SAVE THE DATE! JOIN THE DESIGN GUILD MARKS TEAM ON WEDNESDAY 2ND JUNE AT 1pm ON INSTAGRAM where awardees will be congratulated, and an announcement will be made for the winner of the Jonathan Hindle Prize #DesignGuildMark #furniture #lighting #textiles #winners.
The Design Guild Mark Committee would like to invite you to the Design Guild Mark Award Ceremony Wednesday 2nd June 1pm via Instagram Live. The awards will celebrate the designs awarded in the Furniture, 2D Design and Lighting Design categories in 2020/21. We will also be awarding The Jonathan Hindle Prize, which is given to the most outstanding designs.
To join the live session please follow these steps:
Follow us on Instagram @designguildmark
At 1pm click on the Design Guild Mark logo with a ‘Live’ Icon on the homepage next to the stories
Here is a video on how to Join Instagram live session (from 2mins 35 seconds):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KnoyEdnFa4
The prestigious Design Guild Mark is awarded by The Furniture Makers’ Company to drive excellence and raise the profile of British design and innovation. ACID is delighted to announce that designs by Tim Rundle, Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby, Simon Cass, Drew Millward, and Charlotte Raffo for four ACID members were awardees of this coveted recognition of excellence. We also extended our congratulations to all DGM awardees.
Furniture
Rakino Collection: Designed by Tim Rundle for Morgan Contract Furniture DGM 237
Smalto Table Collection: Designed by Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby for Knoll International DGM 239
Pi Stool: Designed by Simon Cass for Par-avion co./Skandium DGM 253
Textiles, Wall Coverings, Surfaces, Carpets & Floor Coverings
Hit the North: Designed by Drew Millward and Charlotte Raffo for The Monkey Puzzle Tree DGM 257
See all Design Guild Mark Awardees here.
Furniture DGM Judge Jeremy Myerson, Professor of design at the Royal College of Art said, “Excellence in furniture design is what the Design Guild Mark scheme is all about. This year, the judges set about examining the entrants with exacting technical criteria and commitment to rewarding creativity. We saw some great work, which was a tonic after a pandemic-ravaged year in which just sitting on a sofa with others has been out of bounds.”
ACID Council Member and Design Guild Mark Chairman Rodney McMahon said, “This year we welcomed the Lighting Design category, with its new panel of judges and we are delighted to have expanded the scope and reach of the Guild Marks by doing so. The three days of virtual judging were absolutely riveting, and, despite the obvious challenges, we embraced the process and achieved a very balanced and effective result. Emboldened by this, we shall hold the Awards ceremony on Instagram in June and look forward to connecting to as wide a spectrum of designers, and their admirers, as possible.”
ACID CEO and Immediate Past Master of the Furniture Makers Company Dids Macdonald OBE said, “Despite the pandemic challenges, