2021 Judges

Patrick Abrams

Patrick Abrams is founder of multidisciplinary architecture and interior design London-based studio Applied Studio.

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.

Chrissa Amuah

Chrissa Amuah is founder and creative director of Adinkra-inspired luxury homeware and interiors brand AMWA Designs.

Omer Arbel

Omer Arbel is a multidisciplinary artist and designer, and co-founder of Canadian design and manufacturing company Bocci.

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.

Irene Kronenberg and Alon Baranowitz

Irene Kronenberg and Alon Baranowitz are founders of studio Baranowitz+Kronenberg Architecture, based in Amsterdam and Tel Aviv.

Olafur Eliasson and Sebastian Behmann

Olafur Eliasson and Sebastian Behmann are founding partners of Berlin-based interdisciplinary and experimental design office Studio Other Spaces.

Petra Blaisse

Petra Blaisse is lead designer of Inside Outside, specialised in interior design, landscape architecture, exhibition and textile design.

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.

Piet Boon

Designer Piet Boon is co-founder of Oostzaan-based exterior, interior and product design multidisciplinary Studio Piet Boon.

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.

Martin Brudnizki

Martin Brudnizki is the founder and principal of Martin Brudnizki Design Studio (MBDS) and Objects.

Andrew Burges

Architect Andrew Burges is founder and principal of New South Wales studio Andrew Burges Architects.

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.

Charlotte Skene Catling

Architect Charlotte Skene Catling is director of the architectural practice Skene Catling de la Peña.

Juan Pablo Cepeda

Mexican architect Juan Pablo Cepeda is founder and director of Mexico City architecture studio CPDA Arquitectos.

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.

Kim Colin

American architect Kim Colin is co-founder, with partner Sam Hecht, of London-based studios Industrial Facility and Future Facility.

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.

Sebastian Cox

Sebastian Cox is a South London based designer, maker and environmentalist who creates heirloom furniture, lighting and home accessories.

Aline Asmar d’Amman

Aline Asmar d’Amman is the architect and interior designer behind Culture in Architecture, a design studio based in Beirut and in Paris, committed to bridging cultures while balancing the past with the present.

Alexandria Dauley

Alexandria is a residential Interior Designer and owner of Dauley Design, a multidisciplinary design and build practice based in South London and Surrey.

Hester van Dijk

Hester van Dijk is co-founder and principal of Overtreders W, a spatial design studio known for their temporary 0 waste architecture.

Julie Eizenberg

California-based architect Julie Eizenberg, is a founding principal of KoningEizenberg Architecture.

Hector Esrawe

Mexican industrial designer Héctor Esrawe is the founder and director of multidisciplinary design practice Esrawe Studio.

Paul Flowers

Paul Flowers has worked for many renowned studios and organisations during his diverse international career, including FM, Design House, IBM, Electrolux and Philips to name a few.

Karin Fong

Emmy award-winning director and designer Karin Fong works in film, television, and graphic design.

Virginia San Fratello

Educator, designer and creative technologist Virginia San Fratello is founding partner of Oakland-based studio Emerging Objects.

Massimiliano Fuksas

Roman-born architect Massimiliano Fuksas leads, alongside Doriana Fuksas, international architectural practice Studio Fuksas.

Lina Ghotmeh

Lina Ghotmeh is the founding architect of Paris-based studio Lina Ghotmeh Architecture.

Mark Grattan

American industrial designer Mark Grattan is the co-founder of furniture design studio VIDIVIXI, based in Mexico City.

Justyna Green

Justyna Green is an illustrator, media consultant, and host of the ever-popular On Design podcast.

Fernando Guerra

Fernando Guerra is a pioneer of contemporary architectural photography, and co-founder of studio FG+SG.

Karin Gustafsson

Karin Gustafsson is a London-based designer, and the design director of clothing brand COS.

Simon Hamilton

Interior designer Simon Hamilton is a native Londoner and founder of Design Career Consulting, focused on the creative sector.

Jeanette Hägglund

Jeanette Hägglund is a Swedish photographer and artist based in Stockholm.

Mlondolozi Hempe

Mlondolozi Hempe is a South African multidisciplinary designer, curator and consultant based in Cape Town.

Anouska Hempel

Anouska Hempel is a world-renowned British designer, recognised for her constant innovation and extraordinary detailing in everything she does.

Arthur Huang

Structural engineer, architect, and circular economy innovator Arthur Huang is CEO and co-founder of MINIWIZ.

Gary Hustwit

Gary Hustwit is a filmmaker and visual artist based in New York.

Richard Hutten

Richard Hutten is a Dutch designer and innovator known for his playful and conceptual work across furniture, product and interior design.

Anab Jain

Anab Jain is a designer, filmmaker, professor and the co-founder of Superflux, a London-based foresight, design and technology company.

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.

Suhair Khan

London-based Suhair Khan currently works on strategic projects at Google.

