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1st Annual International Design Awards Winners Announced
(Los Angeles) November 12, 2007 – The first annual International Design Awards (IDA) winners have been announced, kicking off a media campaign promoting these architects and designers of interiors, products, graphics and fashion internationally as visionary leaders in their fields.
Nearly 1,000 professional and student entries were received from 42 countries, the body of which impressive work judges called "exciting," "whimsical," and indicative of thoughtful, visionary and creative solutions to design problems internationally. 110 winners were chosen from among these entries.
Winners' work will be featured on the www.idesignawards.com website, with project descriptions and links to designer websites; spotlighted in the IDA07 art book, to be distributed to museum and art bookstores nationwide; and explored in the week-long IDA Visionary Exhibit taking place at the Museum of Design Art and Architecture in Los Angeles March 8-14, 2008. To be on the mailing list for the opening night reception, please visit www.idesignawards.com.
Jurors in the architecture, interior, graphic, product and fashion categories include Dwell magazine New York Editor Michael Cannell; Judge on BravoTV's Top Design Kelly Wearstler; House Beautiful Senior Style Director Newell Turner; Los Angeles Times WEST Magazine Style Editor Barbara Thornburg; RISD's Furniture Department Chairman John Dunnigan; David Hertz, AIA; Gwynne Pugh, AIA; Josh Rubin, Editor-in-Chief and Publisher, cool hunting; Rido Busse, celebrated product designer for Krups and professor at Ulm Design School in Germany; Rose Apocada, fashion writer for Bazaar and owner of A+D Design Store in Los Angeles; apartmenttherapy.com Editor in Chief Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan; and IdN Columnist and graphic design critic Laurence Ng.
2007 INTERNATIONAL DESIGN AWARDS WINNERS
WINNERS
2007 INTERNATIONAL DESIGN AWARDS
ARCHITECTURE
Architect of the Year: Skidmore Owings and Merrill
Student Discovery of the Year: Sloan Kulper and Audrey Roy, Orangelabs Studio
New Residential Building
Vertical house, Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects, Culver City
Cury house, Marcio Kogan, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Diamond Bay house, Eugenia Tan, Melbourne, Australia
New Commercial Building
ARB Bank Headquarters, Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, NYC
Mi Casa, Marcio Kogan, Sao Paulo, Brazil
MODAA Studio, Pali Fekete Architects, Culver City
Urban Design
Museum of Liverpool, 3XN Architects, Aarhus, Denmark
West Kowloon Cultural District, Aedas, Hong Kong
Renovation
The Peak Tower Ronald Lu & Partners, Hong Kong
Sustainable Living/Green
Alpine House, Wilkinson Eyre Architects, London
Kingspan Lighthouse, Sheppard Robson Architects, London
Al Rahji Bank, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, NYC
Landscape
Bassil Mountain Escape, Vladimir Djurovic Landscape Architecture, Lebanon
Desert Retreat, Vladimir Djurovic Landscape Architecture, Lebanon
Other
Phaeno Science Center, Zaha Hadid, FAIA, London
Holy Rosary Church Complex, Trey Trahan, FAIA, Louisiana
STUDENT
Sloan Kulper and Audrey Roy, Biomedical Research Institute Graduate, Orangelabs Studio
FASHION DESIGN
JC Obando, avant-garde
Jasmin Shokrian, haute couture
Mintee, pret a porter
Rami Kashou, haute couture
Endovanera, menswear
Mary Ping, Lingerie and accessories
Maria Cornejo, sportswear
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Graphic Designer of the Year: Volume Inc.
Student Discovery of the Year: Savio Alphonso
Professional
Annual Reports
DCM IV offering memorandum, Earl Gee, Gee + Chung Design, San Francisco
Designing Canada Jenna Hudson, Suburbia Advertising, Victoria, BC
Bridge Fund Annual Report, Volume Inc., San Francisco
Announcements
Water Exhibition Invitation, Katrin Satrom, The O Group, New York
Advertising
Pumas I’m Going Campaign, Kelly Heath, Tank Design, Cambridge, MA
Head for Change Campaign, Christina Landers, JPMS, Beverly Hills
Global Warming Paul Booth, Paul Booth Designs, Durango, CO
Books
ReadyMade, Volume Inc., San Francisco
Degrees of Separation, Samia Saleem, Aplural, Seattle, WA
CAKE, Jennifer Gregori, Beverly Hills, CA
Catalogs
Uneasy Nature, Volume Inc., San Francisco
ceed catalog, Yoonram Eon, Kia Motors, Seoul, S. Korea
Collateral Material
