LOWER SAXON STATE PRIZE 2022.

We are pleased to announce that Hergen Garrelts has been awarded the Lower Saxony State Prize in 2022. A great honor for many years of design work in the Oldenburg area.

The Lower Saxony State Prize for Creative Crafts has been awarded regularly since 1958 at intervals of up to four years by what is now the Lower Saxony Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labor and Transport. It recognizes the designed work of craftsmen and women based in Lower Saxony. The State Prize, the two sponsorship prizes and the company prize are intended to provide incentives and encourage Lower Saxony craftsmen and craft businesses to demonstrate their high level of technical skills and "their creative competence in order to stand out from other competitors and position themselves successfully on the market" (Lower Saxony Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labor and Transport, 2017).

In January 2022, we were allowed to travel to Hanover with part of our team to be there live for the ceremonial handover and the opening of the exhibition.

According to Handwerksform, the jury's verdict was unanimous and describes the design of our seating furniture as follows: "The optical lightness corresponds to the low weight of the chair. Puristic, restrained in form, it impresses with clear lines, is easy to handle and yet makes no compromises in terms of stability. Chairs, consistent in form and line and down to the smallest detail."

We are delighted with this verdict and would like to express our sincere thanks for the entire planning and realisation of this important award for creative crafts in Lower Saxony.

In the following films on YouTube you can expect further insights and additional background information on the creation of this seating furniture:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XV5BFyJYNXY&t=16s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iHTmYXbAQo

The following pictures show our award-winning seating furniture.