RAW: The Next Generation Exhibit

RAW is an exhibition of prototypes, concepts, and products selected from Metropolis Magazine’s Next Generation Design competition, including this year’s grand prize winner, to be announced May 6 in Boston. The show, designed and produced by Marco Pasanella, the multi-talented designer who heads the Polenta Group, will debut this year at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF), to be held May 15-18 in New York. Metropolis established the annual Next Generation competition in 2003 and awards $10,000 in seed money to an enterprising individual or office whose “Big Design Idea” benefits people and the planet, and challenges fellow design professionals to create human-centered products, environments, and communication systems.