(MENAFN- AzerNews)
By Laman Ismayilova
The Baku congress Center has hosted Azerbaijan Design Award
2022, Azernews reports citing Trend Life .
Since 2018, the project competition brings together the
country's best designers in order to develop the design industry in
Azerbaijan.
The project competition is co-organized by the Culture Ministry
and Azerbaijan Designers Association.
The design projects submitted by local and foreign designers on
various topics within the competition were evaluated by an
international jury, including experts from Azerbaijan, Turkiye, the
USA, Italy, China, etc.
Before the event, the guests got acquainted with the projects
that made it to the final of the competition.
In his speech at the ceremony, Ramin Nasirov spoke about the
idea of the Azerbaijan Design Award project and the development
of the design industry in the country.
First Deputy Culture Minister Elnur Aliyev, co-founder of the
Azerbaijan Design Award Ramin Nasirov, chairman of the Azerbaijan
Federation of Creative Industries Vasif Eyvazzade, contemporary
artist Faig Ahmad and many others attended the awarding
ceremony.
In his speech, Elnur Aliyev noted that the Culture Ministry pays
great attention to the creative industries, including design.
The Deputy Culture Minister said that the competition was held
in ten nominations. At the same time, the Culture Ministry proposed
to add a nomination on the theme dedicated to the Year of Shusha in
Azerbaijan.
Chairman of the Azerbaijan Federation of Creative Industries
Vasif Eyvazzade highlighted the activities of the federation,
established in 2021, also recalling that in 2019 the city of Baku
was included in the UNESCO Creative Cities Network in the Design
category.
Vasif Eyvazzade also spoke about the influence of designers on
the country's economy.
During the event, a video was shown, which included shots
reflecting the beauty of the unique nature, history and culture of
the city of Shusha.
The guests of the evening watched a video that showcased the
projects of all the finalists.
At the end of the evening, the winners were determined in the
following categories - advertising design, branding, packaging
design, illustration, web design, interior design, exterior design,
print design, etc.
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