Exponor promotes the 1st edition of Export Home awards: Sustainability and Innovation, in partnership with the University of Aveiro. Applications were open until 31 January and the winners will be announced during the 28th edition of the fair dedicated to furniture and light, that takes place from 13th to 17th February at Exponor. The contest is divided in two categories: Sustainability in which all the production processes of a product are evaluated, taking into account the behaviour of each company to promote sustainability; and Innovation, in which is obligatory the inclusion of design processes that think ahead innovation through services while conceiving a product regarding its functionality, originalility and I&D most recent incorporated results. The jury is coordinated by Teresa Franqueira, Professor at the University of Aveiro and the director of Design Factory Aveiro, together with Alexandre Kumagai, Professor at the University of Aveiro, Maria Bruno Néo, design director at Munna - Ginger & Jagger and Toni Grilo, a graduate in Design of Furniture and Interior Architecture at École Supérieure Boulle, in Paris.
