handle with creativity – Winner announcement

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We have the winners for handle with creativity by nidi! Lo and behold, we have even more!

596 awesome projects submitted by 376 users creatives around the world, many interesting ideas of handles to furnish the kids’ bedroom with funny and playful solutions.

Drumroll…

1st Award
aurigastudio
with
Lucchetto

Combining the closing system with the handle represents an innovative idea. The game of shapes and colours that combines business with pleasure turns out to be pleasant and not too childish. It is a very thoughtful mechanism that appears to be feasible and interesting – Comment by nidi-Battistella

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Lucchetto is a playful handle composed of two different forms, which overlap and block the opening of doors and drawers. The opening happens by sliding or rotating one of the two forms, unlocking the composition. Contrasting finishes visually enhance the mechanism. The entire collection consists of five forms that can be combined together in various conformations.

2nd Award
TOBOdesign
with
zoo handles

In perfect Nidi style: a series of animals that were missing from the collection, created out of geometrical repeated shapes. The subjects, even if regular and simple, are nevertheless funny and effective. – Comment by nidi-Battistella

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ZOO HANDLES: 5 handles thought for the kids.
The idea of representing the animal kingdom with five different animals was the starting concept: the dog, the deer, the toucan, the owl and the fish.
All the handles have inside a recurring element that unite them aesthetically, giving a sense of homogeneity to the collection.
The handles are entirely produced in different finishes of wood (elm, nature, ash-coloured and caramel), in order to give a stronger feeling of warmth these objects.

3rd Award
andreanegri
with
NIDO

Maximum expression of the “nest” concept, a handle with a pleasant “rétro” shape meant in wooden materials and enriched with a touch of the bird colour: original.  – Comment by nidi-Battistella

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Nido is a fixed handles, wooden and plastic mat
Design with clean lines, delicate and evocative
Materials: wood, plastic mat
Colours: acqua, bucaneve, carota, prezzemolo

And also welcome three extra projects selected by Battistella, with three further awards!

Extra awards

germanodallapola
with
papilio

An exquisite stylisation of the butterfly, a pleasant shape that allows to create several composition and colour games. – Comment by nidi-Battistella

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“Papilio” is a family of butterfly-handles inspired by children’s drawings.
Their rounded, minimal and abstract shape gives the objects a touch of irony and lightness.
All members of the family are different from each other, like in real life; six butterflies and six shapes.
The handles are made with sheets of aluminum, or laminated wood.

kenosidesign
with
button

A classical shape, an every-day element that never tires out, enriched by wood which gives it a precious and non-trivial significance. – Comment by nidi-Battistella

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Button, dress your space….
“button” is a set of wooden handles, with 2 or 4 holes and many colors combinations and various sizes possible.

benjokoren
with
eggies

A plain oval shape that comes to life thanks to a couple of plain holes, a curious character, although elementary, with whom you can play on doors and drawers. – Comment by nidi-Battistella

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Eggies are strange creatures that represent the spirits of the nature living in the woods. They live in the imagination of children and now they materialised to help them open the drawers and protect them in the night when they are sleeping.

 

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This post has 7 comments

  • florian 30 Oct 2015 at 03:42pm

    seriously ?
    4 to 14 years ?
    read the brief….
    just lol….

    • desall 04 Nov 2015 at 10:31am

      Hi Florian,
      thanks for your feedback. Yep, this is their choice as of now. Who knows, they might decide to choose even more projects in the future.

      Best Regards

      Desall Team

      • Leslie Wallant 30 Oct 2015 at 05:18pm

        It was supposed to be INTERACTIVE not merely DECORATIVE. Except for the first one, there is no option for children to act upon or with the knobs. How would a child interact and do something with knobs shaped like animals. These can easily already be found in any housewares store. How do the children know the story of the “spirit shapes”. Looking like cute ovals, how do children intereact with this “spirit story”? Button could be more than a visual shape if cords were included. But strings hanging from knobs could be frustrating. Why did your search talk about Interaction if you merely wanted decorative?

        • desall 04 Nov 2015 at 10:29am

          Hi Leslie,
          thanks for your opinion. Indeed the contest was looking also for innovative functions for the handles, but it was not a prerequisite for participation. The comments by Battistella quoted above every project suggest the reasons for their choice.
          All the same, we remain at your disposal for any further enquiry,
          Best Regards

          Desall Team

          • Pedro 04 Nov 2015 at 05:18pm

            Unfortunately the name HANDLE WITH CREATIVIY does not quite fit here. Maybe Nidi can define creativity for all the passionate and eager designers who work without any demands for payment.

            • desall 11 Nov 2015 at 10:26am

              Dear Pedro,
              we are sorry you are disappointed with the results. We remind you, though, that Battistella might purchase other projects as well. Indeed, there are so many interesting projects. Unlike other contests, we also allow more projects to be chosen throughout 12 months from the end of the competition, so there might be other possibilities for all participants.
              For any question, feel free to contact us.

              Have a nice day,
              Desall Team

              • Marilyn 26 Nov 2015 at 01:41pm

                Zoo handles the dog, the deer, the toucan, the owl and the fish are great with nice colors. Nest handle is also cool. Definitely above all are winner of “Handle with creativity”.