Presenting an exceptional opportunity to celebrate the very best in global product design and set to culminate in the glamorous setting of the Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane, London with an awards ceremony on Friday 5 June, the SBID Product Design Awards 2020 is currently open for entries.
With entries due to close on Friday 13 March, a strict 3-step judging process will ensure that all entries are fairly assessed and carefully scrutinised for their technical standards, as well as the creative delivery and ability to inspire those who appreciate and understand good design.
A technical judging panel will evaluate entries’ professional merit and determine the finalists to be announced Thursday 9 April. From this selection, a jury representing a broad range of professional design skills will contribute 70% to the winners’ scores, with the remaining 30% taken from an online public vote that will be live until Thursday 30 April. The broad, international nature of the competition means the judges and public voters are able to choose from a spectrum of entries varying in product type, scale, value and creative inspiration.
A range of top-tier industry experts from across the creative sectors have been invited to lend their insights and experience to the SBID Product Awards’ judging panel.
Karim Rashid | Designer & President, Karim Rashid Inc.
Karim Rashid is one of the most prolific designers of his generation. Over 4000 designs in production, over 400 awards, and operating in over 35 countries attest to Karim’s legend of design. His award-winning designs include democratic objects like the ubiquitous Garbo waste can and Oh! Chair for Umbra and interiors like the Morimoto restaurant, Philadelphia and Nhow hotel, Berlin. Karim has created noteworthy designs for clients Method and Pepsi, furniture for Artemide and Vondom, brand identity for Citibank and Hyundai, high-tech products for LaCie and Samsung, and luxury goods for Veuve Clicquot and Christofle, to name a few.
Vasiliki Petrou | Group CEO and Executive VP, Unilever Prestige
Vasiliki joined Unilever in November 2012 after completing a 19-year career with Procter & Gamble. In P&G, Vasiliki led various global, regional and local roles mainly in the Beauty Category primarily working in skin, hair and colour cosmetics. Vasiliki’s first role in Unilever was creating the Pitch Co-Creation (Innovation) Centres in London and New York. Vasiliki also led the development of strategic macro space work that has been pivotal in defining the strategy, innovation pipeline and expertise of the Beauty and Personal Care Category.
In 2014, Vasiliki started the creation of the Prestige division from the beginning. Since then, Vasiliki led the acquisition of 8 companies Dermalogica, Murad, Kate Somerville, Ren, Garancia, Tatcha (to close August 2019), Living Proof, and Hourglass. Vasiliki leads a team of 8 CEOs and a central multi-functional team that decide strategic priorities, resource allocation and growth strategy for the portfolio.
Gary Clark | Principal, Regional Leader of Science + Technology, HOK London Studio
Gary is an Architect with a passion for sustainable architecture and has over 30 years continually sought to bridge academic research, teaching and practice to create a sustainable future. In his role as Principal Lead for Science and Technology at HOK, his aim is to deliver a sustainable future not only in the science and technology but across all sectors of the construction industry.
Gary has collaborated and led sustainability with a number of leading practices including Wilkinson Eyre, Bennett’s Associates and Hopkins Architects. These collaborations have delivered award winning sustainable buildings across a range of sectors from Higher Education, Academic Research, Residential mixed use, Office and Cultural Buildings.
Letitia Fitzgibbon | Head of Interior Design, Harrods Interior Design
With over 17 years’ experience in the luxury interiors industry Letitia Fitzgibbon heads-up Harrods Interior Design, a multi-disciplinary bespoke design service by Harrods.
In her previous role as a key player within the Harrods Home buying team, Letitia worked closely with the Director of Home in redeveloping the home and furniture offering from Harrods, creating new concepts and sourcing brands from across the world to provide a carefully curated range of products that hero provenance, craftsmanship and heritage in helping to shape Harrods Home into the exciting design hub it is today.