Priya Khanchandani

British writer and curator Priya Khanchandani is the head of curatorial at the Design Museum in London.

Tanya Khanna

Indian architect and curator Tanya Khanna is founder of Epistle, the first communications consultancy for architects and designers in South Asia.

Mark Eley and Wakako Kishimoto

Welsh designer Mark Eley and Japanese designer Wakako Kishimoto are founders of London-based print studio Eley Kishimoto.

Ketuna Kruashvili

Georgian architect Ketuna Kruashvili is the co-founder of architectural and design practice NOAStudio.

Patrick Lam

Patrick Lam is the founder and creative director of Hong Kong based architecture and interior design practice Sim-Plex Design Studio.

Kwangho Lee

Designer Kwangho Lee is founder of Seoul-based studio Kwangho Lee Office.

Shahar Livne

Shahar Livne is an award-winning conceptual material designer from Israel, and based in Eindhoven.

Amit Gupta & Pramiti Madhavji

Amit Gupta is founder and editor-in-chief, and Pramiti Madhavji is a consultant and content advisor at global platform STIR.

Oliver Manzi

Oliver Manzi is an Emmy-winning self-shooting director with a background in arts documentaries. He is also head of video here at Dezeen.

Charlotte McCurdy

Charlotte McCurdy is an award winning interdisciplinary designer and researcher who works at the intersection of technology, futuring, and existential threats.

Susie McLaren

Interior designer Susie McLaren is creative head of residential interior design team at London-based studio SHH, alongside Rupert Martineau.

Lukhanyo Mdingi

South African fashion designer Lukhanyo Mdingi is founder of Cape Town based fashion label Lukhanyo Mdingi.

Aura Melis

Aura Luz Melis was born in Venezuela and studied architecture at the Technical University of Delft and at the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism in Sao Paulo.

Noelia Monteiro

Noelia Monteiro is a founding partner of Estudio Flume, and she works on socio-environmental projects in rural areas.

Rosie Morley

Melbourne-based designer Rosie Morley is principal and lead of the interiors team at architectural firm Fender Katsalidis.

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.

Francesca Muzio

Genoa-born architect and entrepreneur Francesca Muzio is founder of FM Architettura d'Interni.

Jay Osgerby

Designer Jay Osgerby is co-founder of London-based industrial design studio Barber Osgerby with designer Edward Barber.

Carme Pinós

Spanish architect Carme Pinós is founder of Barcelona-based multidisciplinary practice Estudio Carme Pinós.

Chris Precht

Chris Precht founded Precht with his wife Fei in 2017, up in the mountains of Salzburg where the natural surroundings drive and inspire his practice.

Reiulf Ramstad

Reiulf Ramstad established Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter in Oslo, 1995, with the desire to use rigorous and insightful research to drive sustainable design.

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.

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.

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.

Moshe Safdie

Moshe Safdie is an established architect, urban planner, educator, theorist and author who champions socially responsible design.

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.

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.

Ricardo Scofidio

Ricardo Scofidio is a partner of Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R), and Professor Emeritus at The Cooper Union School of Architecture.

Christina Seilern

Architect Christina Seilern is founder of London-based creative practice Studio Seilern Architects.

Nick Shute

Nick Shute is the co-founder and creative director of London based design consultancy and procurement firm Dodds & Shute.

Seetal Solanki

Seetal Solanki is the founder and Director of Ma-tt-er, a relational practice focused on building and bridging kinships between ourselves, materials, the immaterial and virtual.

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.

Lay Koon Tan

Malaysian-born Lay Koon Tan and is co-founder of Nature Squared, creating unique luxury surfaces from sustainable natural materials.

Lucille Tenazas

Lucille Tenazas is a graphic designer and educator based in New York and San Francisco. She is the Henry Wolf Professor of Communication Design at Parsons School of Design.

Susana Torre

Susana Torre is an Argentine-born American architect, critic and educator, based in New York City and in Carboneras, Almeria, Spain.

Duan Tran

Architect and Ohio native Duan Tran is partner of California-based KAA Design Group.

Katie Treggiden

Katie Treggiden is an environmental design writer, author and consultant.

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.

Mpho Vackier

Mpho Vackier is a furniture and interior designer based in South Africa.

Sumayya Vally

Sumayya Vally is the founder and principal of inter-disciplinary architectural studio Counterspace in Johannesburg.

Rafael Viñoly

Acclaimed architect Rafael Viñoly founded his international namesake practice in 1983, and has since realised over 600 commissions from concert halls to airports, across the globe.

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.

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.

Micha Weidmann

Swiss designer Micha Weidmann is founder and creative director of his eponymous London-based art direction and design studio.

Lisa White

Lisa White is an expert in lifestyle and design and has predicted key long-term trends such as experience design and the home hub.

Jane Withers

Jane Withers is a leading design curator, writer, and consultant. Her London-based studio works with global brands and institutions on curation, programming, research, and design-led strategies.