The winners of the Compasso D'Oro 2024

Since 1954, the Compasso D'Oro has been the most coveted award for designers and companies: for 70 years, the best Italian projects in various fields have been awarded the prize created by Gio Ponti and today dedicated to those projects that have distinguished themselves in fields ranging from furniture to mobility, from social design to the projects of design students at Italian universities.

The award is one of the points of reference for a sector that today represents one of the most relevant cultural and economic values ​​and, between the succession of various editions, the objects and projects that have received the Compasso D'oro have given rise to a collection historical piece of approximately 2500 pieces, exhibited at ADI Design Museum (ADI stands for Association for Industrial Design) inaugurated in Milan in 2021.

The awarding of the Compasso d'Oro is the result of a three-phase process: from the annual overview of the ADI Design Index, conducted region by region, to the subsequent evaluation by specialists in their own fields - a scientific selection process, which lasts two years and involves a permanent multidisciplinary observatory of around 150 experts, until the selection results are presented to an international jury, composed by Maria Cristina Didero, independent author and curator; Luciano Galimberti, designer and president of ADI; Francisco Gómez Paz, designer; Renata Cristina Mazzantini, director of the National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rome; Toshiyuki Kita, designer and Ambassador of the Italian Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka, who then selected the winning projects.

The winning products of this edition of the award are exhibited at the ADI Design Museum from 20 June to 15 September 2024:

Acea Waidy® Management System
Company: Acea
Design: Tangity – Part of NTT DATA Design Network
Product type: Services
 

ANIMA
Company: Davide Groppi
Design: Davide Groppi, Giorgio Rava
Product type: Lighting fixture
 

ARIA
Company: Optimares
Design: Goood
Product type: Seating system for airplanes.
 

ATTITUDE
Company: Cooperativa Ceramica d'Imola
Design: Daniele Martelli
Product type: Cladding
 

BIGA
Company: Lym
Design: Studio Marco Zito
Product type: Lighting fixture
 

CELLIA
Company: Focchi
Design: Progetto CMR
Product type: Cladding
 

COSTUME
Company: Magis
Design: Stefan Diez
Product type: Furniture and accessories for the home
 

EMSI
Company: REA
Design: Flavio Augusto Gentile
Product type: Products for work
 

FARFALLINA
Company: Sozzi Arredamenti
Design: Álvaro Siza
Product type: Furniture and accessories for the home
 

FERRARI PUROSANGUE
Company: Ferrari
Design: Flavio Manzoni, Ferrari Design
Product type: Cars
 

FIGAROQUA FIGAROLÀ
Company: Viabizzuno
Design: Paolo Rizzatto, marionanni
Product type: Lighting fixture
 

GLOVE ECO
Company: Diadora Utility
Design: Cristian Ardissono
Product type: Products for work
 

LHOV
Company: Elica
Design: Fabrizio Crisà
Product type: Kitchen furniture and accessories
 

MRX
Company: Talenti
Design: Marco Acerbis
Product type: Furniture and accessories for the home.
 

MUSEO D’ARTE, FONDAZIONE LUIGI ROVATI
Company: Fondazione Luigi Rovati
Design: Mario Cucinella Architects
Product type: Museums
 

OMNIAGV
Company: Tesar Automation
Design: Ilario De Vincenzo
Product type: Industrial machines and components
 

ÖSSUR POWER KNEE
Company: Össur R&D Team
Design: Design Group Italia
Product type: Medical and hospital equipment
 

RIDE ON COLORS – Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli
Company: Santa Monica
Design: Aldo Drudi
Product type: Brand identity and communication systems
 

SP110
Company: Sanlorenzo
Design: Zuccon International Project (exterior design), Lissoni & Partners (interior design), Tilli Antonelli (supervisor)
Product type: Boats
 

ZA:ZA
Company: Zanotta
Design: Zaven
Product type: Furniture and accessories for the home

 

The youth plaque was instead delivered to:
 

Demetra, innestatrice per piante da frutto
Student: Andrea Ceschin
University: ISIA Roma Design, Sede di Pordenone
Product Type: Bachelor’s degree thesis
Supervisor: Massimiliano Datti
 

Estate
Students: Luca Costa, Stefania Russo
University: Università degli Studi di Palermo
Product Type:  Workshop
Professor: Viviana Trapani
Collaborators: WayPoint
 

Laccio
Student: Irene Ferrari
University: Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna
Product Type: Examination project
Professor: Andrea Mandalari
 

Moreover, for the first time, ADI and the ADI Foundation also remembered some figures who recently passed away thanks to the Memorable Plaques, designed to celebrate those who distinguished themselves for their great contribution to the culture of the project. The recognition went to Manlio Armellini, who passed away in 2020, who with FederlegnoArredo was among the creators and promoters of the Salone del Mobile in Milan, and to the designers Gaetano Pesce and Italo Rota (who passed away in April this year).