designs of the year 2012 shortlist

the design museum, london has announced the 2012 shortlist of their annual 'designs of the year' award.
the nominations will be on show as part of the 'designs of the year' exhibition at the museum from
february 8th, 2012 until july 15th, 2012. the overall winner to be announced on april 24th, 2012.



'guangzhou opera house' by zaha hadid, guangdong province, china
image © iwan baan


architecture
butaro hospital, butaro, rwanda - mass design group
folly for a flyover, london, UK - assemble cic
guangzhou opera house, guangzhou, china - zaha hadid architects
hepworth wakefield, wakefield, UK - david chipperfield architects
care home, huise-zingem, belgium - sergison bates architects llp
maggies centre, gartnavel, glasgow, UK - OMA
national park of mali buildings, bamako, mali - diébédo francis kéré of kéré architecture
moses bridge, fort de roovere, netherlands - ro&ad architects
olympic 2012 velodrome, london, UK - hopkins architects
spaceport america, new mexico - foster + partners
the iron market, port-au-prince, haiti - john mcaslan + partners
youth factory, mérida, spain - selgascano, gestaltskate and jarex



'maggie's gartnavel' by OMA, glasgow, scotland
image courtesy of OMA; photography by philippe ruault



'london 2012 olympic velodrome' by hopkins architects in london, england
all images courtesy hopkins architects
photographer: richard davies



'spaceport america' by foster + partners in new mexico, USA
image courtesy of foster + parners


digital
bc homepage version 4, london, UK - BBC
beck’s green box project - beck’s
face substitution, new york, USA - arturo castro and kyle mcdonald
guardian ipad edition, london, UK - guardian news and media in consultation with mark porter
high arctic, national maritime museum, london, UK - united visual artists
homeplus tesco virtual store, seoul, south korea - homeplus tesco
letter to jane, portland, USA - tim moore
microsoft kinect and kinect SDK - microsoft games studios, microsoft research and xbox, UK and USA
musicity, london, UK - concept by nick luscombe and simon jordan and designed by jump studios
the stanley parable, california, USA - written and created by davey wreden
suwappu, london, UK - dentsu london, UK, in consultation with berg



homeplus tesco virtual store, seoul, south korea

fashion
alexander mcqueen: savage beauty, the costume institute at the metropolitan museum, new york, USA -
andrew bolton with the support of harold koda of the costume institute, new york,USA
the duchess of cambridge’s wedding dress, london, UK - sarah burton for alexander mcqueen
céline autumn/winter ’11, paris, france - phoebe philo at céline
late night chameleon café, london, UK - store design: gary card, creative director: john skelton, brand director: dan mitchell
mary katrantzou autumn/winter ‘11, london, UK - mary katrantzou
melissa + gaetano pesce boot and flip flop, new york, USA - gaetano pesce, manufactured by melissa, brazil
oratory jacket, london, UK - will carleysmith, brompton bicycle ltd.
suno spring/summer ‘11, new york, USA - suno
vivienne westwood ethical fashion africa collection, autumn/winter ’11 - vivienne westwood, london, uk
132 5. issey miyake - miyake design studio, tokyo, japan



chassis' by stefan diez for wilkhahn
image courtesy of wilkhahn

furniture
balsa furniture, london, UK - kihyun kim
chassis, munich, germany - stefan diez
the crates, beijing, china - naihan li & co
earthquake proof table, jerusalem, israel - arthur brutter and ido bruno
harbour chair, london, UK - andré klauser and ed carpenter
hemp chair, berlin, germany - studio aisslinger
lightwood, london, UK - jasper morrison
moon rock tables, london, UK - bethan laura wood
not so expanded polystyrene (nseps), london, UK - attua aparicio & oscar wanless at silo
oak inside, rotterdam, netherlands - christien meindertsma
osso, paris, france - ronan and erwan bouroullec
textile field at the victoria and albert museum, london - ronan and erwan bouroullec, fabric by kvadrat
tip ton, london, UK - edward barber & jay osgerby
waver, munich, germany - konstantin grcic
xxxx_sofa, eindhoven, netherlands - yuya ushida



'hemp chair' by werner aisslinger



'lightwood' by jasper morrison
image copyright maruni wood industry inc.
photo by yoneo kawabe




'textile field' by ronan + erwan bouroullec for kvadrat
all photos © studio bouroullec and V&A images, victoria and albert museum



'tip ton' chair by barberosgerby for vitra
photo by nexus productions

'the comedy carpet' by gordon young
image courtesy of the blackpool council


graphics
AA files, london, UK - john morgan studio
beauty is in the street, london, UK - four corners books, cover designed by john morgan, book interior designed by pierre le hors
bloomberg businessweek, new york, USA - bloomberg businessweek
the comedy carpet, blackpool, UK - gordan young and why not associates
cover artwork and video for join us by they might be giants, new york, USA - paul sahre
cut it out, london, UK - noma bar
matthew hilton identity and website, london, UK - spin
nokia pure font, london, UK - dalton maag
one thousand cranes for japan - concept by anomaly and unit 9, london, UK
photo-lettering, yorklyn, USA - house industries
gf smith digital campaign, london, UK - sea design
stockmann packaging, helskinki, finland - kokoro & moi
self service magazine - petronio associates
what design can do! , amsterdam, netherlands - de designpolitie
your browser sent a request that this server could not understand, rotterdam, netherlands - koen taselaar



the three weights of the nokia pure font typeface



'ascent' by edward barber and jay osgerby
image courtesy of haunch of venison / barberosgerby

product
ascent, london, UK - edward barber and jay osgerby
pq eyewear designed by ron arad a-frame line and corbs line - ron arad
botanica, eindhoven, netherlands - studio formafantasma
carbon black wheelchair - andrew slorance
defibtech lifeline view™ automated external defibrillator (aed), llc guilford, USA - defibtech
heracleum, schiedam, netherland - studio bertjan pot
hövding invisible cycle helmet - hövding
jawbone jambox, san francisco, USA - yves béhar, fuseproject
the learning thermostat, USA - nest, palo alto
mine kafon, eindhoven, netherlands - massoud hassani
london 2012 olympic torch, UK - edward barber and jay osgerby
orb-it - black and decker
shade, london, UK - simon heijdens
solar sinter, london, UK - markus kayser studio
thixotrope, london, UK - conny freyer, sebastien noel and eva rucki of troika
TMA-1 headphones - kibisi
totem, london, UK - bethan laura wood in collaboration with pietro viero
white collection, finland - ville kokkonen



'PQ eyewear collection' by ron arad
 image courtesy of PQ eyewear



'botanica' by formafantasma
all images © luisa zanzani



'heracleum' by bertjan pot for moooi
image © designboom



'hövding airbag helmet' for bicyclists by hövding

'jambox' by fuseproject for jawbone



'totem' by bethan laura wood in collaboration with pietro viero
image © ruy teixeira