On 30 November in Milan, excellence in design and in the management of design as an intellectual property rights will be celebrated by the DesignEuropa Awards ceremony.

The DesignEuropa awards were launched this year by the EUIPO, the office that manages the registration of Community designs, to highlight the importance of registering designs across the European Union as a passage from project to production, from idea to company asset.

Only the winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award has already been announced as the Italian designer Giorgetto Giugiaro.

During the ceremony, in the presence of all finalists, the winners will be announced in the two remaining categories: the Industry Award – for designs owned by companies with over 50 employees and €10 million in turnover-  and of the Small and Emerging Company Award – for designs owned by companies which comply with less than 50 employees or less than €10 million in turnover, or established as from 1 January 2013.

Fabrizio de Benedetti, CEO of Società Italiana Brevetti, is to take part in the ceremony as well as in the following gala dinner: should you wish to arrange a meeting with him, please contact us.