The ADI Compasso d’Oro Award is a triennial national event that is the highest recognition to merit the design qualities of a product, a service or research. The work should represent the importance of value, culture, quality, system process and sustainable innovation in Italian Industrial Design. For more than 50 years the Compasso d’Oro has helped to promote Italian design to the rest of the world.
The origin of the prize was established in 1954, in Milan by the La Rinascente department store. Later in the sixties, ADI – Association for the Industrial Design received the award and since then manages the Compasso d’Oro Historical Collection. The selection process that takes place in three phases conducted by the ADI Design Index. The ADI Design Index nominates the preliminary selection every year and an international jury awards the final selection of the Compasso d’Oro Award every three years.
ADI is an is a group of many individuals, companies and organizations interested in the design community that are the main protagonists who interpret what is Italian Design and Made in Italy. Over the many years ADI has provided Italy the opportunity to establish itself as an international leader in design.
Jessica Yiu, Laura Moor, Kelvin Chow
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