No. Twenty Bayard Brochure, Karin Satrom, The O Group, New York
Bathhouse Las Vegas Brochure, Richardson Sadeki, New York
Sei Brochure, Emily Martin, Richardson Sadeki, New York
Corporate Identity
Culture System, Morgan Haines, Culture/Carrier Johnson, San Diego
The Fountain of Good Ideas, Mirta Vekic , MIT, Osijek, Croatia
Stationery
Sarah Angell system, Sandie Maxa, Q collective, Elmhurst, NY
Icebreaker card, Bernard Yung, Icebreaker Ad, Hong Kong
Logos, Trademarks and Symbols
TR Logos, Morgan Haines, Culture/Carrier Johnson, San Diego
Culture Logo, Morgan Haines, Culture/Carrier Johnson, San Diego
London Grooming, Rhanjit Jhita, Wonderfuel, London
Packaging
Sei, Richardson Sadeki, New York
Sawtelle shoes, Rainhard Susanto, Kreya, Jakarta, Indonesia
Bathhouse Las Vegas, Richardson Sadeki, New York
Posters
Smithsonian Latino Center, Julie Myers, Grafik Marketing, Alexandria, VA
SFMOMA, Volume Inc., San Francisco
NYIBC Poster, Karin Satrom, The O Group, New York
Self-Promotion
Chinese New Year gift, Jacky Halim, Jejak, Jakarta, Indonesia
Culture System, Morgan Haines, Culture/Carrier Johnson, San Diego
Travel Me, Tiago Teixeira, Porto, Portugal
INTERACTIVE
Culture Design Lab, Culture/Carrier Johnson, San Diego
GRAPHIC DESIGN
STUDENT
Advertising
The Shopping Bag Projects, Anna Pshenichny
Announcements
Ochsenfest, Nicole Jacek
Books
When City and Country Collide, Daniel Skolfield
Direct Mail
AIGA Portfolio Review mailer, margalik@yahoo.com
Packaging
condom packaging, Catherine Harvey
Posters
A Good Time, Sandor Szabo
Guiseppe’s Flea Circus, Neha Argawal
Magazine Overall
Re-Design of Fashion Theory, Catherine Harvey
Signs
Symbols to Cultivate Change, Savio Alphonso
INTERIOR DESIGN
Interior Designer of the Year: Ministry of Design, Singapore
Interior Design Student Discovery of the Year: Timothy Schreiber, Germany
PRO
Residential
Anglers’ Bay, Philip Tang, Ptang Studio, Hong Kong
A Reflective Getaway, Keita Turner, KT Design, Harlem, NYC
Icestation New Zealand, Jasmax, New Zealand
Commercial
Sho U, Ministry of Design, Singapore
Flight 001, Stores worldwide, Orange22, Los Angeles
Bathhouse Las Vegas, Richardson Sadeki, New York
Institutional
Harvard University, Putnam Gallery Edmund Puches, Puches Design, Irvington, NY
Other
STK, Leah Mendelson, Icravedesign, New York
T Studio Showroom, Paolo de Biasi, Treviso, Italy
STUDENT
Evolution Table, Timothy Schreiber, London
PRODUCT DESIGN
Product Designer of the Year, Manuel Saez, Humanscale
Product Design Student Discovery of the Year, Chul Min Kang
PRO
Windows, Doors
Lily Latifi Lily Latifi, Paris
Switches, Home Control Systems
Raemian Home Automation, Lucy Woods, Tangerine, London
Interior Furniture
Cinto Chair, Manuel Saez, Humanscale: US
table, Zaha Hadid, GB
Fish Chair, Satyendra Pakhale, for Cappellini, NL
Textiles, Floor Coverings
Nobu LA wall coverings, David Rockwell for Maya Romano, NYC
Lighting
Bossa, Fernando Prado, Sao Paolo
Cage Lite, Fixture Tracey Kessler, San Francisco
Superordinate Antler Lamp, Jason Miller, Brooklyn
Kitchen
KFood Mixer, Chris Christou, YouMe Design, London
Kitchen Furniture
Mr. Pietro Arosio, Italy
Kitchen Accessories
Cube Jigger, Josh Owen, Philadelphia
Corn Stripper, Farrah Hussain, TODA, NYC
Seconds teapot, Jason Miller, Brooklyn
Bathroom Fittings/Appliances
Di.Ta. faucet, Vercelli Davide, Italy
Home Computers
One Laptop Per Child, Yves Behar, Fuse Project, SF
TV, Video and Audio
Iriver Clix, Jongchul Kim, Seoul, S. Korea
Media, Phones
Discovery series headsets, Lori Tokunaga, Plantronics, San Jose, CA
Aliph Jawbone, Yves Behar, FuseProject, San Francisco
Urban Sustainable Design
Ditto PET Clothing Hangers, Gary Barker, Green Heart Global, US
Exercise Equipment
Streetbike, David Larsson, Sweden
Patio/Garden Furniture
O-Grill 3000, Arlo Lin, Pro-Iroda, Taiwan
Oasis seat, Henrik Kjellberg, Office 4 Ideas, Sweden
Zihua Lounger, Ezequiel Farca, Mexico
Outdoor Lighting
Kanpazar, Jon Santocoloma Moro
Transportation
Nautical/Boats
Solar-Powerd Volitan boat, Hakan Gursu, Turkey
Mass Transportation
Bike dispenser, John Kock, Springtime, Netherlands
Aircraft/Aerospace
British Airways Club World, Lucy Woods, Tangerine, Great Britain
Office Equipment
Eco System Flooring, Lee Cooper, GB
Industrial and Life Science Design
T5 Diagnostic Tool, Manuel Saez, Humanscale, New York
STUDENTS
The MIN chair, Chul Min Kang, US
PAN_07 Timothy Schreiber, GB
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