Design Museum's DESIGNS OF THE YEAR 2015 nominees

The Design Museum's Designs of the Year competition is bringing together some of the "cool kids" in the contemporary design world for 2015. Now in its eighth year, Designs of the Year celebrates the most innovative global design in Architecture, Digital, Fashion, Furniture, Graphic, Product and Transport.

A total of 76 nominees include international stars, crowd-funded start-ups, and student projects. A few familiar projects include Frank Gehry’s Fondation Louis Vuitton, Asif Kahn’s Sochi Olympic Megafaces, and Google’s self-driving car. A winner in each category and one overall winner will be announced later this year. Last year, Zaha Hadid took the top prize with the Heydar Aliyev Center in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Category winners will be announced on May 4, and the overall winner will be revealed during a Design Museum event on June 4. In the meantime, all nominations will be exhibited at London's Design Museum starting March 25.

Check out some of the Architecture projects below and the full list of nominees.

ARCHITECTURE:

• ARENA DO MORRO - Natal, Brazil. Designed by Herzog & de Meuron
• BEIJING NO.4 HIGH SCHOOL FANGSHAN CAMPUS - Beijing, China. Designed by OPEN Architecture
• DESERT COURTYARD HOUSE - Scottsdale, Arizona, USA. Designed by Wendell Burnette Architects
• FORFATTERHUSET KINDERGARTEN - Copenhagen, Denmark.  Designed by COBE
• FONDATION LOUIS VUITTON - Paris, France. Designed by Frank Gehry and Gehry Partners
• HOUSE FOR TREES  - Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Designed by Vo Trong Nghia Architects
• LA ÚLTIMA ESPERANZA - THE LAST HOPE - Manabi, Ecuador.  Designed by AL BORDE

ARCHITECTURE (cont'd):

• LONG MUSEUM WEST BUND - Shanghai, China. Designed by Atelier Deshaus
• MARKTHAL ROTTERDAM - Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Designed by MVRDV
• ONE CENTRAL PARK  Sydney, Australia  Designed by Ateliers Jean Nouvel
• PHILHARMONIC HALL SZCZECIN -  Szczecin, Poland. Designed by Barozzi / Veiga
• SANCAKLAR MOSQUE - Istanbul, Turkey. Designed by Emre Arolat Architects
• SAW SWEE HOCK STUDENT CENTRE, LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS - London, UK. Designed by O’Donnell + Tuomey
• UC INNOVATION CENTER – ANACLETO ANGELINI - Santiago, Chile. Designed by ELEMENTAL
• WATERBANK CAMPUS AT ENDANA SECONDARY SCHOOL  - Laikipia, Kenya. Designed by PITCHAfrica

DIGITAL:

• DISCLOSED - Designed by Marion Ferrec at the Royal College of Art, in collaboration with Kate Wakely
• MEGAFACES - Designed by Asif Khan
• MONUMENT VALLEY - Designed by ustwogames
• NO MAN'S SKY -  Designed by Sean Murray
• OF INSTRUMENTS AND ARCHETYPES -  Designed by Claire Warnier + Dries Verbruggen, Unfold (concept, design & hardware), Penny Webb (design & prototyping), Jesse Kirschner (concept & software)
• RESPONSIVE STREET FURNITURE - Designed by Ross Atkin (Conceptual design and digital system development), Jonathan Scott (Physical design and engineering)

DIGITAL (cont'd):

• SHADOWING - Designed by Jonathan Chomko, Matthew Rosier
• THE OCEAN CLEANUP - Designed by Boyan Slat (CEO and founder), Jan de Sonneville PhD (Lead engineer), Erwin Zwart (Designer)
• THE REFUGEE PROJECT - Designed by Hyperakt
• THE WALLS HAVE EYES - Designed by Libby Miller, Jasmine Cox, Andrew Nicolaou (BBC Research and Development)

FASHION

• ARCHIVIST - Designed by Jane Howard (fashion director, co-founder), Michael Harrison (art director, co-founder), Dal Chodha (editor), Axel Hoedt (photography), Judith Clarke (contributor)
• BACK SS15 COLLECTION - Designed by Ann-Sofie Back
• FAUSTO PUGLISI 2014/15 FALL WINTER COLLECTION - Designed by Fausto Puglisi
• J.W. ANDERSON SS15 WOMEN’S CATWALK SHOW - Designed by Jonathan Anderson with collection stylist Benjamin Bruno and milliner Noel Stewart for J.W. Anderson
• RAF SIMONS / STERLING RUBY AUTUMN-WINTER 2014/15 - Designed by Raf Simons (Designer) and Sterling Ruby (Artist)
• RODARTE AW14 - Designed by Kate and Laura Mulleavy
• SATU MAARANEN / COLLECTION SS 2015 GEOMETRY OF FUTUFOLK - Designed by Satu Maaranen
• THOMAS TAIT AW13/14  Designed by Thomas Tait

