design museum announces nominations for designs of the year 2014

 
design museum announces nominations for designs of the year 2014
FRAC centre – les turbulences, orléans – designed by jakob + macfarlane (above)
image © nicolas borel
images courtesy of jakob + macfarlane

among the 76 nominations up for the london design museum‘s designs of the year 2014 award are: a floaing school in nigeria, the ‘lightest timber table in the world’, new interiors for the united nations’ north delegates’ lounge in new york, the whitney museum’s new brand identity and a collapsible construction helmet.

the award is hosted annually, acknowledging developments in the categories of: architecture, digital, fashion, furniture, graphics, product and transport, from across the globe.

2014’s nominees include international design stars such as zaha hadid, john pawson, stephen jones, david chipperfield and miuccia prada, alongside crowd-funded start ups and student projects. all of the nominated designs go on display at the design museum, in an exhibition open from 26 march to 25 august 2014. a distinguished panel of experts chose a winner from each category and one overall winner, to be announced later in the year.

the competition gives an overview of the past year’s emerging trends through common themes from across these different design disciplines, and this year proves that designers, more than ever are seeking to blur boundaries between the digital and physical worlds with new ideas like the calendar made of lego that syncs with your computer/phone diary and the fire alarm that texts to let you know that everything’s ok.

after the success of its first outing in 2013, the visitor vote will return, allowing patrons of the design museum to pick their favourite design from the exhibition. for 2014, the social vote has been introduced which sees two nominations fight it out each day through the exhibition’s online social vote platform. broadcast to over one million of the design museum’s twitter and facebook followers, this network allows people from all over the world to participate in designs of the year 2014.

the gaming app that outlives its player, the mobile phone you can build yourself, the bottle caps that turn into building blocks – someday the other museums will be showing this stuff. #designsoftheyear

heydar aliyev center, baku, azerbaijan – designed by zaha hadid and patrik schumacher
photo by iwan baan

architecture

child chemo house, osaka – designed by tezuka architects, takaharu & yui tezuka
façade for paul smith, albemarle street, mayfair, london – designed by 6a architects
FRAC centre – les turbulences, orléans – designed by jakob + macfarlane
frac nord-pas de calais, dunkerque – designed by anne lacaton & jean philippe vassal
heydar aliyev center, baku, azerbaijan – designed by zaha hadid and patrik schumacher
la tallera siqueiros, cuernavaca, morelos, mexico – designed by frida escobedo
makoko floating school, nigeria – designed by NLÉ, makoko community building team
mont de marsan mediatheque – designed by archi5
museo jumex, mexico city – designed by david chipperfield
newhall be, harlow, essex – designed by alison brooks architects
praça das artes performing arts centre, são paulo – designed by brasil arquitetura
st moritz church, augsburg, germany, interior renovation – designed by john pawson
the new crematorium at the woodland cemetery, stockholm – designed by johan celsing
wa shan guesthouse, hangzhou, china – designed by wang shu

makoko floating school, nigeria – designed by NLÉ, makoko community building team
image © NLÉ architects

museo jumex, mexico city – designed by david chipperfield
photo by rene catalan foglia

st moritz church, augsburg, germany, interior renovation – designed by john pawson
photo © gilbert mccarragher  

digital

aerosee – designed by paul egglestone, dr darren ansell, dan etherington, patterdale mountain rescue
citymapper – designed by azmat yusuf, gilbert wedam, joe hughes, nicholas skehin, emil vaughan
generations – designed by one life remains
hello lamp post – designed by pan studio
LEGO calendar – designed by adrian westaway, clara gaggero, duncan fitzsimons, simon emberton
metro trains – dumb ways to die – designed by mccann melbourne
oculus rift – designed by oculus vr
peek (portable eye examination kit) – designed by dr andrew bastawrous, stewart jordan, dr mario giardini, dr iain livingstone
public lab foldable mini-spectrometer – designed by public lab contributors 2011-13
sidekick creatives – crowdfunding great art & design – designed by oscar lhermitte, philipp figueroa, yoav reches, arne zacher, molly anderson, tommaso lanza
touch board: interactivity everywhere – designed by bare conductive

touch board: interactivity everywhere – designed by bare conductive
image courtesy of bare conductive

