Design categories | Dezeen Awards 2021

Aether Audio Eyewear by Aether Eyewear

Aether blends refined eyewear design with innovative open-ear audio technology into beautiful products that enable you to curate your own personal ambience. More
Secret Sky by Alibi Studio

Reworking the iconic structure of the existing barn, Secret Sky allows the sky to enter and permeate the building. More
Convertibles - Clothes That Kids Can Make by Almaborealis

Convertibles - Clothes That Kids Can Make, invites children between 4 and 12 years to get involved in making their own clothes. More
The Ellipse Collection by Armadillo

The Ellipse Collection is a collaboration between Australian-born, global rug brand Armadillo and UK-based interior design studio House of Grey. More
Entry Portals, Expo 2020 Dubai by Asif Khan

These three 21m high Entry Portals are the entrances to each thematic district of Dubai Expo 2020 and the first architecture people see at Expo. More
Volta Zero by Astheimer Design

Volta Zero is the world's first purpose-built full-electric 16-tonne commercial vehicle created specifically for city centre freight distribution.
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Soda by Yiannis Ghikas for Miniforms

Yiannis Ghikas has designed Soda for Miniforms: a coffee table born upside-down, with a puff of air.
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Modus by Bunkholdt&Kirkestuen

Modus is a modular tabletop system for office spaces, that adapts to different environments.
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The Pickup Truck by Canoo

The Pickup Truck is the product of a minimalist design philosophy that focuses on maximising functionality.
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Plint by Cecilie Manz for Takt

Plint by Cecilie Manz is a sustainable, repairable and responsible furniture collection.
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Remembering a Brave New World by Chila Kumari Burman

Chila Kumari has created Remembering A Brave New World to adorn the iconic façade of Tate Britain. More
Origine by Davide Groppi

Davide Groppi and Giorgio Rava have designed the Origine light.
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Daylight by Dean Norton

The Daylight lamp was designed by Dean Norton for Alt Material 4, 2020.
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Elvie Curve by Elvie

The creation of the Elvie Curve marks the next step in Elvie's mission to transform breastfeeding products. More
Puffy Lounge Chair by Faye Toogood by Faye Toogood for Hem Design Studio

Faye Toogood has designed a lounge chair with detachable upholstery.
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Open by Flint Collective NYC

The Flint Collective NYC's light art series Open was a creative response to counter pandemic fallout that saw numerous local businesses close, cultural venues disappear and formerly vibrant community life dim. More
Apple Marina Bay Sands by Foster + Partners

Apple Marina Bay Sands is about the delicate interplay between transparency and shade. More
Super Circular Department Store by GoodWaste

In this collaboration with Selfridges, GoodWaste are examining the renowned department store's own waste from brand concessions and visual merchandising. More
Honext Material by Honext Material

Honext is an emerging Barcelona-based company that has engineered the carbon-neutral, circular, bio-tech Honext Process.
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OE1 Micro Packs by Industrial Facility

OE1 Micro Packs are small height-adjustable workstations that can create a comfortable working area in any part of the home or office.
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OE1 Nook by Industrial Facility

The OE1 Nook is a solo workstation with visual and acoustic privacy for increased focus and productivity.
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Evo-C by Jasper Morrison for Vitra

Swiss furniture manufacturer Vitra launched Evo-C, its latest joint project with Jasper Morrison.
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Chromarama by Kukka

Chromarama is a series of five graphic and colourful woven tapestries, designed for the various forms of colour vision deficiency.
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Nancy and Rich Kinder Museum Building by L'Observatoire International

The new Nancy and Rich Kinder building stands as the central showpiece in the Museum of Fine Arts Houston campus redevelopment. More
Re-Source by LANZA Atelier

The exhibition design for Re-Source, titled Marimba, emphasises the collectivity embedded in Storefront's mission. More
Maggie’s Leeds by Light Bureau

Maggie's Leeds is the cancer charity's twenty-sixth care centre in the UK. More
Harrods Dining Hall by Lighting Design International

The historic meat and fish hall at Harrods has undergone a dramatic transformation to offer a captivating and intimate dining hall experience that respects the heritage listings. More
Faith and Liberty Discovery Centre by Local Projects

Discover America's past and its relevance to the present in an interactive and immersive experience on Philadelphia’s Independence Mall. More
Dune by LZF Lamps

Dune marks LZF's first use of hand-blown borosilicate glass paired with natural wood veneer.
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Magic Canvas: Helping children to express themselves by Magpie Studio

Magpie Studio has designed an age-appropriate brand that prioritises interaction.
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OBJ-01 by Manu Bañó

OBJ-01 is an understandable simple gesture. At a glance,
it reveals its material, its manufacturing process, its function and its use.
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Sunne by Marjan van Aubel Studio

Sunne is an autonomous, ambient solar light for indoors that combines sustainability, design and technology.
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Pegg Furniture by Michael Buick for Pegg Furniture

