ELLE DECO Italia awarded MAGNO wooden radio for “slow design 2009“

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Magno wooden radio is again nominated for two highly reknown design-awards

- INDEX-Design-Award in Copenhagen
- German Designaward 2010

Magno wooden radio in Brazil

Brazils Design-genius, Sergio Rodrigues ("Mole Chair"), is also a fan of the wooden radio.

Magno wooden radio wins the 2009 British Design Award of the London Design Museum

We are more than happy to announce: After winning several design awards an other famous design award can be added – The wooden radio is the prize-winner of the British Design Award in 2009. The ceremony will be held on the 18th of March in the London Design Museum with the designer attending. The jury wrote: “The idea is to drag radio closer to our personal range. Meanwhile, regarding electronic advancement, the tendency is towards the compactness and miniaturization of the radio. This will give an opportunity to re-interpret the product form from a human-machine interface issue to a human-cultural icons relation. Looking at the radio as the sound box/entertaining mate, we have transformed the idea into the essential form of radio with more changes to experiencing it as a personal man-made thing. Part of the idea is to bring closer and more personal treatment to the user. Natural materials are also meant to give the rightness of sense toward nature.”

It was a long way from a one-man-project in the jungle of Java to the hip designcapitals of the world. By the way, it is the first time in his life that Singihh will be travelling to Europe.

Another 2000 young trees could be planted

With the profits generated in 2008 we were able to support Singgih and his tree nursery: 2000 new young trees (rosewood, albasia and teak) could be bought and will be raised in the tree nursery within the next months before being replanted outside the village.

Just a few months ago Singgih and his helpers were able to plant 2000 trees near Temanggung.

wooden radio on the ambiente fair

From 13th to 17th February we have presented the wooden radio on the ambiente fair in Frankfurt. On the worlds biggest fair for consumer products the small wooden radio was one of the few products that was awarded with the “Designplus-Award” by a well-known jury, including members of the “German Design Council”: Between the other famous designer pieces the radio from the jungle gained a lot of attention by the media.

As a result the European success-story will go on: The wooden radio will now be sold by dealers specialised in design in Norway, Sweden, Luxemburg and Iceland. It seems Europe is enthusiastic about a little hand-made radio from Indonesia.