Grand Design award goes to jewellers

The title of Grand Designer of the Year was awarded Saturday evening to jewellers Zdeněk Vacek and Daniel Pošta. The two were awarded for their Virus collection, which experiments with chemical processes like crystal growth and used unprocessed diamonds and pearls. The newcomer of the year was Klára Šumová with furniture based on living motifs. The best shop of 2011 was won by the stationery shop Papelote. Rony Plesl was voted designer of the year and also won the company Lasvit a prize in the production category for a collection of lightshades and lamps.