Archinect - News 2024-12-26T23:10:58-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/149969782/david-adjaye-and-daan-roosegaarde-take-home-london-design-medals David Adjaye and Daan Roosegaarde take home London Design Medals Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2016-09-21T14:19:00-04:00 >2016-09-22T23:18:40-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/vx/vx9ba21f8mt1krsm.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Now in its tenth year, the prize celebrates &lsquo;the achievements of designers who are making or who have made a significant difference to our lives through innovation, originality and imagination&rsquo;, with past winners including Zaha Hadid,&nbsp;Marc Newson and Dieter Rams.</p></em><br /><br /><p>David Adjaye received the Panerai London Design Medal for "consistent design excellence", while Dutch artist Daan Roosegaarde (Studio Roosegaarde) took home the Airbnb Design Innovation Medal, for his work designing building (and <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/136888508/rotterdam-s-smog-transformed-into-jewelry-thanks-to-an-outdoor-air-filter" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">jewelry</a>)-sized smog filters.</p><p>Other winners of this year's prizes include industrial designer Sir Kenneth Grange and furniture and product designer, Bethan Laura Wood.</p><p>Related on Archinect:</p><ul><li><a title='Oliver Wainwright finds the National Museum of African American History "embodies its complexities and contradictions"' href="http://archinect.com/news/article/149968720/oliver-wainwright-finds-the-national-museum-of-african-american-history-embodies-its-complexities-and-contradictions" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Oliver Wainwright finds the National Museum of African American History "embodies its complexities and contradictions"</a></li><li><a title="David Adjaye is releasing a vinyl record with his brother" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/149951156/david-adjaye-is-releasing-a-vinyl-record-with-his-brother" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">David Adjaye is releasing a vinyl record with his brother</a></li><li><a title="Rotterdam's smog transformed into jewelry thanks to an outdoor air filter" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/136888508/rotterdam-s-smog-transformed-into-jewelry-thanks-to-an-outdoor-air-filter" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rotterdam's smog transformed into jewelry thanks to an outdoor air filter</a></li></ul>