Franz Gold Award Winner: 
Eden Hevroni

The 2016 Franz Award organized by Asia‐Pacific Cultural Creative Industry Association and  Beijing Today Art Museum has become the world’s most anticipated professional porcelain design  competition.

It has attracted 1,414 groups of designers from 31 countries including Taiwan, China,  Japan, Germany, the U.S., Italy, Israel, Korea, Spain, Poland, Russia, Norway and Czech Republic this April to compete for the grand prize.

After several rounds of selection, the results were announced on the awarding ceremony on  November 30th. Israeli designer Eden Hevroni’s unique and artistic artwork “VENIN NOIR” won the gold medal in porcelain design group and the gold medal for concept design group goes to Jin Zhangfrom China whose work creates a new way of making molds.

Since 2007, Franz Award has expanded from Taiwan to China and to a global scale;  it has  attracted nearly ten thousand up‐and coming designers from over 40 countries to participate.    Every year the Franz Award has a specific theme that highlights the competition and lets  contestants from different countries to go beyond cultural barriers and inspire innovative thinking.  This year marks the tenth anniversary of Franz Award and the theme is “Shine”. To the competition, every piece of artwork is a star that points the direction of future porcelain design and shines in our  lives.