Dr Vanja Garaj | Head of Design, Brunel University London
Dr Vanja Garaj is Head of Brunel Design, where he also teaches on the Professional Design Studio module, a part of the MSc Integrated Product Design programme. He has co-ordinated a number of live project briefs, across design fields, with organisations including Cancer Research UK, NHS, Pan Macmillan, Help for Heroes, Friends of the Elderly, Corney & Barrow, Shell, Ibis and BT. Dr Garaj’s research is aimed at design, development and evaluation of innovative systems, products and services, with the focus on digital and digital-physical domains and the application of the latest technologies. His research activities have involved the areas of digital health, assistive technology, m-learning, e-government, social networking and the IoT and the immersive tech. The current research projects include Impacting Business by Design, funded by Research England, Story Futures, funded by Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and Inclusive Immersion, funded by Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).
Herbert Lui | Partner, Dexter Moren Associates
Herbert has extensive experience of working on complex mixed-use developments on challenging sites. Along with a strong awareness of stakeholder aspirations, he has a proven ability to convert constraints into opportunities.
Herbert is a graduate of Westminster University and the Architectural Association in London, and the National University of Singapore. He joined DMA in 1999 as a Project Architect and was appointed a Partner in 2008.
Tim Bowder-Ridger | Senior Partner, Conran and Partners
As an Architect and designer, Tim is passionate about creating authentic experiences centred around cultural spirit and personality. He brings his knowledge of the hospitality and residential sectors to design buildings and spaces that reflect contemporary lifestyle needs and desires with a sense of place and aspiration.
As Senior Partner, Tim leads the design direction of the practice as a whole, as well as being responsible for the finance and operations of the business. He directly leads on a number of strategic projects; large and small, at home and abroad. Most recently, Tim has completed the conversion of the brutalist icon Centre Point, from an unused office tower into a charismatic residential destination in the heart of London’s cultural district; and Kita Aoyama, a high-end residential development in the heart of Japan.
Monika Moser | Regional Managing Director; London, New York and Paris, Wilson Associates
Monika is a hotelier at heart. With an MBA in Hospitality Management from ESSEC Business School and over 20 years of experience in hotel operations, she’s an authority in luxury hospitality. A German native who grew up across in South America, Monika developed a passion for art, music, literature and language. She is now fluent in five languages. As Regional Managing Director of Wilson’s atelier in Paris and design offices in London and New York, Monika is a brand ambassador who supports the firm’s strategic initiatives.
Can Tufekcioglu | Principal Interior Designer, Arcadis
Can worked for 15 years in Istanbul before moving to Dubai as Principal Interior Designer for Arcadis. He has been involved in a wide range of multidisciplinary projects ranging from healthcare and offices to residential and educational. He is primarily focused on the technical aspects of the projects; however, his personal preference is space planning and design.
Stella Gittins | Co-Founder & Group Director, Accouter Group of Companies
Stella Gittins is the Co-Founder of AGC, London’s fastest-growing portfolio of international award-winning Interior Design companies. Creating the benchmark in luxury living, the Accouter Group of Companies which is home to Accouter Design, A. LONDON and BoxNine7, delivers world-class interior architectural and furnishing services to the global property market and private clients.
Taking a lead creative role for the Group, Stella is responsible for all aspects of brand and design and has published four bespoke publications that discuss every corner of luxury life. Featuring the inspiration behind Accouter Design’s schemes and collaborating with iconic brands such as Rolls Royce and William & Son, the fifth publication is due for launch in 2020.
Chris Dezille | Founder & Creative Director, Honky
Honky is a multi-disciplinary, award winning architectural and interior design practice based in London. Founded by Christopher Dezille in 2001, Honky’s creative team is committed to providing a full design service, tailored to the project and the individual client’s needs.
Chris’s career in Interior Design extends over 25 years. Whilst most of his work is focused in Central London, he has undertaken private and commercial projects throughout the UK and internationally, including projects in Monte Negro, Marbella, Cannes and The Channel Islands.
Johnny Grey | Kitchen Architect, Johnny Grey Studios
Johnny has designed and built over 400 highly innovative kitchens in 10 different countries. He has authored four books on kitchens and the home that have been translated into 14 languages. His interest in how the space we call the kitchen shapes people’s lives, enabling us all to live happier and healthier, is lifelong. He has a growing interest in redefining accessible design into a multi-generational approach to embrace all ages and abilities.
