Design Guild Marks 2024 honours the best of British design, with creatives including Philippe Malouin, Industrial Facility and John Tree honoured this year
A deceptively simple sit-stand desk, modular sofa and Japan-inspired lamp are among 16 new designs to be honoured in the Design Guild Mark 2024 awards.
The non-profit award programme is run by The Furniture Makers’ Company, a City of London livery company and charity for the furnishing industry. It’s open to designers working in Britain and British designers working abroad, and aims to raise the profile of British industrial design and recognise excellence. This year, the pieces have been picked out for their innovation of materials, creativity and sustainability.
He was joined on the judging panel by – among others – John Tree of Jasper Morrison; Sebastian Wrong at Established & Sons; Simon Alderson of Twentytwentyone; Clare Johnston at Royal College of Art; PearsonLloyd’s Luke Pearson, Elliott Koehler of JPA Design, B&B Italia’s Heather Naylor and Daniel Aram of Aram.Applicants presented their submission in person, and the jurors homed in on pieces that demonstrated the highest standards of originality and innovation in industrial design..
As for Ercol’s Bellingdon Table and Sideboard in ash by Lisa Gould Sandall, Pearson calls it 'an elegant interpretation of a classic need. The delicate structure belies the dramatic change of size and, refreshingly, the entire table including mechanism has been executed in timber.
Other pieces to get a Design Guild Mark this year include the Morgan’s Aran lounge chair by Morgan Studio; Mark Gabbertas’ Kitt chair for Lyndon; SCP’s Element modular sofa system by; and Tekiò, Anthony Dicken’s modular lamp for Santa and Cole, which was inspired by Japan’s traditional techniques using washi paper and bamboo.Experience Paris like a local at Hôtel BalzacThe Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.
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