You have less than a month left to apply for the 22nd edition of the Liliane Bettencourt prize for hand intelligence: applications are open until April 5, 2022. A prize divided into 3 categories: Dialogues, Exceptional Talents and Journey.
Since 1999, by launching the Liliane Bettencourt prize for the intelligence of the hand, the Bettencourt Schueller Foundation has been rewarding creators who develop know-how and innovate in the field of fine crafts. Having become over the years a reference and a label of excellence, this prize is now specifically aimed at designers and craftsmen to help them finalize a prototype and deepen a related development and/or research project thanks to support supported.
Liliane Bettencourt Prize for the intelligence of the hand, DIALOGUES category
Goals : Welcomes a collaboration betweena craftsman and a designer. This collaboration must be embodied by a sufficiently successful prototype or an object that demonstrates excellent craftsmanship and creativity in design.
Staffing: €50,000(divided equally between the craftsman and the designer)
Accompaniement : up to €150,000, for the deployment of a prototype orof the object in order to deepen the experimentation,research and innovation.
The last three winners:
- 2021: Grégory Rosenblat, porcelain maker and ceramist, Nicolas Lelièvre and Florian Brillet, designers, for Aotsugi
- 2020: Nicolas Pinon, lacquerer and Dimitri Hlinka, designer for the Entropie radiator
- 2019: André Fontes and Guillaume Lehoux, designers of the Noir Vif studio and Ludwig Vogelgesang, cabinetmaker, “Faraday cage” cradle
Liliane Bettencourt Prize for the intelligence of the hand, EXCEPTIONAL TALENTS category
Goals : Rewards the excellence of a craftsman for the realization of a work combining mastery techniques and know-how and innovation.
Staffing: €50,000
Accompaniement : up to €100,000, for the realization of a development project.
The last three winners:
- 2021: Karl Mazlo, artisan jeweler, for Black Garden
- 2020: Fanny Boucher, gravure artist and art teacher with Arboris
- 2019: Jeremy Maxwell Wintrebert, hand and mouth glass blower, for The Beginning: Dark Matter
© Sophie Zénon for the Bettencourt-Schueller Foundation
Liliane Bettencourt Prize for the intelligence of the hand, PATHWAYS category
Goals : Distinguishes an exemplary structure for its commitment, its achievements, its contribution to the French crafts sector, its ability to train others, its ambitions and future projects.
Staffing: €50,000
Accompaniement : up to €100,000 to carry out a development project.
The last three winners:
- 2021: ITEMM (European Technological Institute for Music Professions) directed by Carole Le Rendu
- 2020: Make HERE
- 2019: IFRAM (Training and Research Institute for Metal Crafts)
Closing of applications April 5, 2022 (at 11:59 p.m.)
INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION HERE
