Judges | Dezeen Awards 2021

Judges

Sumayya Vally
Sumayya Vally is the founder and principal of inter-disciplinary architectural studio Counterspace in Johannesburg. More
Juliane Wolf
Architect Juliane Wolf is design principle and partner in Studio Gang's Chicago office. More
Massimiliano Fuksas
Roman-born architect Massimiliano Fuksas leads, alongside Doriana Fuksas, international architectural practice Studio Fuksas. More
Hector Esrawe
Mexican industrial designer Héctor Esrawe is the founder and director of multidisciplinary design practice Esrawe Studio. More
Dagmar Štěpánová
Czech architect Dagmar Štěpánová is founder of design studio Formafatal. More
Andrew Burges
Architect Andrew Burges is founder and principal of New South Wales studio Andrew Burges Architects. More
Kim Colin
American architect Kim Colin is co-founder, with partner Sam Hecht, of London-based studios Industrial Facility and Future Facility. More
Carme Pinós
Spanish architect Carme Pinós is founder of Barcelona-based multidisciplinary practice Estudio Carme Pinós. More
Richard Hutten
Richard Hutten is a Dutch designer and innovator known for his playful and conceptual work across furniture, product and interior design. More
Karim Rashid
Karim Rashid is a unique and prolific designer of our time, with over 4000 designs in production, over 300 awards to his name, and clients in over 40 different countries. More
Anouska Hempel
Anouska Hempel is a world-renowned British designer, recognised for her constant innovation and extraordinary detailing in everything she does. More
Olafur Eliasson and Sebastian Behmann
Olafur Eliasson and Sebastian Behmann are founding partners of Berlin-based interdisciplinary and experimental design office Studio Other Spaces. More
Reiulf Ramstad
Reiulf Ramstad established Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter in Oslo, 1995, with the desire to use rigorous and insightful research to drive sustainable design. More
Arthur Casas
Arthur Casas is a founding partner of Studio Arthur Casas. Founded in 1999, the studio works on all scales of design, from single chairs to entire neighbourhoods. More
Cecil Balmond
Cecil Balmond OBE is an internationally renowned artist, architect and engineer who works at the intersection of art and science. He is considered one of the most influential creators of his generation. More
Suzanne Brewer
Suzanne Brewer founded London practice Suzanne Brewer Architects in 2007, and has since won countless awards for her architecture and product designs. In her spare time she paints, makes sculptures and designs architectural shoes. More
Maxwell Mutanda
Creative director Maxwell Mutanda uses multidisciplinary research combined with visual art and architecture to analyse the role of globalisation, climate and technology within the built environment. More
Lina Ghotmeh
Lina Ghotmeh is the founding architect of Paris-based studio Lina Ghotmeh Architecture.
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Sophie Ashby and Fiona Blanchot
Sophie Ashby grew up between Cape Town and the UK. She studied History of Art at Leeds and Interior Design at Parsons, and then founded her interior design and creative direction practice, Studio Ashby Ltd. More
Mark Eley and Wakako Kishimoto
Welsh designer Mark Eley and Japanese designer Wakako Kishimoto are founders of London-based print studio Eley Kishimoto.
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Kwangho Lee
Designer Kwangho Lee is founder of Seoul-based studio Kwangho Lee Office. More
Naeem Biviji and Bethan Rayner
Naeem Biviji and Bethan Rayner are co-founders of Studio Propolis, a workshop-based design studio born in Nairobi, Kenya. More
Rosie Morley
Melbourne-based designer Rosie Morley is principal and lead of the interiors team at architectural firm Fender Katsalidis. More
Petra Blaisse
Petra Blaisse is lead designer of Inside Outside, specialised in interior design, landscape architecture, exhibition and textile design.
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Karin Gustafsson
Karin Gustafsson is a London-based designer, and the design director of clothing brand COS. More
Francesca Muzio
Genoa-born architect and entrepreneur Francesca Muzio is founder of FM Architettura d'Interni. More
Eva Sonaike
Eva Sonaike creates luxury home textiles and soft furnishings, drawing on her Nigerian roots and childhood in Germany to inspire her work, resulting in a vibrant, yet elegant West-African aesthetic. More
Irene Kronenberg and Alon Baranowitz
Irene Kronenberg and Alon Baranowitz are founders of studio Baranowitz+Kronenberg Architecture, based in Amsterdam and Tel Aviv. More
Teo Yang
Teo Yang is principal and founder of Seoul-based Teoyang Studio. More
Julie Eizenberg
California-based architect Julie Eizenberg, is a founding principal of KoningEizenberg Architecture. More
Suhair Khan
London-based Suhair Khan currently works on strategic projects at Google. More
Chrissa Amuah
Chrissa Amuah is founder and creative director of Adinkra-inspired luxury homeware and interiors brand AMWA Designs. More
Shahar Livne
Shahar Livne is an award-winning conceptual material designer from Israel, and based in Eindhoven. More
Kelly Wearstler
Kelly Wearstler is an internationally recognised American designer who creates experiential residential, hospitality, commercial and retail environments as well as lifestyle product design collections. More
Mlondolozi Hempe
Mlondolozi Hempe is a South African multidisciplinary designer, curator and consultant based in Cape Town. More
Mark Grattan
American industrial designer Mark Grattan is the co-founder of furniture design studio VIDIVIXI, based in Mexico City. More
Jasper Conran
Jasper Conran is a British designer. Having trained at Parson’s School of Design in New York, he produced his first womenswear collection in 1978 and was a founding member of the London Designer Collections. More
Ole Scheeren
Ole Scheeren is a German-born architect. Principal and chief designer of Büro Ole Scheeren, his landmark projects shape the way we interact with our cities and generate new social narratives in highly integrative environments. More
Ricardo Scofidio
Ricardo Scofidio is a partner of Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R), and Professor Emeritus at The Cooper Union School of Architecture. More
Tanya Khanna
Indian architect and curator Tanya Khanna is founder of Epistle, the first communications consultancy for architects and designers in South Asia. More
Mario Tsai
Mario Tsai founded his Hangzhou-based design studio in 2014, with the core aim of exploring new production methods whilst adhering to sustainable design principles. More
Hanif Kara
Structural engineer Hanif Kara is co-founder and design director of AKT II, a design-led structural and civil engineering firm in London. More
Ketuna Kruashvili
Georgian architect Ketuna Kruashvili is the co-founder of architectural and design practice NOAStudio. More
Chitra Vishwanath
Chitra Vishwanath is the senior architect and managing director of Biome Environmental Solutions, a multi-disciplinary firm in the field of ecological architecture and intelligent water and waste designs. More
Aaron Roberts
Aaron Roberts is a co-founder and director of Melbourne based architecture and design practice Edition Office, named emerging architect of the year at Dezeen Awards 2019. More
Ahmed Sangaré
Ivorian architect and city planner Ahmed Sangaré is the co-founder of Totem Architects. The young practice describes his conceptual approach as resolutely contemporary but proudly rooted in African cultural heritage. More
Ben Allen
Ben Allen, founder of Studio Ben Allen, has grown a reputation for creating unique and engaging spaces that exist at the convergence of architecture, art and design. More
Anab Jain
Anab Jain is a designer, filmmaker, professor and the co-founder of Superflux, a London-based foresight, design and technology company. More
Min Chen
Min Chen is the founder of his eponymous studio, Studio Chen Min, a multi-faceted design practice that is based in Hangzhou, China. More