American designer Kelly Wearstler, X+Living founder Li Xiang, UNStudio's Garett Hwang, designer Carole Baijings and Bentley Motors' Kim Airey have been announced as Dezeen Awards China 2023 judges.

Submit your entry to Dezeen Awards China 2023, in partnership with Bentley Motors, before midnight Beijing time on 24 August to avoid late entry fees.

Dezeen Awards China is the first regional edition of Dezeen Awards, celebrating the best architecture, interiors and design in China.

Read on for more about the industry professionals who will be judging the entries this year.

Wearstler is the founder and principal of design studio Kelly Wearstler. She will be judging the interiors categories this year.

Notable projects include Santa Monica Proper Hotel, Austin Proper Hotel, San Francisco Proper Hotel, BG Restaurant at Bergdorf Goodman, the Viceroy Hotels and Residences, Westfield Century City and custom residences for high-profile private clients.

Wearstler's accolades include Elle Décor's A-List, Architectural Digest's AD100, AD France AD100, AD Spain Top International Designer, Wallpaper Magazine Top 20 Designers, Time Magazine The Design 100.

Hong Kong-based architect Hwang will judge the architecture categories for this year's Dezeen Awards China.

As a director and a key leader of UNStudio Asia, Hwang has worked on many key projects in Asia, such as Raffles City Hangzhou and the Lyric Theatre Complex in Hong Kong.

She often focuses on the integration and smart application of computation to benefit the design, quality, and control of complex building systems, looking at ways to re-interpret spatial relationships and create hybrid programmatic interfaces that benefit the user experience.

Baijings is the founder of Amsterdam-based design studio Carole Baijings Studio. She will be judging the design entries for this year's programme.

Baijings describes her design philosophy as an "atelier-way-of-working", as she hand-makes her own colours, materials, and models to try and create new and unique shapes and forms.

Clients include museums The Art Institute of Chicago, V&A, Rijksmuseum, furniture brands Herman Miller, Hay and Moroso, publisher Phaidon, Swedish retailer IKEA, silverware producer Georg Jensen and textiles company Maharam, among others.

Xiang is the founder of the Shanghai-based architecture studio X+Living. She will judge the interior categories for this year's programme.

Xiang and her studio have completed numerous retail, cultural and commercial projects in China, including Zhongshuge Bookstore and the indoor children's park Meland Club in various cities, as well as Bubble Mart's global flagship store in Shanghai.

She was the only Chinese designer to be listed among the most creative people in business by Fast Company in 2022.

Airey is the managing director of Bentley Motors Chinese mainland, Hong Kong and Macao, and is responsible for Bentley's operations and development in the Chinese market.

Airey is also the group managing director of Volkswagen Group Import Company (VGIC). He will join the design judges for this year's Dezeen Awards China.

With 30 years spent entirely in the automobile industry, Airey has acquired a wealth of experience covering strategy, sales, distribution, network development, operations and financial services.

Enter now!

Dezeen Awards China 2023 is open for entries. Find out about all of this year's categories and entry information on our website as well as Dezeen's WeChat account. Submit your entry before midnight Beijing time on 24 August to avoid late entry fees.

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Dezeen Awards China 2023

Dezeen Awards China is the first regional edition of Dezeen Awards, to celebrate the best architecture, interiors and design in China. The annual awards are in partnership with Bentley Motors, as part of a wider collaboration that will see the brand work with Dezeen to support and inspire the next generation of design talent.