An extraordinary material that lets itself be shaped by creativity. The second edition of Cristalplant® Design Contest was organized with that spirit, in partnership with Zanotta company and addressed to young creative designers from 18 to 39. The candidates shall submit their projects by March 12th 2010, as made out of Cristalplant® and inspired by the formal elegance of the historical brand Zanotta. Zanotta company, established in 1954 is duly included among the major players of Italian design history. Zanotta’s brand, as deeply related to Made in Italy quality and style, offers design furniture accessories that always match the most up-to-date trends. The best design projects, i.e. the ones that better combined Cristalplant® flexibility with formal elegance of the historical brand Zanotta, will be awarded on Wednesday 15th April at 07.00 p.m. at Superstudio Più via Tortona 27 by a qualified panel and with the partecipation of the major design and furniture magazines.  

The Zanotta+Cristalplant® Design Contest gives the young designers the opportunity to get in touch with the thousand sides of a versatile material like Cristalplant®. The purpose of this competition is disclosing the amazing properties and application ways of this material, when applied to the following two product classes: tables/small tables and furniture accessories. Therefore, the competition aims at highlighting the excellence of this material as well as investing in young talents. “Zanotta – as architect Gianluca Borgesi, Marketing and Communication director of Zanotta Co., explains – has always been focusing on new materials and their innovating applications, as well as the world of young creative people. That is why we consider Cristalplant® Design Contest 2010 as a good chance to make new ideas come out”.