30 finalists of the Loewe Craft Prize revealed

‘The level is crazy this year,’ remarks Jonathan Anderson in a recent chat with Wallpaper*. He was referring to the outstanding quality in this year’s applicants of the second iteration of the Loewe Craft Prize that the British creative director inaugurated last year to ‘help modernist craft and make it more accessible’. This year, 30 finalists have been chosen from across the globe who show innovative expertise in working with materials from textile and paper to ceramics and metal. These will go on show at London’s Design Museum from 3 May, when a jury that includes Anderson, Patricia Urquiola and last year’s winner Ernst Gamperl will select the winner...

Anderson notes that there is a recurring ‘idea of the vessel’ in this year's work, in both ceramic and woodwork. Pictured: ‘Raining Stones’, ceramics.

Aneta Regel

United Kingdom

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Anderson notes that there is a recurring ‘idea of the vessel’ in this year's work, in both ceramic and woodwork. Pictured: ‘Raining Stones’, ceramics.

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Irina Razumovskaya

Russian Federation

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‘Barkskin’, ceramics

loewe craft prize textiles

Yeonsoon Chang

Republic of Korea

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‘Many candidates from Korea and Spain are showing how you explore textile in a modernist way.’ adds Anderson. Pictured: ‘Matrix III Time, Space, Human’, textiles

loewe craft prize ceramics

Jennifer Lee

United Kingdom

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‘Pale, shadowed speckled traces’, ceramics

loewe craft prize ceramics

Ann van Hoey

Belgium

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‘Object from “The Earthenweare Fer”’, Ceramics

loewe craft prize ceramics

Min Chen

China

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‘Hangzhou’ stool, furniture

loewe craft prize

ARKO

Japan

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‘Third Time Rainfall’, other

loewe craft prize paper

Ashley YK Yeo

Singapore

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‘Arbitrary Metrics II’, paper

loewe craft prize wood

Christopher Kurtz

United States

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Anderson also notes the wealth of wood candidates this year, ‘something very interesting and organic.’ Pictured: ‘Singularity’, wood

loewe craft prize ceramics

Deirdre McLoughlin

Ireland

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‘Waterwork I’, ceramics

ceramic

Hae Cho Chung

Republic of Korea

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‘Five Color Vessels 0831’, lacquer

Container

Gunilla Maria Åkesson

Sweden

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‘Container’, ceramics

glass

Joonyong Kim

Republic of Korea

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‘Tears in the Sunset’, glass

wood

Joe Hogan

Ireland

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‘homage to the tree’, wood

Bench

Julian Watts

United States

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‘Bench’, wood

bowl

Laurenz Stockner

Italy

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‘bowl made of copper / elastic sh’, metal

ceramics

Marie Janssen

Austria

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‘Shrouded Furnace 5’, ceramics

textiles

Mercedes Vicente

Spain

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‘Scalaria Bifurca’, textiles

jewellery

Paul Adie

United Kingdom

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‘Searching for solid ground’, jewellery

Vase

Ryuhei Sako

Japan

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‘Mokume-gane Vase’, metal

jewellery

Sam Tho Duong

Germany

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‘Frozen/Se[e/a]/Look’, jewellery

textiles

Richard McVetis

United Kingdom

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‘Variations of a Stitched Cube’, textiles

jewellery

Rita Soto

Chile

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‘Folds of memory’, jewellery

glass

Shohei Yokoyama

Japan

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‘Sei wo haramu (Filling with sile)', glass

jewellery

Sara Gackowska

Poland

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‘CRAQUELURE’, jewellery

textiles

Simone Pheulpin

France

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‘Croissance XL (XL Growth)’, textiles

glass

Steffen Dam

Denmark

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‘New Medicine’, glass

Tea Bowl

Takuro Kuwata

Japan

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‘Tea Bowl’, ceramics

Gold Bowl

Takeshi Yasuda

United Kingdom

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‘Qingbai Gold Bowl’, ceramics

wood

Wycliffe Stutchbury

United Kingdom

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‘100 Foot Drain/Annie's Wood’, wood

Sujata Burman is a writer and editor based in London, specialising in design and culture. She was Digital Design Editor at Wallpaper* before moving to her current role of Head of Content at London Design Festival and London Design Biennale where she is expanding the content offering of the showcases. Over the past decade, Sujata has written for global design and culture publications, and has been a speaker, moderator and judge for institutions and brands including RIBA, D&AD, Design Museum and Design Miami/. In 2019, she co-authored her first book, An Opinionated Guide to London Architecture, published by Hoxton Mini Press, which was driven by her aim to make the fields of design and architecture accessible to wider audiences.