As Visiting Professor of Design and Kitchen Culture at Bucks New University Johnny acts as a bridge between the kitchen industry and university research. He is academic lead and co-founder there of the country’s first-degree course for kitchen design.
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Entries for the SBID Product Design Awards 2020 will close on 13 March!
To find out more about entering, visit www.sbidproductdesignawards.com
As January draws to a close, we look to the year ahead with great anticipation for the design industry at large. With the benchmark getting higher every year, we're gearing up to celebrate another year of global design excellence with the 2020 edition of the SBID International Design Awards launching soon.
In line with our mission to recognise, reward and celebrate design, each month we'll be throwing it back and featuring some of our favourite Finalist projects from SBID Awards 2019! This month, we're taking a closer look at public spaces...
Academy DTEK is a business platform that specialises in corporate education and training of state sector employees. The interior design of the project was realised by Sergey Makhno Architects studio. It is eco-friendly and durable as more than 200,000 students visit the Academy throughout the year. All the learning spaces are mobile, versatile and can adapt to various tasks and audiences. The whole academy is designed to make the learning process a thrilling experience!
Elkus Manfredi Architects designed a comprehensive renovation to bring new life and light to the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, the largest Catholic church in New England and a landmark in the South End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Relying on a 3D digital model created from laser scans, renovations included reconfiguring the sanctuary platforms to project the altar closer to congregants, restoring/lightening interior finishes, and integrating modern infrastructural and ADA improvements. Historical photos of the 144-year-old church helped inform careful replications of decorative wall patterns, while new liturgical appointments complement the original reredos. Discrete, all-new LED lighting brightened stained glass windows from within and illuminated formerly dark ceilings that were enhanced with gold paint on the edge bead of the elaborately carved wooden trusses. Dramatic and resplendent, the Cathedral of the Holy Cross once again stands as a beacon to the community, both day and night.
A 19-storey former hotel on the McGill University campus in Montreal has been converted to a student residence. The design challenge went beyond the bricks and mortar architecture; the space had to promote a sense of community and social engagement. The design integrates programmed and unprogrammed space, which allows students to make the space their own. A seating niche is located opposite the main security desk and is highlighted with a bold graphic that is now in the residence’s branding. The ground floor is pulled together by a multi-tiered mountain inspired by the city’s Mount Royal, which creates a hangout space that is highlighted by a cloud of curved linear Sketch light pendants.
Garth House is an intimate Grade II-Listed building with meeting rooms and part of the University of Birmingham’s hotel and conference facility. It was built in 1901 and designed by William Bidlake who was an English Architect and a leading figure in Birmingham in the Arts & Crafts movement. It is distinct from Bidlake’s other houses in the simplicity of its design and is of international significance as it was singled out in Hermann Muthesius’ Das Englische Haus, which influenced the development of the Modernist movement. Before its restoration in 2018 it was used by the university in the same capacity as it is today, but now the interiors have been transformed from a standard educational environment to a stylish individual space with a sense of domestic scale and structure to celebrate a space befitting of its historical past and create pride for its future.
The Park is a 1,000m² sales gallery that celebrates the past success and history of Rui Hong Xin Cheng in Shanghai, and also showcases their latest mixed-use development. Being in and around nature plays a large part in the concept of this project. Staying true to the naturalist concept of the entire development, this project strives to find the symbiotic balance of nature indoor and outdoor.
The Society of British and International Interior Design (SBID) announces the launch of its Product Design Awards celebrating the finest design, innovation and functionality for products within the residential and commercial interior design sectors.
Now open for entries from around the globe, the competition invites product, industrial and interior designers, as well as manufacturers and suppliers, to propose original products realised in the last two years across 17 categories: Accessories; Bathroom Product; Brassware; Cabinetry & Joinery; Fabric & Textiles; Furniture – Contract; Furniture – Residential; Heating & Cooling; Ironmongery & Metalwork; Kitchen Product; Leisure & Wellbeing; Lighting; Outdoor; Sanitaryware; Sound & Vision; and Surfaces & Finishes.
