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Shortlist for Designs of the Year

Rose Etherington
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The Design Museum in London has announced the shortlist for annual exhibition and awards program the Brit Insurance Design Awards.

Nearly 100 designs have been nominated by industry experts across seven categories: architecture, furniture, product, interactive, fashion, graphics and transport design.

Above: Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, Westminster Academy (London, UK). Top image: Senz XL Storm Umbrella

One winner in each of the categories will be selected by a panel at the end of February and an overall winner will be announced on 18 March 2009. There will also be a 'People's Choice Vote', which the public will be able to vote for from January via the exhibition blog.

Above: Romera y Ruiz Arquitectos, Eight Inscribed Houses and Three Patios (Spain, Gran Canaria)

An exhibition of all the shortlisted designs at the Design Museum will be open to the public 12 February - 14 June 2009.

Above: Snøhetta, Oslo Opera House (Oslo, Norway)

Above: Steven Holl Architects Beijing, Linked Hybrid (Beijing, China)

Here is the full shortlist:

Architecture

Product

Furniture

Above: Kode Design, Armadillo Vest with Facemask

Interactive

Above: Local Manufacture Java, Magno Wooden Radio

Graphic Design

Above: Marloes Ten Bohmer, Rotation Moulded Shoe

Fashion

Above: Tony Mullin, Green Felt Protest Suit

Transport

Above: Adam Goodrum, Stitch Chair for Cappellini
Above: Adam Goodrum, Stitch Chair for Cappellini

The following information is from the Design Museum:

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Brit Insurance Designs of the Year exhibition rungs from 12 Feb - 14 June 09 and the awards ceremony takes place on 18 March at the Design Museum.

Above: Nacho Carbonell, Evolution Series

What do the Big Brother logo, a school, Heathrow Terminal 5 Live Adverts and Obama’s campaign logo have in common? They are all on the shortlist for the Brit Insurance Design Awards. Following the tremendous success of their inaugural year in 2008, Brit Insurance Design Awards and supporting Brit Insurance Designs of the Year exhibition return for their second year, making them an annual fixture on the design industry calendar.

Above: Tord Boontje, Fig Leaves for Meta

The world’s most interesting and forward looking designs have been nominated by industry experts spanning seven categories: Architecture, Fashion, Furniture, Graphics, Interactive, Product and Transport, to be judged by a high profile panel, chaired by Alan Yentob and including the designer and environmentalist Karen Blincoe, and the architect Peter Cook.

Above: Weiki Somers, Cloakroom, Boijmans Museum, Rotterdam

The shortlist will be on show at the Brit Insurance Designs of the Year Exhibition from 12 February until 14 June at the Design Museum in London. From this comprehensive list, the panel will decide the category winners in each of the seven disciplines to be announced at the end of February. These finalists will go forward to vie for the 2009 Brit Insurance Design of the Year, to be revealed at the Awards Dinner on18 March 2009.

Above: Chris O’Shea, Joel Gethin Lewis and Andreas Muller, This Happened, Events

Brit Insurance Design Awards recognise the important achievements in design over the past twelve months as well as bringing lesser known design triumphs to the fore. Public participation has also been encouraged this year, with a People’s Choice Vote and a blog for the general public to express their views at www.designsoftheyear.com.

Above: Jeff Lieberman and Dan Paluska, Absolut Quartet

Deyan Sudjic, Director of the Design Museum said, “Design touches every aspect of our daily lives. This exciting shortlist reflects its impact on politics as well as fashion. It highlights great architecture, and smart technology. In the midst of economic chaos, creative thinking is more important than ever. Alan Yentob makes an excellent chair for an international jury that is going to have its work cut out choosing winners.”

Above: Joachim Sauter, Art + Com, Kinetic Sculpture for BMW Museum

Brit Insurance Chief Executive Dane Douetil added, “Sustainability and efficiency are clearly growing in importance, underling the important role that intelligent design has in the reduction of risk. The shortlist for this year’s Brit Insurance Design Awards certainly lives up to the exceptional standards set by last year’s 100 nominees and last year’s winner, One Laptop per Child. We look forward to seeing which design the judges will choose from the very wide range on this year’s shortlist.”

Above: Lucky Bite, Dinner Table Game for Science of Survival, Science Museum

Above: The GreenEyl, Appeel

Above: Troika, Cloud, Digital Sculpture for British Airways, T5, Heathrow, London

Above: Chase and Gallery, IsNotMagazine

Above: Daniel Eatock, Big Brother Logo

Above: March Studio and Aesop, Aesop Stores and Branding

Above: Mevis & Van Deursen, Baghdad Calling

Above: Basso & Brooke, Spring/Summer 09

Above: Duckie Brown, Spring/Summer 09 – Menswear

Above: Helen Storey with Tony Ryan, Wonderland – biodegradable materials

Above: Barbican Centre and Siebe Tettero, The House of Viktor & Rolf Retrospective

Above: IDEO, Aquaduct Concept Vehicle for water filtration

Above: Eric Lanson, Ricky Biddle, Ben Shao and Austin Cliffe, Balance Sport Wheelchair

Above: Mar Kayaks, K2 Kayak for Nelo

Above: District, Trek District Bicycle

Dezeen stories about last year's inaugural awards:

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Shortlist

Category winners

Overall winner

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