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OMA, MAD, Herzog & de Meuron among 2016 Designs of the Year architecture nominees

2016-09-02T19:27:00-04:00

The Designs of the Year Award always presents a flurry of memorable projects, from Zaha Hadid's Heydar Aliyev Center to human organs-on-chips...Established by London's Design Museum, the slightly renamed Beazley Designs of the Year Award celebrates the most innovative global design in Architecture, Digital, Fashion, Graphic, Product and Transport from the last 12 months.

The 2016 Designs of the Year Award competition is in full swing, with more than 70 projects on the nomination list. Will another architecture project be crowned as the overall winner next January, joining Zaha Hadid's Heydar Aliyev Center? Here are a few of the Architecture nominees:

Fondazione Prada. Designer: OMA.

VIA 57 West. Designer: BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group.

Arena for Learning, UTEC, Lima, Peru. Designer: Grafton Architects.

Better Shelter. Designers: Johan Karlsson, Founder & Interim MD; Dennis Kanter, Designer; Christian Gustafsson, Industrial Designer; John van Leer, Engineer and Industrial Designer; Tim de Haas, Head of Technology; IKEA Foundation, Partner; UNHCR, Partner.

Nida house in Navidad (Chile). Designers: Mauricio Pezo, Principal Architect; Sofia von Ellrichshausen, Principal Architect; Diego Perez, Collaborator Architect; Carlos Atala, Client; Ricardo Ballesta, Builder.

Tate Modern Switch House. Designer: Herzog & de Meuron.

(cover image) Harbin Opera House by MAD Arch...

Human organ-mimicking microchip wins Designs of the Year Award 2015

2015-06-23T19:18:00-04:00

A microdevice called Human Organs-on-Chips is engineered with the astounding ability to mimic the complex structures, functions, and mechanical motions of whole human organs. Fabricated by scientists Donald Ingber and Dan Dongeun Huh at Harvard University's Wyss Institute, Human Organs-on-Chips was announced today as the 2015 Designs of the Year Award winner in the Design Museum's popular international competition.

The annual contest shows off an entertaining categorized mix of thoughtful designs whose creators range from global-brand giants to emerging entrepreneurs. Needless to say, competition is tough year after year. In 2014, Zaha Hadid's Heydar Aliyev Center in Baku, Azerbaijan snatched the winning title.

The 2015 edition started out with 76 nominated Designs-of-the-Year hopefuls across six categories: Architecture, Digital, Fashion, Graphic, Product and Transport. (The Furniture category in previous editions appears to have been omitted.) Last month, the jury then selected the ...

Designs of the Year 2015 narrows down to six Category Winners

2015-05-19T01:37:00-04:00

And then there were six. The Design Museum in London revealed the Category Winners for Designs of the Year 2015. The museum's international competition and exhibition are popular for showcasing an array of distinctive projects that can undoubtedly attract broader public attention to contemporary design, but also prove the relevancy of design and its potential impact in society.

The competition jury sifted through submissions from international design stars, emerging startups, and students. After selecting 76 nominees total this past February, the jury picked one winner for each category: Architecture, Digital, Fashion, Graphic, Product and Transport. (The Furniture category appears to have been omitted.) This year's winners include ads of deformed vegetables for an anti-food waste campaign, a monolithic eco-designed university building, Google's self-driving car, and microchips engineered to operate like human organs.

↓ ARCHITECTURE: UC INNOVATION CENTER – ANACLETO ANGELINI
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Get a glimpse of the Designs of the Year 2015 Architecture nominees

2015-02-20T18:58:00-05:00

It's that time of year for Design Museum's popular Designs of the Year 2015 awards, a showcase of noteworthy works created by international stars, up-and-coming startups, and students. A total of 76 projects from the previous year were selected for the categories Architecture, Digital, Fashion, Graphic, Product and Transport. Last year, Zaha Hadid took the top prize with the all-too-familiar Heydar Aliyev Center in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Category winners will be announced on May 4, and the overall winner will be revealed during a Design Museum event on June 4. In the meantime, all nominated works will be exhibited at London's Design Museum beginning March 25.