Entries close on Friday, 13 March 2020, with winners chosen via a three-part process. A technical judging panel evaluates entries’ professional merit and determines the finalists to be announced 9 April. From this selection, a jury representing a broad range of design skills and connections will decide 70% of the winners’ scores, with the remaining 30% the result of an online public vote that will be live until 30 April.
Truly extraordinary industry experts will lend their insights and experience to the SBID Product Awards’ judging panel, including Karim Rashid, president, Karim Rashid Inc; Vasiliki Petrou, group ceo and executive vice president, Unilever Prestige; Dr. Jeff Ning, president, Wanda Hotels and Resorts; Can Tufekcioglu, principal interior designer, Arcadis; Trevor Cotterell, managing director, Areen; Kar‑Hwa Ho, head of interior architecture, Zaha Hadid Architects; Gary Clark, principal, regional leader of science and technology, HOK London Studio; Henry Reeve, director of interior design, InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG); Heinz Richardson, principal, Jestico + Whiles Architects and Designers; Letitia Fitzgibbon, head of interior design, Harrods Interior Design; Herbert Lui, partner, Dexter Moren Associates; and Dr. Vanja Garaj, head of design, Department of Design, Brunel University London.
In the glamorous setting of Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane, London, the awards ceremony on Friday, 5 June 2020 will be an exceptional opportunity to celebrate the very best in global product design while mingling with top-tier industry leaders from across the world.
To find out more about the SBID Product Design Awards, visit www.sbidawards.com
Head of Marketing at Yves Delorme UK, Prune Allain des Beauvais reveals how the heritage of the French luxury brand has shaped five generations of exquisite embroidered and bespoke bedding and linen homewares, from timeless classics and fashionable prints, to unique customisations and original hand-painted artwork.
What are the origins of your brand?
Yves Delorme is the French luxury linens brand for the home and our passion since 1845. Since then, the name Fremaux has been synonymous with home linen and the company is proud to be one of the oldest businesses of its kind in Europe. 1845 was a special year which saw the creation of a linen weaving mill near Lille by Ernestine Fremaux and her husband. Time and generations have gone by, the company has grown, consolidated its experience and know-how and achieved a strong authentic personality: creative, demanding and courageous. A creativity which was increased tenfold in the early 80's, with the association between Dominique Fremaux, the current president and Yves Delorme, who was then renowned for his bath linen collections. The excellence of the Fremaux-Delorme’s heritage can be found in the history of the men and women who have built the company, its expansion and all its products to the point that the passion and know-how of five generations are woven into every sheet, every towel and every tablecloth branded Yves Delorme. A member of the Comité Colbert since 2001, Yves Delorme today epitomises a lifestyle which is truly exceptional, when luxury living is a daily experience.
How do you work with interior designers?
For their projects, Interior Designers usually use our classic collections; our percale (Athena collection) and sateen cotton (Triomphe collection) lines. We also have an amazing collection of luxurious quality towels called Etoile. Yves Delorme collaborates directly with interior designers, selecting from our Bespoke catalogue of fabrics, embroideries, monograms and colours to customise a truly unique set of linens. Begin the creative endeavor with a pristine canvas of the finest long staple cotton in percale or sateen, then build from a choice of distinct Yves Delorme embroidered designs, with a selection of 48 stunning thread colours and a range of monogram styles and placements for a personalised and made to measure design.
Yves Delorme Bespoke options apply to flat sheets, duvet covers and all sizes of pillow shams and cases. Monogram services are also available in our Etoile range of bath linens in 19 fashionable colourways. Yves Delorme also offers the option for made to measure sizes.
What value does your sector add to the interior design industry?
Our values are Poetry, Audacity, Excellence and Savoir-faire. Maintaining the highest standards in the selection of natural materials and fine fabrics, and in the excellence of finishings and attention to hand-made details, the Yves Delorme design is recognised for timeless classics and fashion prints, integrating original hand-painted artwork and heritage to Haute Couture. Yves Delorme shares with the designer community its passion for luxury linens!
How do your services/offering enhance an interior designer’s projects?
Our monogramming service is very popular. We can add initials, logos or bespoke designs on any of our products to enhance interiors with unique, personal touches.
What are the latest trends you’ve noticed in your client’s requests?
