Brit Insurance Designs of the Year

The Exhibition Opens

As the Designs of the Year opens to the public, online reviews and previews of the exhibition come in from:

The Guardian

Evening Standard

Creative Review

Design Week

Its Nice That

Azure

See the full list of nominees here or on the individual category links above.

Image by Luke Hayes

The Press View - Tuesday 7 February

Press view morning for Designs of the Year. News crews and press got a first look at the exhibition and interviewed nominees and Design Museum curators.

Jay Osgerby and Edward Barber, designers of The London 2012 Olympic Torch

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Behind the scenes - Installing Designs of the Year

It’s installation week for Designs of the Year. Projects are unwrapped, placed and postioned ahead of the Press View on Tuesday 7 February, ready to open to the public on Wednesday 8 February.

Graphics nomination Cut it Out by Noma Bar

Product nomination The London 2012 Olympic Torch by Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby

Close up of model for Architecture nomination London 2012 Velodrome by Hopkins Architects.

Boxes for Fashion nomination The Duchess of Cambridge Wedding Dress by Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen.

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787 Dreamliner - Boeing

Nominated for the Designs of the Year Transport Award 2012

Image by Ed Turner

Boeing 787 Dreamliner podcast

boeing.com

Autolib’ Paris, France - Bertrand Delanoë, Mayor of Paris, France

Nominated for the Designs of the Year Transport Award 2012

On a testé Autolib by mairiedeparis

Autolib.fr

Bike Hanger - Bicycle Storage, New York, USA - Manifesto Architecture

Nominated for the Designs of the Year Transport Award 2012

Bike Hanger, BH-6S model installed at the 2011 Gwangju Design Biennale. Image by Tatsuya Muramoto

mfarch.com

Re-design for Emergency Ambulance, London, UK - Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design and Vehicle Design Department, Royal College of Art

Nominated for the Designs of the Year Transport Award 2012

Ambulance exterior, image by Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design.

See the Ambulance re-design on The Health Show

hhc.rca.ac.uk

T27 Electric Car, Surrey, UK - Gordon Murray Design

Nominated for the Designs of the Year Transport Award 2012

T.27 City Car, image by Gordon Murray Design Limited

gordonmurraydesign.com

Taurus Electro G4 - Pipistrel doo Ajdovscina

Nominated for the Designs of the Year Transport Award 2012

Taurus G4 in flight, image by Pipistrel d.o.o. Ajdovš?ina

pipistrel.si

Ascent, Haunch of Venison, London, UK - Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby

Nominated for the Designs of the Year Product Award 2012

Planform Array H, Ascent by Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby at Haunch of Venison, image by Peter Mallet.

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haunchofvenison.com