Wallpaper* just published the winners of their 2010 Design Awards. Entries come from every possible part of the design field, from architecture to fashion design to industrial design, and were awarded in 66 respective categories. A panel of judges, including icons like architect Steven Holl, fashion designer John Galliano, and interior designer Kelly Wearstler, then picked the winners for eleven key awards.
In the category “Best New Private House”, Marcio Kogan’s Paraty House in Costa Verde, Brazil was awarded as winner, and “Best New Public Building” is Koncerthuset in Copenhagen, Denmark by Atelier Jean Nouvel.
“Best City” this year is - surprise, surprise! - New York whose High Line project was also awarded “Best Life-Enhancer of the Year”.
Here’s a selection of lucky 2010 Design Awards winners (for the complete list of winners please go to Wallpaper.com):
Click above image to enlarge Best City: New York (Video: “City short: New York” by David Usui via Wallpaper*)
Click above image to enlarge Life-enhancer of the year: The High Line, by Friends of the High Line, James Corner Field Operations and Diller Scofido + Renfro (Image via Wallpaper*)
Click above image to enlarge Best new private house: Paraty House, Costa Verde, Brazil, by Marcio Kogan (Image via Wallpaper*)
Click above image to enlarge Best new restaurant: Kaa, Sao Paulo, Brazil, by Studio Arthur Casas (Image via Wallpaper*)
Click above image to enlarge Best new hotel: Habita MTY, Monterrey, Mexico, by Joseph Dirand and Landa Arquitectos (Image via Wallpaper*)
Click above image to enlarge Best new public building: Koncerthuset, Copenhagen, Denmark, by Atelier Jean Nouvel (Image via Wallpaper*)
I think the winners all deserve to win their respective categories. I especially liked the first one, the picture with the two houses beside each other. I think that picture would make a great wallpaper. The people who took those photos must have been good photographers too.
james Thursday, December 08, 2011
those bertoia chairs in the Habita hotel are so uncomfortable, why are they so populat?
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