Today, the desire for beautiful, embroidered and bespoke linen has never been so strong, which is why we founded Yves Delorme Couture. A timeless collection in endless white tones, fresh and delicate percales, silky soft white satins, featherweight cloths and classic linens. A collection designed to be transformed, played out by your imagination to take you beyond wonderland...
Why did you want to become a sponsor of the SBID Awards?
We are proud to sponsor the SBID Awards. We have been partners for the second year and it is a great opportunity to connect with other professionals from the interior and decor industry.
Hotel Bedroom & Suites Category Sponsor | SBID International Design Awards 2019
Sponsorship for the SBID International Design Awards 2020 is now open.
To find out more about becoming an SBID Awards sponsor, click here or email [email protected]
Sponsors of the SBID International Design Awards for the Club & Bar Design category, Oxley's Furniture provide durable outdoor furniture solutions which are premium in quality and timeless in design. The Managing Director, Simon Hudson tells us more about how their products and services help designers extend the interior design vision to encompass exterior environments.
Oxley’s was started 28 years ago to create timeless outdoor furniture impervious to the weather. Inspired by the longevity of classic cast English garden furniture the company developed ways to personalise aluminium furniture for each customer. In the years since, Oxley’s has developed a worldwide niche market providing a service for interior designers to take their design ideas outside. Large residential and boutique hospitality projects are our forte.
From site visits to prototyping bespoke furniture, the Oxley’s team can be as involved with a project as much or as little as our customer wishes. Designers choose which Oxley’s collection works best for their project, then every item is made specifically for every job with the aluminium frame finished in exactly the colour specified. With cushions added, made with any exterior grade fabric from any of the fabric houses, each project is unique.
We also have an extensive portfolio of curated products from elite brands and often work closely with our clients to select items for their projects. Our services range from producing all technical drawings for bespoke projects, to personally organising and supervising shipping and installation.
Where the client has not included the outside as part of the interior project brief, working with Oxley’s can demonstrate how the interior design can be extended to the exterior environment, thereby enlarging the project.
How does your offering enhance an interior designer’s projects?
Outdoor living & entertaining is often part of the design brief. Oxley’s offer designers a service which allows them to extend their ideas from the inside to the outside, or even create a completely different feel to the project's exterior spaces.
Although every project is different, there does seem to be a trend away from the sleek minimalist look outdoors to a more classical feel, particularly encouraged by the amazing profusion of fascinating outdoor fabrics from all the major houses.
Why did you want to become a sponsor for the SBID Awards?
Interior Designers are our partners in everything we make. Their creations are our business, so it is right that we should support them by sponsoring an SBID Award which recognises their incredible achievements.
To find out more about becoming an SBID Awards sponsor next year click here or email [email protected]
Sponsors of the SBID International Design Awards for the Residential House Under £1M category, Kassavello supply curated and bespoke luxury furnishing solutions for interior designers. The Director and founder, Ana Azevedo shares insight into how they work directly with designers to help them source the right furnishings for their projects.
What are the origins of your brand? Launched in 2015, myself and Renata Teixeira spotted the opportunity to bring high quality, handcrafted yet fairly-priced Portuguese furniture to the UK market. Kassavello has since become a luxury furniture design atelier dually based in both England and Portugal. Our roots are firmly entwined with Portuguese craftsmanship and artisanal design and, over time, the business has organically grown to encompass two complementary areas of expertise: Curated products from elite brands and Bespoke furniture production.
How do you work with interior designers? We offer a high-end, bespoke furniture design service for interior designers and architects that includes complex finishes and detailing. Our extensive portfolio of manufacturers have been carefully selected for their quality, reliability and craftsmanship and we frequently use different artisans to deliver individual elements of one piece to guarantee the highest possible standards of workmanship.
We supply high-end furniture for both residential and commercial projects, offering a very personal and tailored service to help designers source the right furnishings for their projects. We believe that beautiful handcrafted furniture and design should be accessible to all. From covetable sofas to striking mirrors, our expert team have hand-picked the brands that we partner with and the curated pieces that we sell.
