Designs of the Year

Nominations Announced

ARCHITECTURE NOMINEES

1111 LINCOLN ROAD
ROBERT WENNETT // HERZOG & DE MEURON

A FOREST FOR A MOON DAZZLER
BENJAMIN GARCIA SAXE

BALANCING BARN
MVRDV // Co-architect: MOLE ARCHITECTS // Client: LIVING ARCHITECTURE

BURJ KHALIFA
SKIDMORE, OWINGS & MERRILL LLP (SOM) // Client: EMAAR

CONCRETE CANVAS SHELTERS
CONCRETE CANVAS (Peter Brewin, William Crawford and Phillip Greer)

LADAKH COMMONWEALTH PEACE PAVILION AND CLASSROOM
SERGIO PALLERONI // BASIC INITIATIVE

MEDIA-TIC BUILDING
ENRIC RUIZ-GELI // CLOUD 9

NOTTINGHAM CONTEMPORARY
CARUSO ST JOHN ARCHITECTS // Client: NOTTINGHAM CITY COUNCIL

OPEN-AIR-LIBRARY MAGDEBURG
KARO ARCHITEKTEN // ARCHITEKTUR+NETZWERK //Client: LANDESHAUPSTADT MAGDEBURG

STONEBRIDGE HILLSIDE HUB
EDWARD CULLINAN ARCHITECTS // Client: HYDE HOUSING ASSOCIATION/HILLSIDE ACTION TRUST

TAPE INSTALLATIONS
NUMEN / FOR USE

UK PAVILION, SHANGHAI EXPO 2010
HEATHERWICK STUDIO

UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD: DEPARTMENT OF EARTH SCIENCES
WILKINSON EYRE ARCHITECTS // Client: UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

VITRAHAUS - WEIL AM RHINE
HERZOG & DE MEURON // Client: VITRA VERWALTUNGS GMBH

VOID HOUSE
GON ZIFRONI in collaboration with POM-ARCHI

FASHION NOMINEES

COMME DES GARCONS TRADING MUSEUM TOKYO
Designed and conceived by REI KAWAKUBO

GARETH PUGH SPRING/SUMMER ’11
GARETH PUGH

LANVIN SPRING/SUMMER ’11
ALBER ELBAZ

MARGARET HOWELL PLUS SHIRT
KENNETH GRANGE and MARGARET HOWELL

MELONIA SHOE
NAIM JOSEFI and SOUZAN YOUSSOUF

OHNE TITEL SPRING/SUMMER ’11
FLORA GILL and ALEXA ADAMS

ORGANIC JEWELLERY COLLECTION, BRAZIL
FLAVIA AMADEU

TESS GIBERSON SPRING/SUMMER ’11, SHIFT
TESS GIBERSON // with collaborations from CAROL BOVE + ALIA RAZA

UNIQLO +J AUTUMN/WINTER’10
JIL SANDER for UNIQLO

FURNITURE NOMINEES

BRANCA
INDUSTRIAL FACILITY, SAM HECHT, KIM COLIN, IPPEI MATSUMOTO

COLLEC+ORS COLLECTION
KHAI LIEW // KIRSTEN COELHO // GWYN HANSSEN PIGOTT // BRUCE NUSKE // PRUE VENABLES // JULIE BLYFIELD // JESSICA LOUGHLIN

DROP TABLE
JUNYA ISHIGAMI // Manufactured by LIVING DIVANI

DUNE
RAINER MUTSCH // Manufactured by ETERNIT

ENDLESS
DIRK VANDER KOOIJ

ORIGIN PART I: JOIN
BCXSY in collaboration with MR TANAKA

PLYTUBE
SEONGYONG LEE

SAYL TASK CHAIR
YVES BEHAR and FUSEPROJECT // Manufactured by HERMAN MILLER

SOLO BENCH
Designed by DOMINGOS TOTORA // Manufactured by TOUCH

SPUN
HEATHERWICK STUDIO // Manufactured by MAGIS

THIN BLACK LINES
NENDO // Exhibited by PHILLIPS DE PURY & COMPANY at THE SAATCHI GALLERY, LONDON

VIGNA CHAIR
MARTINO GAMPER // Manufactured by MAGIS

THIN BLACK LINES
NENDO // Exhibited by PHILLIPS DE PURY & COMPANY at THE SAATCHI GALLERY, LONDON

VIGNA CHAIR
MARTINO GAMPER // Manufactured by MAGIS

GRAPHICS NOMINEES

A LOVE LETTER FOR YOU
STEPHEN POWERS with the CITY OF PHILADELPHIA MURAL ARTS PROGRAM

COALITION OF THE WILLING
KNIFE PARTY // written by TIM RAYNER // voice over artist COLIN TIERNE

DESIGN CRIMINALS EDIBLE CATALOGUE
ANDREAS POHANCENIK

FOUR CORNERS FAMILIARS SERIES
JOHN MORGAN STUDIO and collaborators

HOMEMADE IS BEST
FORSMAN & BODENFORS for IKEA

IRMA BOOM: BIOGRAPHY IN BOOKS
IRMA BOOM // Published by GRAFSICHE CULTUURSTICHTING

I WONDER
MARIAN BANTJES // Published by THAMES & HUDSON

LONDON COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION ‘POWER OF TEN’ SUMMER SHOWS 2010
MORAG MYERSCOUGH // STUDIO MYERSCOUGH

