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Design Awards 2008: the winners

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Unless you’ve been holed up in bed for the last ten days, you won’t fail to have noticed our countdown to the annual Wallpaper* Design Awards. And you’re probably aware that on Wednesday the event itself took place to great effect – winners were revealed, runners-up clapped graciously and a very good time was had by all.

In true Wallpaper* style we’ve gone one step further than simply opening an envelope to reveal the winners. Instead, we’ve teamed-up with digital animators, Mainframe, to produce animations for each winner of the Judges’ Awards. To heighten the suspension a little more, refresh your memories and take a look at the shortlists for each award by clicking on each category on the right.

And of course the Wallpaper* Design Awards aren’t simply about the Judges’ Awards. Whilst we’re thrilled to place the responsibility for a select ten awards in the hands of our esteemed judges, we can’t expect them to devote the time or patience to all 63 of our categories: that is our job. Throughout the year we’ve kept the keenest of eyes on our trawls and travels for those products and projects that go a little bit further than everything else. For a full list of winners in our 2008 Design Awards, see below. To see pictures of each winner, buy the Design Awards 2008 issue of Wallpaper* on newstands around the globe now.

Judges' awards: the winners

Best domestic appliance
‘Katamari 01’ speaker by Giyanze

Best furniture designer
Tokujin Yoshioka

Best new restaurant
Mathias Dahlgren, Stockholm

Best new hotel
Riva Lofts, Florence by Claudio Nardi

Best new private house
Ring House, Karuizawa by TNA

Best new public building
New Museum, New York by SANAA

Best city
Los Angeles

Best fashion
Jil Sander A/W 2007 by Raf Simons

Best grooming product
TweezLight

Most life-enhancing item
$100 laptop by Yves Behar

Wallpaper* Design Awards: the winners

Best ad campaigns
Lanvin, Louis Vuitton, Prada, Richard James, Vivienne Westwood and Yves Saint Laurent

Best airline suite
Singapore Airlines

Fastest airport check-in
Virgin Atlantic Upper Class Wing, Heathrow T3

Best alchemist
Martino Gamper

Best armchair
‘Mute’ by Mike and Maaike for Council

Best bag
Marc Jacobs with Richard Prince for Louis Vuitton

Best building site
CCTV HQ, Beijing, by OMA, Cathedral of Christ the Light, Oakland, California, by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and Porsche Museum, Stuttgart, by Delugan Meissl Associated Architects

Best centrepiece
‘Paros D1’ by Enzo Mari for Danese Milano

Best chopper
L’Hélicoptère by Hermès

Best cocktail
Red Heaven

Best collaborator
Sir Paul Smith

Best collection
‘Work’ by Dick van Hoff for Royal Tichelaar Makkum

Best comfort food
Oven-roasted pork shoulder ribollita, cavolo nero, cannellini beans, tomato and bread by Avec restaurant, Chicago

Best debut
Mater

Best dining chair
‘Smile’ by Lievore Altherr Molina for Andreu World

Best drawers
‘Dado’ by Studio Kairos for B&B Italia

Best dressing room
Christian Dior, Paris, by Peter Marino

Best editeur
Ralph Pucci

Best facial fix
Synthetic snake venom

Best fragrance
Infusion d’Iris by Prada

Best gadget on the go
iPhone by Apple

Best hair
DA by Alain Pichon for Calvin Klein spring/summer 2008

Best indulgence
Cashmere carpet by Loro Piana

Best jewellery
The Incredibles by Harry Winston

Best library
Bookcase by Tomas Maier for Bottega Veneta

Best lie-in
‘Noble Estate’ tufted bed by Ralph Lauren Home

Best light
‘Chasen’ by Patricia Urquiola for Flos

Best lipstick
Rouge Interdit by Givenchy

Best model
Coco Rocha at Elite

Best modular furniture
‘Cubic Meter’ shelving system by Arik Levy for Kenny Schachter

Best outdoor furniture
'Flat' sunlounger by Mario Ruiz, for Gandia

Best pans
John Pawson for When Objects Work

Best personal shopper
Alexander Lewis, Harrods

Best plane
Eclipse Concept Jet

Best print
Liberty of London

Best reissues
‘Tabouret de Bar’, designed 1942, by Jean Prouvé, for Vitra, ‘Swell’ armchair, designed 1966, by Richard Shultz, for B&B Italia, ‘Marenco’ sofa, designed 1970, by Mario Marenco, for Arflex and ‘Trienna’ coffee table, designed 1954, by Ilmari Tapiovaara, for Aero

Best rug
'Key Shadow' rug by Suzanne Sharp, for The Rug Compmany

Best series
The Most Beautiful Swiss Books catalogues

Best shelving
‘Twist’ by Carlo Colombo for Arflex

Best shoes
Gucci 2008 collection

Best in shows
Comme des Garçons, Dolce & Gabbana, Gucci, Lanvin, Louis Vuitton, Maison Martin Margiela, Miu Miu, Ralph Lauren, Pringle of Scotland, Raf Simons, Versace and Yves Saint Laurent

Best showstopper
‘Genesis Light’ by Nanda Vigo

Best sideboard
‘Tactile’ by Terence Woodgate for Puntmobles

Best side table
‘Majordome’ by Cédric Ragot for Roche Bobois

Best skincare
Clark’s Botanicals

Best sofa
‘Satyr’ by Foruse for ClassiCon

Best stationery
Lucienne Roberts for Tony Blair

Best stool
‘Triton’ by Clemens Weisshaar for ClassiCon

Best suite
Ty Warner penthouse, Four Seasons New York

Best table
Best table: ‘Bottle’ by Barber Osgerby for Cappellini

Best table lamp
‘Leti’ by Matteo Ragni for Danese Milano

Best typeface
Paper Alphabet by Sonya Dyakova

Best watch
‘Master Compressor Extreme Lab’ by Jaeger-LeCoultre

Best window display
Louis Vuitton by Julia Keddell and James Musgrave

14 January 2008 | News