All submissions are evaluated by an expert jury of design luminaries.
The jury committee is comprised of designers, editors and creatives who are devoted to true excellence in design.
The evaluation of entries is based on a range of criteria that are constantly adapted to current standards.
Simon Hamilton - UK
Simon is a London-based Interior Designer, Careers Mentor and Diversity advisor. He is an Associate Lecturer at the Royal College of Art on the MA Interior Design course and a Patron of the Design Museum, London.
Nancy Hou & Josh de Sousa - USA
Hou de Sousa is a New York based studio that promotes innovative, culturally progressive and environmentally responsible design solutions. They designed and built art installations, public sculptures, restaurants and private residences both domestically and abroad.
Fernanda Marques - Brazil
Fernanda’s career is marked by the same conceptual thread that characterized her formative years: integrated exercise of the various disciplines encompassed in a project: Architecture, Interiors and Product Design.
Gabrielle Kennedy - Netherlands
Gabrielle has written about design for The Australian, The Japan Times, Singapore Straits Times, The Economist, POL Oxygen, Dezeen, Wallpaper, and Icon Magazine among others. Now she is the Editor of DAMN° magazine.
Michael Malapert - France
Michael is an interior architect of our times. Before founding his Design Studio, he joined the team of Philippe Starck and manaege large-scale projects in Shanghai, Bangkok, London and Marrakech.
Louisa Falkenberg - Sweden
With a background working in fashion, interior design and high-end real estate, Louisa Falkenberg has experience building homes, curating spaces and beautifying your way of living. Besides her popular Instagram account ”whylessisnotmore”, she is also a regular contributor to ELLE Sweden.
Nu Goteh - USA
Nu is a multi-disciplinary creative, designer, and entrepreneur who works at the intersection of culture, social impact, and design. He is the co-founder of the strategy and design studio, Room for Magic, and co-founder and creative director of its partner publication, Deem Journal.
Robert Sukrachand - Thailand
Robert Sukrachand is a New York City and Chiang Mai based furniture designer. In 2020, he was named as “one of the 20 names to know now in American design” by the editors of Sight Unseen.
Daisuke Kitagawa - Japan
After working for a Japanese consumer electronics manufacturer, Daisuke established DESIGN FOR INDUSTRY INC. in 2015. He has been involved in a variety of fields, both domestic and international, from furniture and daily necessities to traditional crafts, home appliances, robotics, advanced technology R&D, new material development, business development, and city branding .
Debora Manetti - Italy
Debora is co-partner of the award-winning type foundry Zetafonts and Program Director for the TypeCampus project for typographic culture in the design community. She is also a co-partner and strategic designer of Kmzero, a visual identity studio based in Florence.
Riccardo Fornoni - Italy
Riccardo is an italian architect, set designer and digital artist. He started his career by founding Creamatelier in 2019, a playground for his ideas and designs. His works have been published in magazines like Design boom, Elle Decor, AD magazine, Ignant and more.
Yoko Choy - Hong Kong
Yoko is a multilingual writer and editor, who specialises in lifestyle and design publications. She is currently the China editor of Wallpaper* magazine.
Sébastien Roussel - France
Sébastien Roussel is landscape designer d.p.l.g. at Devillers & Associés (D&A). He has designed numerous projects, mixing the living fabric with the urban fabric, combining natural and cultural heritage. He is also educator at Atelier 7 at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure du Paysage.
Boris Brault - France
Boris is the CEO of the worldly-known French design brand Lexon. With 30 years of existence, fruitful collaborations with the most prestigious designers worldwide, a presence in 90 countries and more than 9000 points of sale, Lexon creates collections of timeless products designed for the home, office, travel or urban nomadism, bringing aesthetic pleasure to everyday life.
Jiaru Lin - Taiwan
Jiaru is a Taiwanese Art Director based in New York. She collaborates with iconic brands such as Tom Ford, GUCCI, Louis Vuitton, Coach, ZARA, Balmain, Comme des Garçons, Maison Margiela, and NARS. Her boundless curiosity and passion for life are integral to her creative approach.
Rod Reynolds - France
Rod is the founder and creative director of Dcontract agency, well known for its work for brands such as Rick Owens, adidas, Lacoste, Etudes or Ruinart. Since 2020, Rod has developed Records Collection, dedicated to sourcing show space for fashion houses and international fashion show producers.
Joran Briand & Arnaud Berthereau - France
Joran and Arnaud created their studio in 2011 and operates in the fields of design and interior. Its philosophy is very simple: make the most possible out of the least possible.
Baptiste Bohu - France
Baptiste’ style has been sought after by an A-list clientele for Residential and Commercial projects worldwide. Inspired by Art Deco, Balinese, Moroccan Interiors, and contemporary design, he enjoys mixing different eras to produce unique and serene spaces.
Lara Mendonça - Brazil
Lara is a design leader, educator and ethicist, currently based in London. In the last 11 years, she has designed across many disciplines, including interaction, brand identity, motion, editorial, advertising and illustration. These days, she’s a Senior Manager of Product Design at Twitter
Jordan Cluroe & Russell Whitehead - UK
Design Duo, 2LG Studio was founded by husbands Jordan and Russell in South East London.
Specialising in Residential Interior design and product design, they are known on the international design scene as tastemakers and award winning designers.
Sandra Githinji - Kenya
Sandra is based in Melbourne and her studio spans the intersections of cultural histories, pedagogy, activism, and the built form with a focus on cultural expressions that centre an African perspective, both on the continent and diasporic.
Iliana Kerestetzi - Greece
Iliana founded MOLD Architects in 2011. The practice integrates research, architecture, landscape design, advanced computational design, parametric design, graphic design, interior design, construction management. The work of the practice has been widely promoted in group exhibitions and received numerous awards.
Younes Duret - Morocco
Younes is a versatile industrial designer who combines product design, graphics and interior architecture, while respecting the requirements of mass production. His work extends from industry to luxury and art, with a strong commitment to promoting Arab design, mixing Eastern and Western influences.
Nicholas Préaud - France
Nicholas’ work converges into a vast and unclassifiable contemporary discipline. He connects several practices such as architecture, furniture or product design on a smaller scale, and research and development in construction, to more abstract and digital design works intended to exist only digitally.