Minimum Prize – Cittadellarte Fondazione Pistoletto 2017
CUCULA has received the special award from Cittadellarte of the Fondazione Pistoletto.
“The Minimum Prize is a prize placed at the minimum level compared to the ones destined to big personalities who have dedicated their lives to the peace or the civil progress cause.
The Minimum Prize wants to be at the basis of the research, the incentive and the motive of a process aiming at the values of new civilization perspectives as an objective. It is a starting rather than an achievement award. It is an acknowledgement celebrating who promotes a responsible social transformation. […]”
European Social Innovation Competition 2016
“CUCULA – Refugees Company for Crafts and Design” is one of three winners of the “Social Innovation Competition for Europe 2016” of the European Commission. The German design and furniture project was selected from more than 1,000 applicants from 36 countries and received prize money of EUR 50,000 at the award ceremony in Brussels. Under this year’s motto “Integrated Future Perspectives”, ideas were sought that would contribute to better reception and integration of refugees and migrants in Europe and enable them to participate in the social, economic, cultural and political life of their host countries.
More details about the competition can be found at: bit.ly/2016diogochallenge
iF Public Value Award
The iF Public Value Award was presented this year for the first time as part of the iF Design Awards and honors projects with social solutions for society. We were very happy that we won the price in the category “Empowering the Individual“.
Quote of the jury:
“CUCULA takes an entrepreneurial approach to the enormous challenge of not only welcoming refugees in Germany, but also giving them an opportunity to develop their talents, gain practical experience and actively take their futures into their own hands. The special thing about CUCULA is the use of one of Enzo Mari’s design concepts. Well known for his ideas to make design more democratic, Enzo Mari has granted a license allowing and enabling people to produce high-quality, elegantly shaped furniture using simple tools and a low level of know-how. Among other things, this includes the ambassador chair, which is valued and in high demand in the design community. He puts his design ideas at the service of society, thus creating public value. CUCULA is an innovative answer to the question of how integration can look in concrete terms and be put into practice successfully virtually anywhere.”
Smart Hero Award
We also won the Smart Hero Award in the category “Civic and political participation„. We received the price at the award ceremony from the Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women und Youth Manuela Schwesig and Sheryl Sandberg, CEO of Facebook.
