The jury of spoga+gafa received a record number of applications for the unique youngstar 2017 competition. Eighty-one applications from 18 different countries were submitted. Sixteen of the best ideas that fell within the theme of "Outdoor Living" have been nominated for this year’s finals.
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The prototypes will be presented to the trade audience in the garden unique Bistro (Hall 10.2) during the garden trade fair. Additionally, a public vote will be held on the homepage of garden unique. The winners will be announced at 4 p.m. in the garden unique Bistro on Sept. 3. A total of 7,000 euros will be awarded in prize money.
The following were nominated for the unique youngstar:
• Jessica Bizzoni, "Rain Flower Walk," Italy
• Jessica Bruni, "Pflanzen Talje," Germany
• Gal Bulka and Idan Noyberg‚ "lightly," Israel
• Nina Eberhard, Simon Frambach and Fabian Kolpack, "SOLO" Germany
• Juliane Fuchs, "sliced lamp," Germany
• Christian Heikoop, "Concave," USA
• Moritz Jähde and Grischa Erbe, "Gartenfackel Seewald," Germany
• Philipp Möbius, "Merula," Germany
• Lena Ohmstede, "Vertikales Gärtnern mit Regenwassernutzung," Germany
• Maria Ovchinnikov, "Rotate," Russia
• Samuel Shoham, "digger," Israel
• Pieter Städler, "Städler Made Outdoor Oven," Netherlands
• Gregor Stober, Philippsburg and Johannes Bauer, "rolling table," Germany
• Ara Levon Thorose, "7M Chair," USA
• Lukas Unertl, "Bochum," Germany
• Chris Walter and Amélie Ika, "Sitzend stehend Leute," Germany
All information on the nominees is available at this link: www.gardenunique.de/youngstar/en. Those interested in voting may also do so at that link until Aug. 25.