THE LIFE AND OPINIONS OF TRISTRAM SHANDY, GENTLEMAN
A PRACTICE FOR EVERYDAY LIFE // Published by VISUAL EDITIONS

UNIT EDITIONS
TONY BROOK and ADRIAN SHAUGHNESSY

A LOVE LETTER FOR YOU
STEPHEN POWERS with the CITY OF PHILADELPHIA MURAL ARTS PROGRAMME

HOMEMADE IS BEST
FORSMAN & BODENFORS for IKEA

INTERACTIVE NOMINEES

ANGRY BIRDS
ROVIO MOBILE

CELLSCOPE
PROFESSOR DANIEL FLETCHER and the CELLSCOPE TEAM // Animation by AARDMAN ANIMATION //Animation commissioned by WIEDEN + KENNEDY for NOKIA

E.CHROMI
ALEXANDRA DAISY GINSBERG // JAMES KING // In collaboration with CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY’S IGEM TEAM

FLIPBOARD
MIKE MCCUE and EVAN DOLL

GUARDIAN EYEWITNESS APP
THE GUARDIAN TECHNOLOGY TEAM (Jonathan Moore, Alastair Dent, Andy Brockie, Martin Redington and Roger Tooth)

MIMOSA
JASON BRUGES STUDIO for PHILIPS LUMIBLADE

PAINT
GREYWORLD for NOKIA

REACTABLE MOBILE
REACTABLE SYSTEMS

ROCK BAND 3
HARMONIX MUSIC SYSTEMS

SPEED OF LIGHT
UNITED VISUAL ARTISTS // Commissioned by VIRGIN MEDIA

THE ELEMENTS IPAD APP
TOUCHPRESS // Written by THEODORE GRAY

THE JOHNNY CASH PROJECT
CHRIS MILK // AARON KOBLIN // RADICAL MEDA // RICK RUBIN // THE CASH ESTATE

WALLPAPER* CUSTOM COVERS
MEIRION PRITCHARD // Developed by KIN // Content by ANTHONY BURRILL, JAMES JOYCE, HORT, KAM TANG and NIGEL ROBINSON

WIRED MAGAZINE APP
SCOTT DADICH and JEREMY CLARK // CONDE NAST DIGITAL

PRODUCT NOMINEES

ACT FIRE EXTINGUISHER
SIGRUN VIK

AMPLIFY CHANDELIER
YVES BEHAR and FUSEPROJECT for SWAROVSKI

APPLE IPAD
APPLE

BLUEWARE COLLECTION
STUDIO GLITHERO

CONTEMPLATING MONOLITHIC DESIGN
SONY DESIGN and BARBEROSGERBY // Exhibition design by UNIVERSAL DESIGN STUDIO

UNIVERSAL GOWN
BEN DE LISI

DIAMANT COFFIN SERIES
JACOB JENSEN DESIGN // Manufactured by TOMMERUP KISTER

DYSON AIR MULTIPLIER FAN
JAMES DYSON

FREECOM CLS MOBILE DRIVE
SYLVAIN WILLENZ // Manufactured by FREECOM

FLYING FUTURE
INGO MAURER

IN-BETWEENING CLOCK
HYE-YEON PARK

INTIMATE RIDER
ALAN THOLKES

LEVERAGED FREEDOM CHAIR
MIT MOBILITY LABORATORY

ONE ARM DRIVE SYSTEM
MARK OWEN and JON OWEN // Manufactured by NOMAD WHEELCHAIRS LTD

PAVEGEN
PAVEGEN SYSTEMS LTD

PLAYING WITH LEGO BLOCKS AND PAPER
MUJI // LEGO

PLUMEN 001
HULGER + SAMUEL WILKINSON

PRAMPACK
KADABRA PRODUKTDESIGN // Invented by ANNE MORKEMO // Manufactured by STOKKE

QUARZ SERIES
MAX LAMB // Manufactured by J & L LOBMEYR

SEE BETTER TO LEARN BETTER
YVES BEHAR and FUSEPROJECT // In partnership with AUGEN OPTICS

WALL PIERCING
Designed by RON GILAD // Manufactured by FLOS

YII, TAIWAN
Conceived by NATIONAL TAIWAN CRAFT RESEARCH INSTITUTE (NTCRI) and TAIWAN DESIGN CENTER (TDC) // Creative direction by Gijs Bakker

TRANSPORT NOMINEES

BARCLAYS CYCLE HIRE
SERCO // TRANSPORT FOR LONDON

DEZIR
LAURENS VAN DEN ACKER for RENAULT

*EN-V
GENERAL MOTORS

FIAT 500 TWINAIR
FIAT STYLE and FPT FIAT POWERTRAIN

RIVERSIMPLE
RIVERSIMPLE

VANMOOF No 5
VANMOOF

YIKEBIKE
GRANT RYAN