2011 Brit Insurance Designs of the Year
shortlisted nominees
London
The Brit Insurance Designs Awards, "the Oscars of the design world," showcase the most innovative and forward thinking designs from around the world. Last year's winner, was the Folding Plug by Min-Kyu Choi that revolutionises a humble, but essential, piece of everyday equipment.
See last years category winners, nominations and comment on the designsoftheyear.com blog.
Stephen Bayley will chair the jury and will be joined by art and design curator Janice Blackburn OBE, graphic designer Mark Farrow, novelist Will Self, Pro Vice-Chancellor of Kingston University Penny Sparke and Simon Waterfall co-founder of digital agency Poke
ARCHITECTURE NOMINEES
1111 LINCOLN ROAD
ROBERT WENNETT // HERZOG & DE MEURON
A FOREST FOR A MOON DAZZLER
BENJAMIN GARCIA SAXE
BALANCING BARN
MVRDV // Co-architect: MOLE ARCHITECTS // Client: LIVING ARCHITECTURE
BURJ KHALIF
SKIDMORE, OWINGS & MERRILL LLP (SOM) // Client: EMAAR
CONCRETE CANVAS SHELTERS
CONCRETE CANVAS (Peter Brewin, William Crawford and Phillip Greer)
LADAKH COMMONWEALTH PEACE PAVILION AND CLASSROOM
SERGIO PALLERONI // BASIC INITIATIVE
MEDIA-TIC BUILDING
ENRIC RUIZ-GELI // CLOUD 9
NOTTINGHAM CONTEMPORARY
CARUSO ST JOHN ARCHITECTS // Client: NOTTINGHAM CITY COUNCIL
OPEN-AIR-LIBRARY MAGDEBURG
KARO ARCHITEKTEN // ARCHITEKTUR+NETZWERK //Client: LANDESHAUPSTADT MAGDEBURG
STONEBRIDGE HILLSIDE HUB
EDWARD CULLINAN ARCHITECTS // Client: HYDE HOUSING ASSOCIATION/HILLSIDE ACTION TRUST
TAPE INSTALLATIONS
NUMEN / FOR USE
UK PAVILION, SHANGHAI EXPO 2010
THOMAS HEATHERWICK STUDIO
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD: DEPARTMENT OF EARTH SCIENCES
WILKINSON EYRE ARCHITECTS // Client: UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
VITRAHAUS - WEIL AM RHINE
HERZOG & DE MEURON // Client: VITRA VERWALTUNGS GMBH
VOID HOUSE
GON ZIFRONI in collaboration with POM-ARCHI
FASHION NOMINEES
COMME DES GARCONS TRADING MUSEUM TOKYO
Designed and conceived by REI KAWAKUBO
GARETH PUGH SPRING/SUMMER ’11
GARETH PUGH
LANVIN SPRING/SUMMER ’11
ALBER ELBAZ
MARGARET HOWELL PLUS SHIRT
KENNETH GRANGE and MARGARET HOWELL
MELONIA SHOE
NAIM JOSEFI and SOUZAN YOUSSOUF
OHNE TITEL SPRING/SUMMER ’11
FLORA GILL and ALEXA ADAMS
ORGANIC JEWELLERY COLLECTION, BRAZIL
FLAVIA AMADEU
TESS GIBERSON SPRING/SUMMER ’11, SHIFT
TESS GIBERSON // CAROL BOVE // ALIA RAZA
UNIQLO +J AUTUMN/WINTER’10
JIL SANDER for UNIQLO
FURNITURE NOMINEES
BRANCA
INDUSTRIAL FACILITY, SAM HECHT, KIM COLIN, IPPEI MATSUMOTO
COLLEC+ORS COLLECTION
KHAI LIEW // KIRSTEN COELHO // GWYN HANSSEN PIGOTT // BRUCE NUSKE // PRUE VENABLES // JULIE BLYFIELD // JESSICA LOUGHLIN
DROP TABLE
UNYA ISHIGAMI // Manufactured by LIVING DIVANI
DUNE
RAINER MUTSCH // Manufactured by ETERNIT
ENDLESS
DIRK VANDER KOOIJ
ORIGIN PART I: JOIN
BCXSY in collaboration with MR TANAKA
PLYTUBE
SEONGYONG LEE
SAYL TASK CHAIR
YVES BEHAR and FUSEPROJECT // Manufactured by HERMAN MILLER
SOLO BENCH
Designed by DOMINGOS TOTORA // Manufactured by TOUCH
SPUN
THOMAS HEATHERWICK STUDIO // Manufactured by MAGIS
THIN BLACK LINES
NENDO // Exhibited by PHILLIPS DE PURY & COMPANY at THE SAATCHI GALLERY, LONDON
VIGNA CHAIR
MARTINO GAMPER // Manufactured by MAGIS
GRAPHICS NOMINEES
A LOVE LETTER FOR YOU
STEPHEN POWERS with the CITY OF PHILADELPHIA MURAL ARTS PROGRAM
