Shortlist for Designs of the Year

Rose Etherington | 9 December 2008 10 comments

The Design Museum in London has announced the shortlist for annual exhibition and awards program the Brit Insurance Design Awards.

Nearly 100 designs have been nominated by industry experts across seven categories: architecture, furniture, product, interactive, fashion, graphics and transport design.

Above: Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, Westminster Academy (London, UK). Top image: Senz XL Storm Umbrella

One winner in each of the categories will be selected by a panel at the end of February and an overall winner will be announced on 18 March 2009. There will also be a 'People's Choice Vote', which the public will be able to vote for from January via the exhibition blog.

Above: Romera y Ruiz Arquitectos, Eight Inscribed Houses and Three Patios (Spain, Gran Canaria)

An exhibition of all the shortlisted designs at the Design Museum will be open to the public 12 February - 14 June 2009.

Above: Snøhetta, Oslo Opera House (Oslo, Norway)

Above: Steven Holl Architects Beijing, Linked Hybrid (Beijing, China)

Here is the full shortlist:

Architecture

Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, Westminster Academy (London, UK)
Feilden Clegg Bradley Architects, Alison Brooks Architects, Maccreanor Lavington Architects, Accordia Housing (Cambridge, UK)
Snøhetta, Oslo Opera House (Oslo, Norway)
Design Indaba, 10x10 Project (Cape Town, South Africa)
Steven Holl Architects Beijing, Linked Hybrid (Beijing, China)
Shuhei Endo, Bubbletecture H, Education Centre, (Hyogo, Japan)
Romera y Ruiz Arquitectos, Eight Inscribed Houses and Three Patios (Spain, Gran Canaria)
Herzog de Meuron Architects, CaixaForum Cultural Centre (Madrid, Spain)
West 8, Spadine WaveDeck (Toronto, Canada)
Adjaye Associates, Contemporary Museum of Art (Denver, USA)
Ishigami+Associates, Kanagawa Institute of Technology (Kanagawa, Japan)
McDowell Benedetti, Castleford Bridge (Yorkshire, UK)
Novartis Campus Masterplan (Basel, Switzerland)
Subarquitectura, Tram Stop – Sergio Cardell Plaza (Alicante, Spain)

Product

Tony Mullin, Green Felt Protest Suit
Marloes Ten Bohmer, Rotation Moulded Shoe
Kode Design, Armadillo Vest with Facemask
Jorre can Ast, Jar Tops for Royal VKB
Noam Toran & Onkar Kular, The MacGuffin Library
Revital Cohen, Life Support 2008
HomeHero, HomeHero Fire Extinguisher
Joe Wentworth, Ipogeo light for Artemide (below)
CinqCinq Designers, Clean
Francois Azambourg, Pixel for Ligne Roset (above)
Senz XL Storm Umbrella
Singgih S. Kartono, Magno Wooden Radio, Manufactured by locals in Java
Demakersvan The Netherlands, LightWind – Outdoor lamp
Trent Jansen, 3D Stencil

Furniture

Tokujin Yoshioka, Venus Chair
Tord Boontje, Fig Leaves for Meta
Weiki Somers, Cloakroom, Boijmans Museum, Rotterdam
Adam Goodrum, Stitch Chair for Cappellini
Ronan/Erwan Bouroullec, Magis Steelwood Family for Magis
Konstantin Grcic, MYTO Chair for PLANK
Shay Alkalay, Stack Chest of Drawers for Established & Sons
Nacho Carbonell, Evolution Series
El Ultimo Grito, Composite bench system for UNO
Terrence Woodgate and John Barnard, Surface Table for Established & Sons
Jurgen Bey, Witness Flat series for La Galerie de Pierre Bergé et Associés
Nendo, Cabbage Chair for the XXI Ct Man Exhibition curated by Issy Miyake
Arik Levey, Workit, work station for VITRA

Above: Kode Design, Armadillo Vest with Facemask

Interactive

Lucky Bite, Dinner Table Game for Science of Survival, Science Museum
Joachim Sauter, Art + Com, Kinetic Sculpture for BMW Museum
Rumpus Room, Video for Pet Shop Boys – Integral
Troika, Cloud, Digital Sculpture for British Airways, T5, Heathrow, London
Bartle Bogle Heagarty, BA Terminal 5 “Live” Adverts
Post-Spectacular, Fid.Gen Bar Codes
Chris O’Shea, Joel Gethin Lewis and Andreas Muller, This Happened, Events
Troika, Digital by Design
The GreenEyl, Appeel
O’Reilly, Make Magazine
Jeff Lieberman and Dan Paluska, Absolut Quartet
Media Molecule, Little Big Planet for PlayStation

