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HONORING THE YEAR'S BEST PROJECTS AND PRODUCTS.
Thanks to everyone who entered the third annual Best of Year Awards, the preeminent design competition recognizing superior interior design projects and products in more than 50 categories.
Best of Year: Designers' Choice finalists were selected by interior designers and architects via an online vote October 6–15, 2008, and winners were determined by a jury of leading architects and designers.
Best of Year / Project finalists were selected by Interior Design editor in chief Cindy Allen and a jury of design luminaries.
Interior Design Best of Year Awards Wrap Up at the Guggenheim
The evening's big winners included 3form, Clive Wilkinson Architects, Yabu Pushelberg, and Shelton, Mindel & Associates.
Interior Design hosted the third installment of its annual Best of Year Awards, sponsored by Edelman Leather, at New York's Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. The most celebrated designers and architects of 2008 filled the museum rotunda on the evening of December 4, anticipating the announcement of the winners.
In order to create an even greater level of due diligence, and to address the close vote tallies experienced in the first two years of the program, the magazine launched a two-tiered voting system for 2008's nearly 1,300 entries. Online voting by the design community took place October 6 to 15; a subsequent judging by panel occurred the week following. This year's distinguished roundtable of Best of Year judges included Lee Mindel of Shelton, Mindel & Associates, Lauren Rottet of Rottet Studio, Calvin Tsao of Tsao & McKown, Keith Rosen and Ronette King of Gensler, Ali Tayar of Parallel Design, James Slade of Slade Architecture, and Brad Lynch of Brininstool + Lynch, who dutifully assumed the task of selecting their winning peers from a total of 240 finalists in 62 various categories.
Divided into two presentations—products and projects—publisher and vice president Mark Strauss joined Cindy Allen, editor in chief, on stage to present the awards to 64 designers and manufacturers, as well as to honor the Merit award winners. The evening's major players included 3form, receiving awards for the Architectural Product and Innovation categories; Clive Wilkinson Architects, honored with awards for Education and Large Office (Modern Funky); Yabu Pushelberg, who accepted awards for the Hotel/North America and Retail/Fashion categories; and Shelton, Mindel & Associates, taking home awards for Freestanding Residence and Urban Apartment.
The ceremony was broadcast live in the atrium of the rotunda, where honorees and guests also enjoyed an after-hours exploration of the museum's exhibition "theanyspacewhatever." The New York landmark, designed by legendary architect Frank Lloyd Wright, will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2009. Proceeds from the event were donated to the Council for Interior Design Accreditation.
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Best of Year: Designers' Choice
Merit Award Winners (Best of Year in bold)
PHOTO GALLERY: 2008 Product Design Winners
- ACCESSORY
- Baccarat: Vice & Versa
- Brite Objects: Webble Active Footrest
- FTF Design Studio: Rack
- Normann Copenhagen: Grass
- ARCHITECTURAL PRODUCT
- 3form: Wovin Wall
- Skyline Design: Suzanne Tick Glass
- Spark Modern Fires: Linear Burner System
- Transwall: One
- BATH FITTING & FIXTURE
- Kanera: KANERA 1E
- Laufen: Palomba
- Rapsel: Vision
- Stone Forest: Sync
- BATH HARDWARE & ACCESSORY
- Graff: Luna
- Hansgrohe: Axor Citterio M
- Hastings Tile & Bath: Dolce 4506
- BROADLOOM
- Bentley Prince Street: IndustraFelt
- Durkan: Synthesis
- Shaw Hospitality Group: Floor Architecture
- CARPET TILE
- C&A: Manufactured Landscapes
- J&J/Invision: Weathered Steel
- Lees Carpets: Places and Spaces
- Shaw Contract Group: Essay of Clues
- CONFERENCE & TASK SEATING
- Allsteel: Acuity
- Davis Furniture: Fenix
- Kron USA: Dana
- CONFERENCE FURNITURE
- Fritz Hansen: T-No. 1
- Haworth: Mumbai
- Nucraft: Tavola
- Team 7: Girado
- CONTRACT CASE GOODS
- Haworth: NC-B Resonate
- HBF: Linea
- Inscape: Planna
- Nucraft: Neos
- CONTRACT TEXTILE
- KnollTextiles: Luxe
- Luna Textiles: New Century Modern
- Maharam: Layers
- Momentum Textiles: Black and White
- CONTRACT WALL COVERING
- Arc-Com Wall Surfaces: Lazio & Burnished Lazio
- Carolyn Ray: Flower Power
- Innovations in Wallcoverings: Origami
- Wolf-Gordon: Geo
- ECO
- Crossville: Echo Recycled Glass
- KnollTextiles: Dovetail
- Kohler: Saile
- Coverings Etc.: Bio-Glass
- FLOOR & TABLE LIGHTING
- Jonathan Browning / Kalmar Collection: Dornstab
- Odegard: Pine Cone
- Prandina: Biluna F
- Pslab: XMM.003.02
- FURNITURE SYSTEM
- Herman Miller: Teneo
- Kimball Office: Hum. Minds at Work.
