DESIGNS OF THE YEAR 2013
CATEGORY WINNERS ANNOUNCED
Official logo (Courtesy of The Design Museum)
LONDON, UK - The Design Museum announces the seven category winners for the annual Designs of the Year Awards. The awards celebrate the best of international design from the last 12 months. The overall winner for the Design of The Year 2013 will be announced on Wednesday 16 April at an awards evening held at The Angler, South Place Hotel, London.
The seven category winners include GOV.UK, a new British government website which promises to revolutionise governmental online communications, bringing together different government websites into one single site making it a much easier and user friendly service. Other winners include the renovation and reimagining of a faded 1960’s tower block in Paris, a landmark documentary about a fashion icon Diana Vreeland, a reinvention of the wheel in the form of a unique folding wheel which can be applied to bicycles and wheelchairs and a chair constructed using the latest computer technology.
DIANA VREELAND: THE EYE HAS TO TRAVEL - Directed by Lisa Immordino Vreeland
The Seven Category winners are:
- Architecture: TOUR BOIS-LE-PRÊTRE, PARIS - Designed by Frédéric Druot, Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal
- Digital: GOV.UK WEBSITE - Designed by Government Digital Service
- Fashion: DIANA VREELAND: THE EYE HAS TO TRAVEL - Directed by Lisa Immordino Vreeland
- Furniture: MEDICI CHAIR - Designed by Konstantin Grcic for Mattiazzi
- Graphics: VENICE ARCHITECTURE BIENNALE IDENTITY - Designed by John Morgan Studio
- Products: KIT YAMOYO - Designed by ColaLife and PI Global
- Transport: MORPH FOLDING WHEEL - Designed by Vitamins for Maddak Inc.
MEDICI CHAIR - Designed by Konstantin Grcic for Mattiazzi
‘Designs of the Year is the Design Museum’s authoritative review of the most innovative, forward-thinking and culturally relevant projects from the past twelve months. The work selected demonstrates the many ways in which design can transform our physical and cultural landscape.’ - commented Pete Collard, Curator of Designs of the Year.
The seven winning designs will now compete for the overall Design of the Year 2013, to be announced on 16 April. The winning entries, along with all the shortlisted designs are on show at the Design Museum until 7 July.
VENICE ARCHITECTURE BIENNALE IDENTITY - Designed by John Morgan Studio
VENICE ARCHITECTURE BIENNALE IDENTITY - Designed by John Morgan Studio
About the Design Museum
The Design Museum is the world’s leading museum devoted to architecture and industrial design. Founded in 1989 and currently located in Shad Thames, its work encompasses all elements of design, including product design, graphic design, and fashion. For the past 22 years, the museum has hosted exhibitions showcasing some of the most important pioneers of design including, Paul Smith, Zaha Hadid, Jonathan Ive, and Dieter Rams.
The Design Museum plans to relocate from its current home at Shad Thames to the former Commonwealth Institute building, in Kensington, West London. The project is expected to be completed by 2015. Leading designer John Pawson will convert the interior of the Commonwealth Institute building to create a new home for the Design Museum giving it three times more space in which to show a wider range of exhibitions, showcase its world class collection and extend its learning programme. For more information please visit: designmuseum.org
Source: Design Museum
Exhibition images:
Photos by Luke Hayes (Click to enlarge)
Photos by Luke Hayes
Photos by Luke Hayes
Photos by Luke Hayes
Photos by Luke Hayes
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