The Grand Designer of the Year is designer Liběna Rochová

Prague - The main prize and the title of Grand Designer of the Year 2015 was awarded to fashion designer Liběna Rochová at yesterday's ceremony for the annual awards for best design. She also received the award in the category of Fashion Designer of the Year for her models inspired by the work of artist Milan Grygar. She became the second designer in the history of the awards to receive the main prize. The Discovery of the Year was awarded to the duo Markéta Držmíšková and Petr Hák for their porcelain collection and the storage system Sequence. In memoriam, architect and designer Bořek Šípek was also honored, entering the Hall of Fame.

The trophy that the winners received was a perfume in a special glass object created for the tenth anniversary of the awards by last year's main winner, the studio Dechem of Michaela Tomišková and Jakub Janďourka. Liběna Rochová will receive 100,000 crowns to create the award for the next winner.

"I feel like Leonardo di Caprio," said the 64-year-old designer and educator, referring to the numerous Oscar nominations the famous actor converted only this year. Rochová was nominated for the design award five times. With her awarded collection titled Partitury, Liběna Rochová achieved great success last year. The design of the models is inspired by the paintings of Milan Grygar. "They are the best example of authored fashion that does not succumb to trends, seasonality, and the fashion environment," stated the Academy of Design of the Czech Republic, which decides on the awarding of the prizes.

The best jewelry designer was chosen to be Helena Lukášová, originally a sculptor, who created golden brooches and jewelry in the shape of feet, ears, hands, and mouths for the autumn collection of fashion designer Denisa Nová, which were made using a 3D printer and represent faithful replicas of specific parts of the bodies of the author's relatives.

Among graphic designers, the winners were Tomáš Brousil, Petra Dočekalová, Zuzana Lednická, and Radek Sidun for their project TYPO 9010 - Czech Digitized Font 1990-2010. The Photographers of the Year became Jakub Skokan and Martin Tůma from the studio BoysPlayNice for their images of architecture, interiors, and products, especially for Škoda Auto.