With a strong focus on customer service, Kassavello offers a premium and tailored service. Working closely with discerning clientele and leading interior designers, we have developed a reputation for delivering products and designs of the highest calibre to residences across the world. We have a team of experts available to advise on every step of the process and we work collaboratively with our clients from specification phase to the installation of a project; ensuring a full level of support throughout the project development.
More recently, we are noticing that organic shapes and textured materials are increasing in popularity among our clients. Also, the desire to use natural materials like cane, stone and brass is growing significantly.
We wanted to sponsor the SBID Awards because it’s a very prestigious event that celebrates design and serves as a fantastic opportunity to network within our target market.
For some, December is a time for festivities; relaxing by the fire with a mulled wine or gearing up for all those Christmas parties - but if business is still on your brain this season and you're not quite ready to hang up your Christmas stockings and call it a year, we're sharing some of the upcoming design events to attend - as well as some exciting details about SBID's latest announcement, due to launch this December!
3rd - 8th December
Design Miami - Miami, USA
Design Miami/ is the global forum for design. Each fair brings together the most influential collectors, gallerists, designers, curators and critics from around the world in celebration of design culture and commerce. More than a marketplace for design, professionals gather to present museum-quality exhibitions of twentieth and twenty-first century furniture, lighting and objets d’art. Each show balances exclusive commercial opportunities with progressive cultural programming, creating collaborations between designers, design institutions, panels and lectures with luminaries from the world of design, architecture, art and fashion.
4th - 5th December
Architect@Work - Düsseldorf, Germany
The unique exhibition layout of ARCHITECT@WORK was created to ensure optimal contact between exhibitors and visitors, as visitors are automatically led along a route that winds its way through the exhibitors stands, showcasing their latest innovations. At ARCHITECT@WORK, traditional aisles are transformed into lounge zones: places to enjoy a drink, to network and to provide further explanation about innovative products, applications or services.
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4th - 6th December
The Buildings Show 2019 - Toronto, Canada
Lead for success. Empowering design professionals to improve business and industry practices, solve problems and save time and money while earning education credits for ARIDO and IDCEC. This year, The Buildings Show will be running from Wednesday 4th December, with opportunities to explore new technology innovations, attend informational sessions and connect with industry influencers.
Alongside showcasing inspiring and informative design concepts, the Buildings Show offers interior conversations about lighting, design trends for colour, kitchens and baths, workplaces, accessibility and inclusive design, social resilience and wellness, BIM, AI and the future of work. As well as this year’s series of roundtables and workshops which will dig deeper into specific issues affecting design professions; like designing with mass timber, cross-pollinating design ideas, and more.
SBID Product Design Awards 2020 launching December!
The SBID Product Design Awards 2020 will officially open for entries this December. Designed to recognise, reward and celebrate the industry in product design, the Awards will showcase world-class manufacturers and designers who provide solutions, which in turn raise industry standards through the innovation and functionality of products for the interior design sector. Covering a diverse range of specialisms, the winning product designs will be judged in categories across Furniture, Lighting, Flooring, Surfaces, and more. With each entry being evaluated by leading, internationally-admired interior designers and pan-industry experts, confirmed judges for the SBID Product Design Awards 2020 include; Group CEO and Executive VP at Unilever Prestige, Vasiliki Petrou; Head of Interior Architecture at Zaha Hadid Architects, Kar Ho; Director of Interior Design at IHG, Henry Reeve; Head of Harrods Interior Design, Letitia Fitzgibbon; and Director of the Cowell Group, Nicholas Cowell.
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Matt Robb, Digital Media Executive at Stone Federation shares how 100 years of experience in the natural stone industry help them guide, support and inform design professionals when specifying stone for their projects. Keep scrolling to find out more about the SBID International Design Awards sponsor for the Healthcare & Wellness Design category.
Stone Federation has existed in various guises for over a century. We have over 100 years’ experience in the natural stone industry with the longstanding goal of connecting specifiers with the very best materials and companies. There has always been a need for an independent body to champion natural stone and to promote best practice within the industry and in this way, the activity and aims of the Federation have stayed the same while the methods and markets have developed.
