Cosentino launches the 18th edition of Cosentino Design Challenge

Yesterday Cosentino City Madrid hosted the official launch event of the 18th edition of the international Cosentino Design Challenge (CDC). During the event, the two themes that the participants (architecture and design students from all over the world) will need to research in order to develop inspiring projects were announced. Once again this year, the CDC jury will be looking for proposals with a focus on sustainability, the life-changing capacity of design, creativity and innovation.

CDC 18 Themes and Schedule

In the Design category, the theme will be “Cosentino and Water”, with the aim to examine current and future uses and challenges, from sustainable management and conservation to scarcity and creative, innovative proposals. In the Architecture category, the theme is based on claim “Cosentino and Eternity”, where a challenge is launched to exploring how architecture can commemorate memory in the context of death and farewell.

CDC leaves students free to develop their projects with the only requirement that the final project includes some of the innovative surfaces that Cosentino offers to architecture and design: Silestone®, Dekton® and/or Sensa by Cosentino®. Details of the programme and submission format are explained in more detail here.

The submission period starts on next 1 October 2023 and ends on 1 June 2024. For each category, there will be 3 first prizes of €1,000 each, 3 runners-up, and special mentions considered by the jury. Find out all the details at cosentinodesignchallenge.org/en/18th-edition/

CDC 17 Awards Ceremony

The event also served to present the awards to some of the winning student groups in the 17th edition, whose jury decision took place at the end of June at the Cosentino City in Malaga. More details of the CDC17 winning projects available here. Last edition has the collaboration of more than 40 schools and universities around the world, and were received a total of 402 projects, 127 in the Architecture category and 265 in the Design category.

The event was attended by Santiago Alfonso, Vice President of Communication and Corporate Reputation of the Cosentino Group and President of the CDC competition; Adelina Salinas, architect and coordinator of the competition; and Ricardo Santonja, professor, photographer and collaborator of the CDC since its beginning. Attendees were able to enjoy a keynote speech on the New European Bauhaus by Professor Carlos Naya, director of the School of Architecture at the University of Navarra. Carlos Naya, representing the School, was the winner of the first edition of the New European Bauhaus award, organized by the European Commission, in the category of "Interdisciplinary educational models." 

Committed to talent and creativity

Cosentino Design Challenge is a corporate social responsibility initiative in line with Cosentino’s commitment to the talent and creativity of future professionals from both disciplines so closely related to the company’s business and activity. CDC is a unique opportunity that connects students with innovative materials from a leading company in its sector. The collaboration of more than 40 international schools and universities are proof of the prestige of the CDC.