On a sunny day in Berlin last week, Rimowa presented its third annual design prize for German students, hosted at Gropius Bau, an historical arts exhibition space that stands at what used to be the border between east and west Berlin. The prize ceremony was set to a backdrop of aluminium structures, surrounded by the finalists’ work: interpretations of the theme, ‘mobility’.
“We created the prize to empower young design talents and to celebrate German design. We feel that German design is a patrimony at Rimowa that we need to celebrate, grow, extend,” Rimowa CEO Hugues Bonnet-Masimbert tells Vogue Business at Gropius Bau, ahead of the ceremony.