Wallpaper magazine and some of the most influential personalities, such as Mario Testino, Donna Karan, Iwona Blazwick, Norman Foster, Murray Moss and Konstantin Grcic picked up their favorites of the year, including:
ARMCHAIR
“Facett”
Designer: Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec
Manufacturer: Ligne Roset
BATHROOM
“Istanbul” collection
Designer: Ross Lovegrove
Manufacturer: Vitra
Website: http://www.vitra.co.uk
BOOKCASE
“Random” collection
Designer: Neuland
Manufacturer: MDF Italia / Viaduct
BOOKS
“Lewis Baltz Box Set”
Publisher: Steidl
“Louis I Kahn”
Robert McCarter
Publisher: Phaidon
“Things as they are”
Mary Panzer
Publisher: Chris Boot
BED
“Rea”
Designer: Chi Wing Lo
Manufacturer: Giogetti
Website: www.giogetti-spa.it
BUILDING SITES
Eglise St-Pierre, France
Architect: Le Corbusier
Hesperia Tower Hotel, Barcelona
Architect: Richard Rogers
Liege-Guillemins Station, Belgium
Architect: Santiago Calatrava
National Theatre of Chine, Beijing
Architect: Paul Andreu
San Francisco Federal Building, San Francisco
Architect: Morphosis
CAR
“M5”
Manufacturer: BMW
Website: www.bmw.com
COMEBACK
Ken Scott prints and wallpaper
Website: www.kenscott.it
DINING TABLE
“Birth” collection
Designer: Aziz Sariyer
Manufacturer: Derin
Website: www.derindesign.com
FASHION ACCESSORY
“Belle Vivier” shoe
Designer: Roger Vivier
FURNITURE DESIGNER
Patricia Urquiola
Runners-up:
Alfredo Haberli, www.alfredo-haeberli.com
Pierre Charpin, www.designgallerymilan.com
Tyler Hays, www.bddw.com
GADJET
“iPod Nano”
Manufacturer: Apple
GLASSWARE
“Darkside”
Designer: Philippe Stark
Manufacturer: Baccarat
JEWELLRY
Designer: Marie-Helene de Taillac, Paris
KITCHEN
Winner
“Terra”.
Designer: Claudio Silvestrin
Manufacturer: Minotti Cucine
Website: www.minotticucine.it
Runner-up
“Modus”
Designer: Paolo Nava and Fabio Casiraghi
Manufacturer: Binova
Website: www.binova.it
KITCHEN APPLIANCE
“Fire”extinguisher
Designer: Giulo Gianturco
Manufacturer: Boffi
Website: www.boffi.com
LIGHT
Designer: Sofie Refer
Manufacturer: Refer + Staer
NEW AIRLINE
Eos Airline
Website: www.eosairline.com
NEW AIRPORT
NAT Barajas, Madrid
Architect: Richard Rogers
NEW ART GALLERY
De Young Museum, San Francisco
Architect: Herzog and de Meuron with Fong and Chan
Website: www.thinker.org/deyoung
NEW HOTEL
Le Petit Moulin, Paris
Runners-up:
East, Hamburg
Hotel Puerta America, Madrid
Parker, Palmsprings
W Seoul, Seoul
NEW MUSEUM
Figge Art Museum, Davenport, Iowa
Architect: David Chipperfields
NEW PUBLIC BUILDING
Millau Viaduct, Foster and Partners
Runners-up:
Casa de Musica, Porto, OMA/Rem Koolhaas
De Young Museum, San Francisco, Herzog and de Meuron
MoMA, New York, Yoshio Taniguchi
MUSAC, Leon, Spain, Mansilla and Tunon
RESTAURANT CONCEPT
“Restaurant” plus “Store”
Clube Chocolate, Sao Paulo, Brazil
SCENT
“Isfarkand”, Ormonde Jayne
SOFA
“Odin”
Designer: Konstantin Grcic
Manufacturer: ClassiCon
STATIONARY
Craft Design Technology, Japan
Website: www.craftdesigntechnology.co.jp
TEXTILE
“Hej! Dia” felt rug
Designer: Lubinska and Kopaniszyn
Manufacturer: Moho
UNDERWEAR
“Adam and Eve”
Designer: Adam Lippes at Oscar de la Renta
Website: www.adampluseve.com
WALLPAPER
“Les Temple des Grec”
Designer: Studio Printworks, New York
WATCH
“Prince”
Manufacturer: Rolex
Website: www.rolex.com
For more details, please visit: www.wallpaper.com