The Lombardy Region has promoted the contest Design Competition in collaboration with Unioncamere Lombardia, ADI – Italian Association for Industrial Design and HOMI, to once again offer 49 young designers, under the age of 35, their first concrete job opportunity by launching a collaboration with Lombard manufacturing companies and professional designers with years of experience as tutors.

The initiative has given 37 companies the opportunity to make the prototypes of the 39 design ideas on the theme of Sharing: Living (furnishings and homeware accessories, textiles and lighting), Outdoor (outdoor décor and gardening accessories), Kids (furnishings and accessories) and Personal accessories.

The design ideas presented have been evaluated by a Committee of experts according to various criteria, taking functional and aesthetic characteristics, innovative elements in the materials and production technologies, the concept of sharing, product sustainability and scope of usability into consideration.

Crooner Lamp – The Crooner lamp is a simple and elegant designer object. Easy to carry around, it is totally environmentally friendly. Suitable for any environment, its soft lighting and accessories make Crooner the perfect addition to any social gathering. The lamp’s external metal body is made up of two half cylinders that serve as electrical poles (+/-). To switch on the light, you simply have to overturn the lamp, allowing the bulb to descend into and make contact with the metallic cylinder. Crooner is supplied in a box purposely designed to hold the lamp and its accessories.