Our work with interior designers is primarily focused around connecting them the best materials and companies for their project. We have a wealth of free design and technical resources to help design professionals take full advantage of the potential that natural stone provides. We also connect interior designers with the member companies who are best placed to service their specific requirements.
Natural stone has a rich history of providing interior designers with a wealth of options in both texture and colour. The natural stone sector has a high value for best practice and education and works hard to ensure that we provide specifiers with the right information for the materials they use.
As the independent natural stone source point, we connect interior designers with a wealth of technical resources, stone sourcing guidance and opportunities to connect with suppliers.
We’ve seen an encouraging increase in the number of specifiers placing a higher value on materials that deliver not only the required aesthetic but also the ethical and sustainable assurances that more and more clients are looking for.
SBID and Stone Federation have a strong working relationship built upon a mutual desire to promote best practice and education within the design and architectural sectors. There is a natural synergy between interior designers and the vast design potential that natural stone provides.
SBID continues to dig beneath the surface with another one of the SBID International Design Awards sponsors, sponsoring the Show Flats & Developments category. Rita di Venere, Export Manager at Foglie d'Oro shares how the brand upholds the founding-family's guiding principles in the noble art of wood to refine the traditional craft; bringing to market an authentic and high quality range of wood floors and surfaces which are actually 'made in Italy'!
Foglie d’Oro is the luxury flooring brand of the Brotto family, for over 50 years the highest interpreter of a cabinet-making tradition that has its roots in time. Trained at a very young age in the noble art of wood, Sante Giorgio Brotto started his own business in 1966, building on his successes year after year, soon adding the realisation of high quality wood floors and surfaces.
The Brotto family represents the Italian mastery in the art of wood and the authentic 'made in Italy', with determination and passion. The beauty of creating beauty: this is the guiding principle, generation after generation, of the Brotto family. For this reason Foglie d’Oro is appreciated by a growing number of prestigious customers in Europe and around the world, from the US to Russia and China. A global outlook built on solid local roots: all products by Foglie d’Oro are manufactured at its headquarters in Rosà, near Venice, at the heart of a dynamic and creative territory, where excellence is an attitude and a lifestyle.
An awareness of environmental sustainability is increasing in the high end interior design market. The Brotto group interprets this philosophy in its most authentic sense, designing and manufacturing interiors that last and become a heritage to be handed down from generation to generation. An interior design project that uses the finest natural wood, ancient and at the same time surprisingly contemporary, is able to guarantee a unique synthesis of beauty, comfort and respect for nature. Wood is a living and versatile material and is able to find its application in environments with the most different styles - from rural chic to minimal, from classic to contemporary settings with concrete and metals.
How do you work with interior designers / How does your offering enhance an interior designer’s projects?
Foglie d'Oro offers a wide range of wooden floors, from simple planks and herringbones, to fully customizable design floors, available in many different finishes and materials. The company stands out for its ability to support specifiers and interior designers in the realization of complete and tailor- made projects. Above all, this can be done because of the complete control of the supply chain, responsibly sourced form FSC® certified forests of its own property, which allow to manage a raw material warehouse unique in the world for quantity and quality of wood.
The technical office works closely with architects and designers, following in a precise and timely way their creativity and technical requirements. A reliable and competent partner, Foglie d’Oro can support professionals working on projects from the initial brief all the way to the installation, not limiting itself to producing but also providing its own original technical and creative contribution to their clients.
In a constantly changing market for luxury wood floors, we are seeing more demand for products with a contemporary look as well high design values and craftsmanship. The combination with different materials, such as brass, steel, marble and stone is also a growing trend.
As a result of its constant research and innovation, Foglie d’Oro is always developing new products. The range of colours and finishes is continually expanding to include a wide selection of contemporary colours, from natural soft greys to sophisticated dark fumed options. Products such as Matita and Azalea incorporate elegant brass and Mable inlays, which redefine the idea of floor as another element of decoration.
We are glad to support the SBID Award not only because it highlights and rewards design excellence all over the world, but also because it represents an important moment for elevating public awareness of design and strengthening the connection between business and design.
