In case you hadn't noticed, I've been posting the shortlist nominees for some of the categories for the fabulous Wallpaper* Design Awards all week. Now the winners have been announced and below are the results.Well, not only did they announce the winners to the Wallpaper* Design Awards last night, but they had a rockin' party to do so. This is the fourth year of the annual Wallpaper* Design Awards. The first awards were launched in the January/February issue of Wallpaper* in 2005.The international design, fashion and lifestyle magazine, Wallpaper,* and headline partner Jaguar Cars have dramatically transformed the Old Sorting Office on New Oxford Street, London, into a spectacular venue to host a dinner and drinks party celebrating the nominees and winners.
André BalazsPatricia UrquiolaTadao AndoWong Kar-waiDonatella VersaceLanglands & Bell
In true Wallpaper* style they’ve gone one step further than simply opening an envelope to reveal the winners. Instead, they’ve teamed-up with digital animators, Mainframe, to produce animations for each winner of the Judges’ Awards.
Click on the winners below to see the animations.
Best domestic appliance‘Katamari 01’ speaker by Giyanze
Best furniture designerTokujin Yoshioka
Best new restaurantMathias Dahlgren, Stockholm
Best new hotelRiva Lofts, Florence by Claudio Nardi
Best new private houseRing House, Karuizawa by TNA
Best new public buildingNew Museum, New York by SANAA
Best cityLos Angeles
Best fashionJil Sander A/W 2007 by Raf Simons
Best grooming productTweezLight
Most life-enhancing item$100 laptop by Yves Behar
Other winners include Apple’s iPhone, John Pawson, Arik Levy, Martino Gamper, Tamara Salman, Ralph Pucci and OMA.The full list of categories and winners are announced in Wallpaper’s Design Awards issue, available on 10 January 2008 and on www.wallpaper.com.
André BalazsPatricia UrquiolaTadao AndoWong Kar-waiDonatella VersaceLanglands & Bell
Below is the press release- straight from the ultra hip digital director of Wallpaper* magazine, Kay McMahon, to yours truly complete with some pics of the bash.Tony Chambers, Wallpaper* editor-in-chief, says:“It is always a pleasure and a privilege to give the Wallpaper* stamp of approval to the experimentalists, innovators and dreamers of the past 12 months. From the $100 laptop to the €200,000 cashmere carpet, we’re celebrating great design wherever and however it appears. With the assistance of our panel of international judges (see their profiles above) – Tadao Ando, André Balazs, Wong Kar-Wai, Langlands & Bell, Patricia Urquiola and Donatella Versace – and with Jaguar once again as our associate, it has been a stellar year.”Now, about that party:Venue Wallpaper* and Jaguar have dramatically transformed the Old Sorting Office on New Oxford Street, London, into a spectacular venue to host a dinner and drinks party celebrating the nominees and winners. Production of the event was managed by My Beautiful City, headed up by Robin Scott-Lawson.Guests 250 guests accepted invitations to the dinner. Guests included the winners and nominees of all categories, the international panel behind the Judges’ Awards, as well as fashion designers, architects, interior designers and friends of Wallpaper*.Best cocktail menu:Cocktail 1 – Ten Fresh MartiniTanqueray No 10, lemon juice, gomme, shaken with ice and strained into a martini glass, garnished with lemon peelCocktail 2 – Rosie Ten CollinsTanqueray No 10, lime juice, elderflower cordial, apple juice, topped up with soda, built with ice into a cocktail glass, garnished with slivers of appleCocktail 3 – Red HeavenWallpaper* Design Awards: Best cocktail A unique blend of chilli, cucumber, apple, sugar, lime juice and fresh mint added to Smirnoff Black, pomme verte and apple juice, shaken with ice and a secret ingredientGoodie bag contents:Wallpaper* Design Awards issueWallpaper* Los Angeles City GuideJaguar pen and magazineGivenchy Rouge Interdit lipstickPrada Infusion d’Iris miniatureTweezLight tweezers------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------My personal big thanks to Kay McMahon and the following people and companies who continue to support, encourage, promote and reward great design in all aspects:Wallpaper* www.wallpaper.comJaguar www.jaguar.comProduction: www.mybeautifulcity.comDrinks sponsors: www.tanqueray.comwww.smirnoff.comwww.icelandicglacial.comGoodie bags: www.wallpaper.comwww.jaguar.comwww.parfumsgivenchy.comwww.prada.comwww.tweezlight.com