GRAPHICS

• 100 YEARS OF SWISS GRAPHIC DESIGN - Designed by Christian Brändle, Karin Gimmi, Barbara Junod, Christina Reble, Bettina Richter (editors), NORM/Dimitri Bruni, Manuel Krebs, Teo Schifferli, Ludovic Varone (design), Martina Mullis (production), Lars Müller (publisher)
• DESIGNING FOR THE SIXTH EXTINCTION - Designed by Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg
• FRANCHISE ANIMATED - Designed by Jeroen Krielaars (Initiator and participating artist), Derek Weathersby (Type designer), Clark Rhee + Wesley Slover (Music and sound design)
• GLASGOW INTERNATIONAL - Designed by Kellenberger–White
• INGLORIOUS FRUITS & VEGETABLES - Designed by Marcel for Intermarché
• JURRIAAN SCHROFER (1926-1990) -  Designed by Jaap van Triest and Karel Martens (design), Frederike Huygen (author), Astrid Vorstermans, Valiz (publishers)
• KENZOPEDIA - Designed by Toni Halonen for Kenzo Paris
• MIT MEDIA LAB IDENTITY - Designed by Pentagram
• MODERN DESIGN REVIEW ISSUE 1 - Designed by Graphic Thought Facility, Editor Laura Houseley
• NO.5 CULTURE CHANEL - Designed by Irma Boom
• PROPOSALS FOR BANKNOTE DESIGNS FOR THE CENTRAL BANK OF NORWAY - Designed by Metric Design and Snøhetta Design
• RIPOSTE MAGAZINE - Designed by Danielle Pender (Founder & Editor), Shaz Madani (Creative Director)
• THE WAY OF THE SHOVEL: ART AS ARCHAEOLOGY SCRATCH-OFF CAMPAIGN - Designed by Romain André and Michael Savona
• WIRED CUSTOM TYPEFACE - Designed by Sawdust (Typeface design) and Andrew Diprose (Art direction)

PRODUCT

• 10 100 1000 (TENHUNDREDTHOUSAND) - Designed by La Metropolitana (Project Management + Conceptualization), Francisco Torres (Conceptualization), Luis David Arredondo (Project Development + Conceptualization)
• AIR-PURIFYING BILLBOARD - Designed by the University of Engineering and Technology of Peru
• BLUE DIVERSION - Designed by Eawag (The Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology) and EOOS
• BRCK - Designed by Erik Hersman, Reg Orton, Philip Walton
• THE BRYDGEAIR - Designed by Nicholas Smith (CEO) and Eddy Vromen (Technical Director)
• CURRENT TABLE - Designed by Marjan Van Aubel in collaboration with Solaronix
• DIY GAMER KIT - Designed by Technology Will Save Us
• DOUBLE O - Designed by Paul Cocksedge Studio
• DRAGONFLY - Designed by Odo Fioravanti
• ENDGRAIN  Designed by Yael Mer and Shay Alkalay
• THE EXTRAPOLATION FACTORY  Designed by Elliott P. Montgomery and Chris Woebken
• FIELD EXPERIMENTS: INDONESIA  Designed by Benjamin Harrison Bryant, Paul Marcus Fuog and Karim Charlebois-Zariffa (Field Experiments) with Ketut Maryone, Wayan Supiarta, Wayan Slamet, Ketut Arya, Bapak Tjok Agung, Ibu Antik, Made Suriyani, Nengah Budi Adnaya, Ni Wayan Ruminti, Kadek Wahyuni
• 'GROW IT YOURSELF’ MUSHROOM® MATERIALS  Designed by Eben Bayer (CEO), Gavin McIntyre (Chief Scientist), Gordon MacPherson (Project Manager), Danielle Trofe (Designer), Sam Harrington, Stephen Nock
• HUMAN ORGANS-ON-CHIPS - Designed by Donald Ingber and Dan Dongeun
• KANO COMPUTER KIT - Designed by Kano and Map
• MAN MACHINE - Designed by Konstantin Grcic for Galerie kreo
• MIITO - Designed by Nils Chudy, Jasmina Grase, Rebekka Mueller
• MOOCALL SMS CALVING ALERT SENSOR - Designed by Lyndsey Bryce, Christopher Murphy and Niall Austin
• PROJECT DANIEL: 3D PRINTING LIMBS - Designed by Mick Ebeling / Not Impossible
• SABI SPACE -  Designed by MAP Project Office
• STRAP CHAIR - Designed by Scholten & Baijings
• SWITCH LIGHT - Designed by Joel Hoff

TRANSPORT

• DAINESE D-AIR BAG STREET  - Designed by Vittorio Cafaggi
• GOOGLE SELF-DRIVING-CAR - Designed by YooJung Ahn (Lead Industrial Designer), Jared Gross (Industrial Designer), Philipp Haban (Industrial Designer)
• I8 - Designed by Adrian van Hooydonk
• LOOPWHEELS - Designed by Sam Pearce for Jelly Products
• MODEL S - Designed by Franz von Holzhausen / Tesla Motors
• YAMAHA MOTOR COMPANY MOTIV.e CITY CAR - Designed by Masato Suzuki (Yamaha Motor Company) and Gordon Murray Design Limited

2015 Jury Members:

• Anish Kapoor, Artist (Chair)
• Nicole Farhi, Sculptor and Fashion Designer
• Tom Lloyd, PearsonLloyd
• Farshid Moussavi, Architect and Professor at Harvard GSD

Other jury members will soon be announced