Above: Local Manufacture Java, Magno Wooden Radio

Graphic Design

Shepard Fairey, Obama Poster
Troika, All the Time in the World for British Airways, T5, Heathrow, London
Sender LLC and mo/de, official election campaign, Barack Obama Logo
Daniel Eatock, Big Brother Logo
Kenya Hara, Designing Design Book
Jan Bons, A Designer’s Freedom
The Guardian graphics, illustrating current financial climate
Chase and Gallery, IsNotMagazine
Mevis & Van Deursen, Baghdad Calling
Karel Martens & Enrico Bravi, Werkplaatz Typografie Arnhem, Oase #74
Lorraine Wild, Martin Kippenberger exhibition catalogue
Cornel Windlin, Rebecca Stephany, Marco Müller, Project Vitra
Job Wouters aka Letman
Engine Service Design, The Social Innovation Lab for Kent County Council
March Studio and Aesop, Aesop Stores and Branding
Beattie McGuinness Bungay, Carling i-pint application
Zoo films director James Frost, Radiohead House of Cards

Above: Marloes Ten Bohmer, Rotation Moulded Shoe

Fashion

Helen Storey with Tony Ryan, Wonderland – biodegradable materials
Italian Vogue: A Black Issue, July 2008
Linda Grant, The Thoughtful Dresser blog
Louise Goldin, Spring/Summer 09 – Knitwear
Basso & Brooke, Spring/Summer 09
Alber Elbaz, Creative Director, Lanvin, Spring/Summer 08
Miuccia Prada and James Lima, Trembled Blossom, Fashion Film
Duckie Brown, Spring/Summer 09 – Menswear
Maison Martin Margiela, Spring/Summer 09 – 20th Anniversary Collection
Barbican Centre and Siebe Tettero, The House of Viktor & Rolf Retrospective
Prada by Miuccia Prada, Spring/Summer 09

Above: Tony Mullin, Green Felt Protest Suit

Transport

London and Continental Railways, High Speed 1 for St Pancras
IDEO, Aquaduct Concept Vehicle for water filtration
District, Trek District Bicycle
Daimler, Car2Go – car sharing
Medellin Metro Cable, Line J, Colombia
Alp Transit, Lotschberg Base Tunnel, Switzerland
Richard Jenkins and Dale Vince, Ecotricity Green Bird vehicle
KTM, Stunt Motor Bike
Mar Kayaks, K2 Kayak for Nelo
Eric Larson, Ricky Biddle, Ben Shao and Austin Cliffe, Balance Sport Wheelchair
New Deal Design, Charge Spots for Better Place
Think Norway, Th!nk City Electrical Car

The following information is from the Design Museum:

Brit Insurance Designs of the Year exhibition rungs from 12 Feb - 14 June 09 and the awards ceremony takes place on 18 March at the Design Museum.

Above: Nacho Carbonell, Evolution Series

What do the Big Brother logo, a school, Heathrow Terminal 5 Live Adverts and Obama’s campaign logo have in common? They are all on the shortlist for the Brit Insurance Design Awards. Following the tremendous success of their inaugural year in 2008, Brit Insurance Design Awards and supporting Brit Insurance Designs of the Year exhibition return for their second year, making them an annual fixture on the design industry calendar.

Above: Tord Boontje, Fig Leaves for Meta

The world’s most interesting and forward looking designs have been nominated by industry experts spanning seven categories: Architecture, Fashion, Furniture, Graphics, Interactive, Product and Transport, to be judged by a high profile panel, chaired by Alan Yentob and including the designer and environmentalist Karen Blincoe, and the architect Peter Cook.

Above: Weiki Somers, Cloakroom, Boijmans Museum, Rotterdam

The shortlist will be on show at the Brit Insurance Designs of the Year Exhibition from 12 February until 14 June at the Design Museum in London. From this comprehensive list, the panel will decide the category winners in each of the seven disciplines to be announced at the end of February. These finalists will go forward to vie for the 2009 Brit Insurance Design of the Year, to be revealed at the Awards Dinner on18 March 2009.

Above: Chris O’Shea, Joel Gethin Lewis and Andreas Muller, This Happened, Events

Brit Insurance Design Awards recognise the important achievements in design over the past twelve months as well as bringing lesser known design triumphs to the fore. Public participation has also been encouraged this year, with a People’s Choice Vote and a blog for the general public to express their views at www.designsoftheyear.com.

Above: Jeff Lieberman and Dan Paluska, Absolut Quartet

Deyan Sudjic, Director of the Design Museum said, “Design touches every aspect of our daily lives. This exciting shortlist reflects its impact on politics as well as fashion. It highlights great architecture, and smart technology. In the midst of economic chaos, creative thinking is more important than ever. Alan Yentob makes an excellent chair for an international jury that is going to have its work cut out choosing winners.”

Above: Joachim Sauter, Art + Com, Kinetic Sculpture for BMW Museum

Brit Insurance Chief Executive Dane Douetil added, “Sustainability and efficiency are clearly growing in importance, underling the important role that intelligent design has in the reduction of risk. The shortlist for this year’s Brit Insurance Design Awards certainly lives up to the exceptional standards set by last year’s 100 nominees and last year’s winner, One Laptop per Child. We look forward to seeing which design the judges will choose from the very wide range on this year’s shortlist.”