- Teknion: Expansion Desking
- GUEST SEATING
- Davis Furniture: Loop
- Dune: OSS
- JANUS et Cie: Miralook
- National Office Furniture: Aurora
- HARD FLOOR COVERING
- Amtico International: Back to Black
- Capri Cork: Rigato in Espresso
- Mannington Commercial: Create
- New Ravenna Mosaics: Seine
- HARDWARE
- Rocky Mountain Hardware: Designer Line
- SA Baxter: Nita
- Sun Valley Bronze: Inlay
- HEALTH-CARE FURNITURE & SEATING
- Humanscale: V3 wall station
- KI: Arissa Collection
- Nurture By Steelcase: SYNC
- HOSPITALITY TEXTILE
- Architex: Hollywood Velvets
- Edelman Leather: Quilted Black Patent
- Gretchen Bellinger: It's Cricket
- Pollack: Connect the Dots
- INNOVATION
- 3form: Parametre
- Columbia Forest Products: Lyptus
- Details: Walkstation
- Joel Berman Glass Studios: Transition
- KITCHEN APPLIANCES & CABINETRY
- Bulthaup: b2
- Elica: Ola
- Fagor America: 5HA-200LX Convection Side Door
- Poggenpohl : Porsche Design P'7340 Kitchen
- KITCHEN FITTING
- Dornbracht: Tara Ultra Kitchen Mixer Profi
- Kohler: Crevasse
- Kohler: Karbon
- KWC America: Ono
- LOUNGE SEATING
- Bernhardt Design: Loft
- HBF: C
- Nienkamper: Granger
- Wexler Gallery: Providence
- OCCASIONAL FURNITURE
- Altura Furniture: Nexus
- Carlo exclusively at Nusa Furniture: Morotai
- Holly Hunt: Chloe
- Incorporated: Hex
- OUTDOOR FURNITURE
- Dedon through JANUS et Cie: Spa Recliner
- Neoteric Contract: The Spartan
- PIE Studio: Sushi Daybed
- Richard Schultz Design: Wing
- OUTDOOR LIGHTING
- Bodner Chandeliers: Beehive
- Boyd Lighting: Circolo Bollard
- Jonathan Browning Studios: Outdoor Ventoux
- OUTDOOR TEXTILE
- Floor to Heaven: Russian Antik Denim
- Perennials Outdoor Fabrics: Wild Side
- Sina Pearson Textiles: Oasis
- PENDANT
- Alison Berger Glassworks for Holly Hunt: Scripted
- Bocci: 21
- Boyd Lighting: Oriana Divide
- Hudson Furniture: Atlantis
- RESIDENTIAL DINING CHAIR
- Christian Grevstad Collection: Romi
- David Edward: Serengeti
- Team 7: Lux
- Thos Moser: Pasadena
- RESIDENTIAL OCCASIONAL CHAIR
- Incorporated: Endless
- Ralph Pucci International: Wood Block
- Vioski: Louis Chair
- Vitra: Slow
- RESIDENTIAL STORAGE
- Baker: Cristobal
- Ligne Roset: Lines
- Poliform: Senzafine
- Wendell Castle Collection: Industry
- RESIDENTIAL TEXTILE
- Donghia: Cashmere Velvet Stripe
- John Hutton Textiles: Drama Queen
- Mokum: Dauphine
- Pollack: Flow
- RESIDENTIAL WALL COVERING
- Carolyn Ray: Bar Code
- Madison & Grow: Eleanor
- Maya Romanoff: Ajiro Sunburst
- Phillip Jeffries: Voyage
- RUG
- Amy Helfand: Adrift
- Graviti Zone Rugs: Grass
- Kyle Bunting: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
- Ruckstuhl: Legno-Legno 236
- TILE
- Ann Sacks: Hua
- Artistic Tile: Palm Wood Herringbone
- Marazzi USA: Soho
- Rex Ceramiche Artistiche through Hastings Tile & Bath: Horn
- WINDOW TREATMENT
- Conrad: Safari
- Hartmann & Forbes: Metroscape
- Hunter Douglas: Alustra
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Best of Year: Project Design
Merit Award Winners (Best of Year in bold)
PHOTO GALLERY: 2008 Project Design Winners
- BAR/LOUNGE
- 3SIXO Architecture & Design: Stix Restaurant & Lounge
- Glamorous Co.: DBL
- Jordan Mozer and Associates: Renaissance New York Hotel Times Square
- Studios Architecture: Town DanceBoutique
- BEAUTY & SPA
- AC Martin: Guerlain Spa
- HBA/Hirsch Bedner Associates: Espa at the Europe Hotel & Resort
- Neri & Hu Design and Research Office: Y+ Yoga Center
- Zeff Design: Sense
- BUDGET OFFICE
- Gensler: Pixar
- Gensler: Added Value
- Lalire March Architects: Johnson & Johnson
- VOA Associates: Leo Burnett
 - CASUAL DINING
- Clive Wilkinson Architects: Paperfish
- Elliott + Associates Architects: Pops
- Federico Delrosso Architects: No Time
- RSVP Architecture Studio: Root Hill Café
- ECO-CORPORATE
- Envision Design: IIDA Headquarters
- Mancini Duffy: AOL
- Perkins+Will: Haworth Center
- Pollack Architecture: Degenkolb Engineers
- ECO-RESIDENCE
- Joel Sanders Architect, with AND Architects and Balmori Associates: Loft Renovation
- John Ronan Architects: Yale Steam Laundry Condominium
- Randy Brown Architects: Eco Village residence