The Architecture category has some solid contenders that could make it anyone's game (maybe), with some of them having already won some top awards. Love 'em or hate 'em, here they are:

↑ FONDATION LOUIS VUITTON - Paris, France. Designed by Frank Gehry and Gehry Partners

↑ ONE CENTRAL PARK Sydney, Australia. Designed by Ateliers Jean Nou...

Zaha Hadid wins the Design Museum’s Designs of the Year Award 2014

2014-06-30T18:17:00-04:00

Zaha Hadid is the first woman to win the Design Museum's Designs of the Year Award 2014 with her Heydar Aliyev Center in Baku, Azerbaijan. Another first in this year's competition is that the Heydar Aliyev Center is the first architectural project to win the widely recognized award.

The competition began with 76 nominations in the categories Architecture, Digital, Fashion, Furniture, Graphics, Product, and Transport, followed by the selection of the seven Category winners.

Any thoughts on the jury's selection? Share 'em in the comment section below.

Seven category winners for Designs of the Year 2014

2014-04-23T19:03:00-04:00

This year's Designs of the Year jury have chosen their crème de la crème of the world's most cutting-edge design. Since London's Design Museum announced the 76 nominees in February, the competition has narrowed down to seven category winners. In the final step of the competition, one of these category winners will be announced as the overall winner by June 30 at an event hosted by St. Martins Lane London.

The category winners are:

(Pictured above) Architecture: HEYDAR ALIYEV CENTER, BAKU, AZERBAIJAN - Designed by Zaha Hadid and Patrik Schumacher

Digital: PEEK (PORTABLE EYE EXAMINATION KIT) - Designed by Dr. Andrew Bastawrous, Stewart Jordan, Dr. Mario Giardini, Dr. Iain Livingstone

Fashion: PRADA S/S14 - Designed by Miuccia Prada

Furniture: PRO CHAIR FAMILY - Designed by Konstantin Grcic

Graphics: DRONE SHADOWS - Designed by James Bridle / booktwo.org

Product: THE SEABOARD GRAND - Designed by Roland Lamb and Hong-Yeul Eom

Transport: XL1 CAR – Designed by Volkswagen

More details can be found on Bustler.

Seventy-six nominations listed for Designs of the Year 2014

2014-02-11T21:27:00-05:00

Nominations were announced for Designs of the Year 2014 -- the event where work from the "cool kids" in the big world of design are sure to be found [...] A total of 76 nominees include international stars, crowd-funded start-ups, and student projects. A winner in each category and one overall winner will be announced later this year. All nominations will be exhibited at London's Design Museum starting March 26 - Aug. 25, 2014

Here's a small selection of this year's nominated designs.

Architecture - MAKOKO FLOATING SCHOOL - Designed by NLÉ, Makoko Community Building Team Photo by NLÉ

Furniture - NEW INTERIOR FOR UNITED NATIONS NORTH DELEGATES’ LOUNGE (NEW YORK) - Designed by Hella Jongerius, together with Rem Koolhaas, Irma Boom, Gabriel Lester and Louise Schouwenberg. Photograph by Frank Oudeman

Graphics - CHINEASY - Created by ShaoLan Hsueh with Illustrations by Noma Bar. Photo by Brave New World

Digital - LEGO CALENDAR - Designed by Adrian Westaway, Clara Gaggero, Duncan Fitzsimons, Simon Emberton. Photographs by Adrian Westaway

Find the complete list at Bustler.

Design Museum London Announces the Designs of the Year 2013 Category Winners

2013-04-10T17:56:00-04:00

Back in January, we had published the shortlisted nominees in the Architecture category of the sixth annual Designs of the Year Awards, hosted by London's Design Museum. Today now the final winners across the seven categories—Architecture, Digital, Fashion, Furniture, Graphics, Product, Transport—were announced, too.

Design Museum London Shortlists the Designs of the Year 2013

2013-01-17T14:35:00-05:00

London's Design Museum this week announced the nominees for the sixth annual Designs of the Year. The shortlist consists of over 90 outstanding design projects from around the world in the last 12 months across seven categories: Architecture, Digital, Fashion, Furniture, Graphics, Product, and Transport.

These are some of the nominees in the Architecture category.