fashion

das collection – designed by reem and hind beljafla
prada s/s14 – designed by miuccia prada
rick owens s/s14 show presentation – designed by rick owens
the hinterland of ronaldo fraga – designed by ronaldo fraga
‘totemic’ collection by sadie williams – designed by sadie williams
tracey neuls bike geek – designed by tracey neuls

bodleian library chair – designed by barber & osgerby
image courtesy of barber & osgerby

furniture

bodleian library chair – designed by barber & osgerby
iro – jo nagasaka for established and sons
new interior for united nations north delegates’ lounge (new york) – designed by hella jongerius, together with rem koolhaas, irma boom, gabriel lester and louise schouwenberg
pro chair family – designed by konstantin grcic
ripple, an ultra light timber table – designed by benjamin hubert
‘simple’ exhibition at projectb gallery, milan – designed by philippe malouin

new interior for united nations north delegates’ lounge (new york) – designed by hella jongerius, together with rem koolhaas, irma boom, gabriel lester and louise schouwenberg
image © frank oudeman

pro chair family – designed by konstantin grcic
photo by oliviero toscani

  
ripple, an ultra light timber table – designed by benjamin hubert
image © benjamin hubert

chineasy – created by shaolan hsueh with illustrations by noma bar
image courtesy of noma barr

graphics

a magazine curated by stephen jones – designed by stephen jones
artdirectorsclub: art directors annual 91 – designed by rami niemi (illustrator), joao unzer (art director), juan carlos pagan and brian gartside (graphic designers)
building stories – designed by chris ware
castledown primary school type family – designed by anthony sheret, edd harrington, rupert dunk
chineasy – created by shaolan hsueh with illustrations by noma bar
creation and realisation of the visual identity and the signage system of the frac provence-alpes-côte-d’azur – designed by jean-marie courant, marie proyart, olivier vadrot
drone shadows – designed by james bridle / booktwo.org
escuyer undergarment brand identity – designed by modern practice
grand-central – designed by thibault brevet
m to m of m/m (paris) – designed by graphic thought facility
serpentine galleries identity – created by marina willer in collaboration with brian boylan
the gourmand – a food and culture journal – created by david lane (creative director), marina tweed & david lane (founders/editors-in-chief)
whitney museum identity – designed by experimental jetset and the whitney museum
works that work, a magazine of unexpected creativity – designed by atelier carvalho bernau

whitney museum identity – designed by experimental jetset and the whitney museum

alba collection of vases – designed by massimiliano adami

product

75 watt – created by revital cohen and tuur van balen (artists), alexander whitley (choreography) and siya chen (film production)
ABC syringe: a behaviour changing syringe – designed by dr david swann
alba collection of vases – designed by massimiliano adami
bloom helmet – designed by toyo safety
chair 4 life – designed by bruce renfrew, james williamson, shaun phillips, david fawkes, ken poberezny, minghao zhou, michael phillips
clever caps – designed by claudio patrick vollers (co-inventor & designer) and henry suzuki (co-inventor)
fairphone – designed by bas van abel
formlabs form 1high-resolution desktop 3D printer – designed by formlabs inc.
gopro hero 3 black – designed by gopro
luffa lab – designed by mauricio affonso
lunaire – designed by ferréol babin
nest protect: smoke + carbon monoxide alarm – designed by nest
PET lamp – designed by alvaro catalan de ocon
phonebloks – designed by dave hakkens
plume mudguard – designed by patrick laing & dan mcmahon
risk centre – designed by onkar kular & inigo minns
silk pavilion – designed by mediated matter group at the MIT media lab
string lights – designed by michael anastassiades
the alchemist’s dressing table – designed by lucie gledhill
the bradley timepiece – designed by hyungsoo kim, nick gu, david zacher, amanda sim, maeve jopson, cynthia poon
the seaboard grand – designed by roland lamb and hong-yeul eom

bloom helmet – designed by toyo safety
image courtesy of toyo safety

fairphone – designed by bas van abel
image © fairphone

gopro hero 3 black – designed by gopro

luffa lab – designed by mauricio affonso
image courtesy of luffa lab

PET lamp – designed by alvaro catalan de ocon

plume mudguard – designed by patrick laing & dan mcmahon

silk pavilion – designed by mediated matter group at the MIT media lab

transport

a journey redefined – designed by a2b
ifmove bicycle – designed by section zero
me.we: forward-thinking car – designed by massaud & toyota ed2
single seat aircraft – designed by e-go
XL-1 – designed by volkswagen