Every year, the Green Product Award recognizes products and concepts that stand out in terms of design, innovation and sustainability. The winners in 12 categories have now been selected from 250 nominated products and concepts.
Pasqual Arnella won the Green Product Award 2024 in the Workspace category during the award ceremony on April 30th at the Nordic Embassies in Berlin. Embassy envoys and jurors such as Katarzyna Dulko-Gaszyna (IKEA Germany), Uwe Melichar (epda), Prof. Claus-Christian Eckhardt (Lund University), Katja Keienburg (baby&junior) presented the awards to winners from Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan and the United Kingdom.
"The entry provides an innovative use for waste paper in the creative industries in the form of mannequins for the fashion industry. Fashion and apparel needs to make significant sustainability changes to address major waste, water and social issues in the sector. This entry provides a solid example of a new way of thinking." Official Jury Statement
This is a paper paste mannequin, a true challenge in innovation both for the elements used – recycled paper and cellulose – and for its exclusive moulding technology. It embraces the circular economy from all sides: production process, materials used, supply chain and local manufacturing in Europe. The first full body mannequin was presented by Pasqual Arnella and Penther Mannequins at ISPO Tradeshow 2019 after a long journey of investigations, development, passion and above all, consistency (and lots of "you can't"). We are paper paste: shaping nature, moulding the future.