The SIT Furniture Design Awards were held last month in Zurich, Switzerland and showcased the most exceptional talent in furniture and interior design. With more than 400 entries from professional and emerging designers from around the world, the competition was fierce, but the winners were selected through a multi-round voting process by a panel of distinguished judges from around the world.
Interior Design of the Year
Muskoka Cottage
Company/Designer: Studio Paolo Ferrari
Photo Credit: Joel Esposito
Location: Lake Rosseau, Muskoka, Canada
Overlooking Lake Rosseau, Muskoka Cottage was designed to complement but not overwhelm the environment in which it sits. Featuring warm minimalism, the space has a lovely sense of balance, where refined details coexist alongside unfinished surfaces. Refined Douglas fir millwork sits alongside rugged blocks of granite ensure a connection to nature within a luxury setting.
Furniture Design of the Year
Typology Ribbon Bench
Company: Landscape Forms
Designer: Designworks, a BMW Group Company
Photo Credit: Courtesy Landscape Forms
Combining modular seating solutions with enhanced lighting, the Typology Ribbon Bench connects spaces, guides pedestrians and is able to form hubs of community interaction. Constructed from aluminium and ultra-high-performance concrete, the bench has been designed with a gap between the two profiles to allow for the mounting of backrests, armrests and other surfaces.
Innovation of the Year
M3 Performance® Mattress
Company: BEDGEAR®
Designer: Eugene Alletto
Photo Credit: BEDGEAR
Allowing the user to choose from four highly-breathable firmness levels on either right or left, the M3 Performance® Mattress is the world’s first dual-sided modular design that means sleepers never have to compromise on comfort.
Emerging Furniture Designer of the Year
Daejo
Designer: Tom Man
Other Credit: Ravit Laser
Photo Credit: Pavel Zubenko
Location: Tel Aviv, Israel
A series of wooden stools, Daejo embodies holistic design to highlight a piece of furniture that has a long history as a functional inclusion within human life. The design has focussed on the visual elements – shape, composition and material – to create different levels of contrast in each stool. Designer Tom Man says, “My personal design projects focus on the visual elements as I explore how shapes, composition and materials have in their power to attract users, evoke delightful emotions and provide different emotional experiences”.
Emerging Interior Designer of the Year
Soul Cave – Patagonia
Designer: Tony Wu
School: Savannah College of Art and Design
Location: Savannah
A new concept for a retail setting that challenges the notion that retail environments are often without emotion or human warmth. The designer sought a solution for the retailer to communicate the brand’s story in a way that retains the spirit of the items being sold and creates a deeper relationship between buyer and seller.
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