development of brand design strategies. His interest field covers the connection of different media and cooperation with a wide range of specialists, creating expressive experiences and products. Numerous projects with Edgars creative involvement have one significant recognition such as the National Design Award of Latvia, the Latvian Architecture of the Year Award and the Red Dot Design Award in product design.
Kirils
Kirasirovs
Graphic designer, founder of the «augusts.co» studio. Kirill's works carry through his very own characteristic minimal, laconic visual language. He has collaborated with numerous culture projects and initiatives - “Arterritory», «Fotokvartāls», «Tactile Baltics», «Punctum» and the Center for Contemporary Art of Latvia. Currently Kirils is the author for graphic design for exhibitions at the Pauls Stradiņš Medical History Museum.
Mārcis
Miķelsons–Germs
UX and service designer, head of the UX design department and partner in digital design, consulting and development company «Cube». Marcis is planning and managing the development of digital products and experiences for large, medium and small sized companies on a daily basis. Such Baltic brands as "Rimi", "SEB", "Elektrum", "Virši", "LMT", "Ergo" and "Circle K" are just to name a few among the long list of “Cube” clients.
Edijs
Ļaksa
Product designer with more than twenty years of experience in graphic design. He runs his own company "D1", which specializes in car design and product visualization. Edijs designed the frame of the world-recognized "Eurofighter" series drift car and the frame of the military vehicle “VR-1-FOX”, which received the National Design Award of Latvia 2023 for the best product design. Eddy also received the "Golden Hammer" award in the interactive category.
Dārta
Apsīte
Creative director, previously worked at the "Wrong" agency, headed the Brand and Design Department of the Riga City Council, while supervising the renewal of the Riga brand visual. During the last two years visual communication campaigns created under the leadership of Darta have won numerous awards for creative excellence in both local and international competitions. Darta's campaigns promote self-esteem and a sense of belonging to Latvia with design and audiovisual techniques.
Baiba
Ripa
Fashion and interior designer, founder of the brand "Baiba Ripa" which specializes on couture knitwear, therefore all collections naturally fit into both cultural heritage and avant-garde fashion worlds. Thanks to careful research into the sustainability of fibers and fashion cycles, Baiba's design approach is highly valued in biggest world fashion meccas such as New York and Paris. During the process of creating private and public interiors, the Baiba Ripa always pays special attention to details and quality.
Didzis
Jaunzems
Architect and designer, head of design office "DJA", lecturer at RISEBA Faculty of Architecture and Design. Before founding his own studio, Didzis worked at OMA, one of the world's leading architectural offices. He has created scenographies for several European opera houses as well as multimedia stages in Latvia. Didzis works with exhibition projects of various scales, including Latvian "EXPO Dubai 2020" pavilion. He has previously won the Latvian Architecture of the Year Award and the National Design Award of Latvia for environmental objects.
Anna
Andersone
Entrepreneur actively working in the design field, one of the major leaders of the start-up ecosystem in Latvia and head of the Riga TechGirls movement. Over 20 years Anna's work has been related to the design field, communication, technology and entrepreneurship. She has co-founded such start-ups as "Froont" and "berta.me", as well as serving on the board of "TechHub Riga". Under her leadership, "Riga TechGirls" trained more than 20,000 people in Latvia and abroad in three years. Anna is a guest lecturer at the Riga University of Economics (SSE Riga), and has led a business school for young entrepreneurs.
Brigita
Bula
Founder of Brigita Bula Architects and advisory board member of the Latvian Association of Architects. Brigita's architects' office creates sustainable architecture for green and forward-thinking clients: private residences, office interiors, public buildings, cafés and exhibitions. The Salt House designed by her in Pāvilosta received the Grand Prix of the Latvian Architecture Award in 2019 and was nominated for the Mies van der Rohe Award in 2022.
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