DEX Workspaces awards architecture students winners of the VITRA Photographic Competition

DEX Workspaces, in collaboration with Vitra and the Society of Architecture and Civil Engineering Students Malta, has launched a photographic competition open to teams made up of undergraduate students reading for a degree in architecture and civil engineering at the University of Malta.

The two teams who submitted the best pictures—as determined by public vote and a panel of judges from Vitra—have received a set of stunning Vitra wall clocks and a set of Vitra miniatures.

The competition was open to architecture students from all years who are currently studying at the University of Malta. Ten teams of three students each were chosen for entry in the competition by SACES and each team was given an iconic Vitra chair, which was the main subject of their photographs.

The participating teams were briefed about the competition rules and then given two weeks to take a photograph of the chair in a scene that relates to one of the following themes:

• Architecture

• Landscape

• Animals

• Objects

• Abandoned buildings

• People

Two winning photographs were selected, one by the public through voting on Facebook, and a second picture by a group of judges from Vitra. The winning teams were the ones that achieves the highest number of points by earning likes and shares on Facebook, and the one that is deemed by the judges to have captured the best photograph in terms of relevance to the theme chosen, originality of the composition, and technical mastery.

The prize was presented to each member of the winning teams by Christine Gingell, Vivendo Group Marketing Manager. A certificate of participation was also presented to all teams. The exhibition of these works can be viewed until August at Ideacasa, Msida Valley Road, Bkara or online at www.facebook.com/DexWorkspaces.

DEX Workspaces is a specialised outlet of Vivendo Group that focuses on creating modern and functional office workspaces. The local distributor of Vitra, a Swiss family-owned furniture manufacturing company that has been collaborating with world-renowned designers since 1957, DEX offers a complete solution for offices environments, including: workstations, executive office furniture, ergonomic seating, and other furnishings.

This is the fourth collaboration between Dex Workspaces and SACES over the last year wherein students are encouraged to develop their creative talent in the design field and are given exposure to high design premium brands including Vitra.