The highly anticipated winners of the SBID International Design Awards 2019 have been revealed today (Friday 25 October 2019) at a dazzling ceremony at the Grosvenor House in London’s Mayfair. With more entries than ever before, this year’s awards have been one of the most globally represented editions to date, with industry talent from over 48 countries across the globe. The competition this year was as inspiring as ever, with winning projects from the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Qatar, Poland, Barbados, Monaco, Japan, Indonesia, Brazil, Australia and more. Click here to see the full list of winners.
Winning a SBID International Design Award is truly a high achievement; all 15 categories are assessed by a technical panel, a public vote and a panel of leading industry experts, who look for outstanding examples of technical content and aesthetic creativity which ensures that all projects are assessed strictly on quality. Now in its ninth year, the SBID Awards are regarded as the most prestigious accolades for interior design. The SBID Awards were recently accredited as the first interior design awards scheme to achieve GOLD standard by The Independent Awards Standards Council and were commended as “exemplar in how awards should be operated”. As a proudly independent contest, the SBID awards are driven purely by a desire to recognise talent and creativity, with every entry fairly and equally considered. The annual event continues to reward and celebrate outstanding projects and products from the industry at large.
Judges this year included Directors and CEO’s from global design corporations such as Nike, MAC Cosmetics, Universal Studios and Soloman R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation.
The Overall Winner Award is presented to the project that received the highest score after both tiers of judging and the public votes considered. This year the overall award was given to Mexican-based practice Roth Architects for their Uh May Residence in Mexico.
Uh May residence is a habitable sculpture of 3,7502, located in a property of 10 hectares in the middle of the jungle, only 30 minutes away from the iconic town of Tulum, in the Yucatán Peninsula. The house harmoniously blends in with the environment of AZULIK Uh May whilst also respecting and honouring the natural habitat that hosts it. With no straight lines or sharp angles, it respects the organic shapes of the ground on which it was built. There is real purpose in its design: to force us to be present, paying attention and observing our every step.
The use of ferro-cement was specifically chosen to avoid the introduction of heavy machinery into the jungle, thus preventing the felling of 250 trees. Moreover, the material gives the space a cozy feeling. The finish, carefully crafted with local materials, makes this a unique space of purely organic forms. Meticulously conceived thorough attention to detail and amenities for entertainment, this property redefines life in the jungle, promoting a non-invasive dialogue between architecture and its natural surroundings.
SBID Founder and CEO, Dr Vanessa Brady OBE said: “Each year the SBID International Design Awards continue to grow from strength to strength. With a sell-out ceremony and more countries represented this year than any other, it truly is held as the premier interior design awards by the global industry and SBID is proud to present it each year. This year’s Overall Winner demonstrates the seriousness in which the design industry at large is taking in the environmental conservation and project procurement”.
All winners for each category received a bespoke crystal trophy crafted by Sans Souci glass deco. They have also been featured in the SBID Global Interior Design 2019 coffee table book which is available to purchase online at www.sbidawards.com.
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House of Design by Suzy Habre for Iris
Development Sales Centre sponsored by Vessel Gallery
Matrix Design for Gemdale Fenghua International Sales Center NanJing
Healthcare & Wellness Design sponsored by The Stone Federation
Diana Interiors Group for The Salt Room
Hotel Bedrooms & Suites Design sponsored by Yves Delorme
G.A Group for Belmond Cadogan London
Hotel Public Space Design sponsored by Viva Lagoon
CCD / Cheng Chung Design for InterContinental Shanghai Wonderland
KBB Design sponsored by VitrA UK
Masterwood Joinery for Slopehill Road
Office Design sponsored by KI Europe
ADP Architects for Axon Office - “Work-Space-Ship”
Public Space Design sponsored by Sans Souci
Tengyuan Design for China Railway Qingdao World Expo City Conference Center
Residential Apartment under £1M sponsored by Lalique
Kolomoiets-Project for Apartment with History
Residential Design over £1M sponsored by THG Paris
STA Architectural Group for Palazzo del Cielo
Residential House Design under £1M sponsored by Kassavello
LEIVARS for Esher Contemporary Open Plan Family Home
Restaurant Design sponsored by Perennials & Sutherland
Bishop Design by Paul Bishop for Torno Subito
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