Friedrich Becker Prize 2020

Call fro Applications: Friedrich Becker Prize 2020

9  May 2020

Stadtmuseum, Düsseldorf

Application for the Frieserich Becker Prize 2020 is open.

In awarding the Friedrich-Becker-Prize the Gesellschaft für Goldschmiedekunst e.V. (Society of Goldsmiths‘ Art) commemorates this extraordinary man and great designer Friedrich Becker, and following his path it is given to the very best of our generation of designers. The prize is awarded for originality, exceptional design and highest execution of craftsmanship.

Submissions should be jewelry or hollow/flatware, either one-of-a-kind or a prototype for serial production with an innovative character. The inclusion of new materials and techniques is equally as desirable as the utilization of the classic materials for jewelry, hollow- and flatware design.

Jury Members
Sam Tho Duong, goldsmith, jewelry designer, Pforzheim
Cornelie Holzach M.A., museum director, Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim
Prof. Andrea Wippermann, diploma designer, Hochschule Wismar/Design Faculty

• The prize is endowed with € 10.000 donated by Friedrich Becker’s widow Hildegard Becker (1928–2018)
• Participation fee: € 45,00

• The works must be produced in the last three years.

• Deadline to enter photos is 14.02.2020

Competition Procedure

The selection of the works (prize-winner and exhibition objects) will take place in two jury sessions, a photograph jury and an object jury. 

Photograph Jury: submissions to be received in Hanau no later than February 14, 2020

Object Jury: the works selected by the jury must be received in Hanau no later than March 16, 2020 

Award Ceremony

The award ceremony and opening of the exhibition will take place on May 9, 2020, at the Stadtmuseum in Düsseldorf. The laudation will be held by Dr. Sabine Runde, senior custodian, curator of Applied Art from the Middle Ages to the Present, Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt.

Further information and registration: www.goldschmiedehaus.com