COALITION OF THE WILLING
KNIFE PARTY // written by TIM RAYNER // voice over artist COLIN TIERNE
DESIGN CRIMINALS EDIBLE CATALOGUE
ANDREAS POHANCENIK
FOUR CORNERS FAMILIARS SERIES
JOHN MORGAN STUDIO and collaborators
HOMEMADE IS BEST
FORSMAN & BODENFORS for IKEA
IRMA BOOM: BIOGRAPHY IN BOOKS
IRMA BOOM // Published by GRAFSICHE CULTUURSTICHTING
I WONDER
MARIAN BANTJES // Published by THAMES & HUDSON
LONDON COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION SUMMER SHOW ’10
STUDIO MYERSCOUGH
THE LIFE AND OPINIONS OF TRISTRAM SHANDY, GENTLEMAN
A PRACTICE FOR EVERYDAY LIFE // Published by VISUAL EDITIONS
UNIT EDITIONS
TONY BROOK and ADRIAN SHAUGHNESSY
A LOVE LETTER FOR YOU
STEPHEN POWERS with the CITY OF PHILADELPHIA MURAL ARTS PROGRAMME
INTERACTIVE NOMINEES
ANGRY BIRDS
ROVIO MOBILE
CELLSCOPE
PROFESSOR DANIEL FLETCHER and the CELLSCOPE TEAM // AARDMAN ANIMATION // WIEDEN + KENNEDY // Commissioned by NOKIA
E.CHROMI
ALEXANDRA DAISY GINSBURG // JAMES KING // In collaboration with CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY’S IGEM TEAM
FLIPBOARD
MIKE MCCUE and EVAN DOLL
GUARDIAN EYEWITNESS APP
THE GUARDIAN TECHNOLOGY TEAM (Jonathan Moore, Alastair Dent, Andy Brockie, Martin Redington and Roger Tooth)
MIMOSA
JASON BRUGES STUDIO for PHILIPS LUMIBLADE
PAINT
GREYWORLD for NOKIA
REACTABLE MOBILE
REACTABLE SYSTEMS
ROCK BAND 3
HARMONIX MUSIC SYSTEMS
SPEED OF LIGHT
UNITED VISUAL ARTISTS // Commissioned by VIRGIN MEDIA
THE ELEMENTS IPAD APP
TOUCHPRESS // Written by THEODORE GRAY
THE JOHNNY CASH PROJECT
CHRIS MILK // AARON KOBLIN // RADICAL MEDA // RICK RUBIN // THE CASH ESTATE
WALLPAPER* CUSTOM COVERS
MEIRION PRITCHARD // Developed by KIN // Content by ANTHONY BURRILL, JAMES JOYCE, HORT, KAM TANG and NIGEL ROBINSON
WIRED MAGAZINE APP
SCOTT DADICH and JEREMY CLARK // CONDE NAST DIGITAL
PRODUCT NOMINEES
ACT FIRE EXTINGUISHER
SIGRUN VIK
AMPLIFY CHANDELIER
YVES BEHAR and FUSEPROJECT for SWAROVSKI
APPLE IPAD
APPLE
BLUEWARE COLLECTION
STUDIO GLITHERO
CONTEMPLATING MONOLITHIC DESIGN
BARBEROSGERBY and SONY DESIGN // Exhibition design by UNIVERSAL DESIGN STUDIOS
UNIVERSAL GOWN
BEN DE LISI
DIAMANT COFFIN SERIES
JACOB JENSEN DESIGN // Manufactured by TOMMERUP KISTER
DYSON AIR MULTIPLIER FAN
JAMES DYSON
FREECOM CLS MOBILE DRIVE
SYLVAIN WILLENZ // Manufactured by FREECOM
FLYING FUTURE
INGO MAURER
IN-BETWEENING CLOCK
HYE-YEON PARK
INTIMATE RIDER
ALAN THOLKES
LEVERAGED FREEDOM CHAIR
MIT MOBILITY LABORATORY
ONE ARM DRIVE SYSTEM
MARK OWN and JON OWEN // Manufactured by NOMAD WHEELCHAIRS LTD
PAVEGEN
PAVEGEN SYSTEMS LTD
PLAYING WITH LEGO BLOCKS AND PAPER
MUJI // LEGO
PLUMEN 001
HULGER + SAMUEL WILKINSON
PRAMPACK
KADABRA PRODUKTDESIGN // Invented by ANNE MORKEMO // Manufactured by STOKKE
QUARZ SERIES
MAX LAMB // Manufactured by J & L LOBMEYR
SEE BETTER TO LEARN BETTER
YVES BEHAR and FUSEPROJECT // In partnership with AUGEN OPTICS
WALL PIERCING
Designed by RON GILAD // Manufactured by FLOS
YII, TAIWAN
Conceived by NATIONAL TAIWAN CRAFT RESEARCH INSTITUTE (NTCRI) and TAIWAN DESIGN CENTER (TDC) // Creative direction by Gijs Bakker
TRANSPORT NOMINEES
BARCLAYS CYCLE HIRE
SERCO // TRANSPORT FOR LONDON
DEZIR
LAURENS VAN DEN ACKER for RENAULT
*EN-V
GENERAL MOTORS
FIAT 500 TWINAIR
FIAT STYLE and FPT FIAT POWERTRAIN
RIVERSIMPLE
RIVERSIMPLE
VANMOOF No 5
VANMOOF
YIKEBIKE
GRANT RYAN