Pegg Furniture by Michael Buick, for everyone, reimagines traditional joinery to create a range of portable, sustainable furniture, fit for the 21st century.
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CArrelé by Nature Squared

The CArrelé collection is the world's first collection of handmade eco-friendly eggshell tiles. More
My Football Kit by Nendo for Molten Corporation

My Football Kit is a self-assembly-type football that contributes to the education of children as a starting point in their personal growth.
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The Norwegian Landscape – The New Norwegian Passports by Neue Design Studio

The National Police Directorate & The National Criminal Investigation Service Of Norway put the design of new security documents out to tender in 2014.
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Mod Media Furniture by Noo.ma

Mod is a new generation of media furniture, created using four freely customisable modules.
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Stories in Sounds by Nord Id

Stories in Sounds honours the centenary of the Jazeps Vitols Latvian Academy of Music.
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Core and Remnant by Note Design Studio for Sancal

Note Design Studio has designed Core and Remnant for Sancal.
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InstaSwab by OPT Industries

InstaSwab is a customisable absorbent swab with a variable size and shape tip designed for clinical sampling.
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Drawing Fields by Outpost Office

Drawing Fields is a temporary performance venue on the campus of Ragdale, a nonprofit artists' community just north of Chicago. More
Drehgriffel by Paperlux Studio

Paperlux studio has designed the unique writing utensile Drehgriffel.
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Moholy-Nagy Foundation identity by Pentagram

The Moholy-Nagy Foundation asked Marina Willer to create a new identity and website to promote, research and preserve the legacy of László Moholy-Nagy's life and work.
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Petit Pli - Adaptive Womenswear by Petit Pli

Petit Pli is a material science company engineering garments that grow through applying its patent-accepted technology.
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Forest Crayons by Playfool

Forest Crayons is a set of crayons naturally pigmented entirely through Japanese wood.
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TT_01 by Poesenvanhiel

TT_01 by Poesenvanhiel is an angular, bridge-like table.
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Alis by Potemine

Alis is an advanced lighting device that combines the latest Internet of Things technologies and a timeless design.
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Scaled by Scaled

Scaled is a material innovation developing custom-fit wearables to prevent harmful long-term damage, especially tackling human joint injuries. More
Bicycle parking garage The Hague by Silo

One of the world's largest underground bicycle parking garages has been built in front of The Hague Central Station in the Netherlands.
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Gamar Chair & Stool by Spacon and X

Spacon & X have collaborated with Frankfurt-based furniture brand e15 to unveil a range of custom-made furniture
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Kite by Stellar Works

Kite is a compact armchair designed with commercial and hospitality spaces in mind and in particular small spaces.
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V&A Fashioned From Nature at the Design Society by Studio 10

The V&A museum's gallery at the Fumihiko Maki-designed Sea World Culture and Arts Center in Shenzhen was transformed to host the exhibition Fashioned From Nature, previously displayed in London. More
Rug collection Lutetia and Juno by Studio Agne

Rug collection Lutetia and Juno are part of the Ignorance is Bliss brand by Agne Kucerenkaite. More
The Misused by Studio Liang-Jung Chen

The Misused elevates ubiquitous hardware to quality homeware.
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Common Sands: Forite Tiles by Studio Plastique, Snøhetta and Fornace Brioni

Common Sands — Forite is a collection of recycled glass tiles made from the glass components found in discarded ovens and microwave ovens. More
Notpla by Superunion

Notpla is a revolutionary, seaweed-based material and sustainable start-up on a mission to make packaging, as we know it, disappear naturally.
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The Complete Short Stories: Philip K. Dick by The Folio Society

This limited edition from The Folio Society contains all 118 of Philip K. Dick's short stories.
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Alive by The Living

This project explores a new vision of probiotic buildings. It is a prototype for architecture that promotes human health by promoting diverse microbial communities through the calibration of light and air flow. More
Ermis Chair by The New Raw

The New Raw goes zero waste by creating this limited series of the Ermis chair, which is made using the waste material of their production line.
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Ptacek Home Chunk Line by Thomas J Ptacek

Forests give up large chunks of wood along highways and in neighbourhoods that are not commercially viable on an industrial scale so often end up as firewood or landfill. More
Backstage by Tinker Imagineers and Danish Architecture Center

The Danish Architecture Center's new, large exhibition Backstage focuses on key dilemmas in Danish architecture that affect us all. More
Brise by Wonho

Brise is an electric fan that naturally functions by permeating the space, a gentle breeze regardless of the season.
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The Plywood Protection Project by Worthless Studios

During the 2020 protests for racial justice in New York City, plywood prices skyrocketed and supply was depleted as businesses boarded up their storefronts. More
No Show by Youssofzay + Hart

No Show was a site-responsive temporary exhibition for Sydney's historic Carriageworks at Eveleigh. More
Aquastor by Zihao Design

Aquastor is desertification remediation vessels produced using mixed materials from desert resources.
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