- Thom Filicia Inc: Riverhouse model apartment
 - EDUCATION
- 1100 Architect: New School
- Clive Wilkinson Architects: VCU Brandcenter
- Steven Holl Architects: New York University Department of Philosophy
- Studio mk27: Primetime Child Development
- EXHIBIT
- CL3 Architects: Bamboo Pavilion, Hong Kong & Shenzhen Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture
- David Howell Design: New York Photo Festival
- Graft: Pink Project
- Luca Andrisani Architect: Showtime House media room
- FREESTANDING RESIDENCE
- Arthur Casas Architecture and Design: Shells Beach residence
- Belzberg Architects: Skyline Residence
- Clive Wilkinson Architects: Norwich Residence
- Marmol Radziner and Associates: Vienna Way residence
- Shelton, Mindel & Associates: Georgica Pond residence (Interiors)
 - HEALTHCARE
- Anshen & Allen: Intermountain Medical Center
- GRAFT: Kinderdentist
- NBBJ: Banner Gateway Medical Center
- Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects: University of Oregon Athletic Medicine Center
- HOTEL/INTERNATIONAL
- Graft: Emperor
- Rockwell Group: Hotel Belvedere
- Tarruella & Lopez + Trenchs: Eme Fusion Hotel
- HOTEL/NORTH AMERICA
- Andree Putman: Morgans
- Benjamin Noriega-Ortiz Designs: Mondrian
- Champalimaud: Liberty Hotel
- Studio Intramuros: aka Central Park
- Yabu Pushelberg: Hazelton Hotel
- FORMAL DINING
- Dirk Denison Architects: L20
- Elliott & Associates Architects: Red Prime Steak
- Ministry of Design: Royal China
- Office dA: Banq
- INSTITUTIONAL
- 1100 Architect: New York Public Library Francis Martin Branch
- Elliott + Associates Architects: Lyric Theatre
- Krueck & Sexton Architects: Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies
- Steven Learner Studio: Haunch of Venison
- KITCHEN & BATH
- Clodagh Design: Country Spa showroom
- Michael Rubin Architects: Chelsea apartment
- Giannone Petricone Associates Architects: Juggernaut (Kitchen)
- Dreamtime Australia Design: Argyle (Bath)
- LARGE OFFICE (FUNKY)
- Clive Wilkinson Architects: JWT
- Gensler: Team Detroit
- Pollack Architecture: Vans headquarters
- Shubin + Donaldson: Saatchi & Saatchi
- MIDSIZE OFFICE
- Gensler: Edelman
- Giorgio Borruso Design: Fornari Headquarters
- M Moser Associates: Ogilvy & Mather
- STUDIOS Architecture: Liquidnet
- LARGE OFFICE (MODERN REFINED)
- Gensler: Latham & Watkins
- Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects: Torys
- NBBJ: R.C. Hedreen Company
- Rottet Studio: Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker (New York)
- Rottet Studio: Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker (Paris)
- PUBLIC SPACE
- Hickok Cole Architects: Columbia Center
- One Plus Partnership: Gemdale Mellon Town
- Perkins+Will: Two Adams Place
- Slade Architecture: Avalon Bowery Place II
 - RESIDENTIAL URBAN HOUSE
- 212box Arch PC: Klinsky residence
- Meyer Davis Studio: Upper East Side town house
- Slade Architecture: Ricky Kenig Residence
- Studio mk27: Corten house
- RESIDENTIAL: INDOOR/OUTDOOR
- A+I Architecture: Apartment and Garden
- Aleks Istanbullu Architects: Lago Vista guest house and retreat
- Hariri & Hariri Architecture: Pool House
- Zeff Design: Fathom Dream Voyager
 - RETAIL/FASHION
- EOA/Elmslie Osler Architect: Anthropologie
- Giorgio Borruso Design: Zu+Elements
- Peter Marino Architect: Christian Dior
- Yabu Pushelberg: Lane Crawford
- RETAIL/OTHER
- Dialogue 38: Eko
- Hugh A. Boyd Architects: Landmark
- Studio mk27: Micasa Volume B
- Work Architecture Company: Diane von Furstenburg
- SHOWROOM
- CL3 Architects: CR Land Art Pavilion
- Fernlund + Logan Architects: Maharam
- Perkins+Will: Haworth Resource Center
- Shimoda Design Group: Steelcase Work Life Center
- SMALL OFFICE
- Gensler: Edelman
- Giannone Petricone Associates Architects: Centre for Ethics
- OWP/P: Toshiba Medical Research Institute
- Skylab Architecture: North
 - URBAN APARTMENT
- Ghislaine Vinas Interior Design: Dobbie residence
- Joey Ho Design: Living Pod
- S. Russell Groves: Greene Street residence
- Shelton, Mindel & Associates: Central Park residence
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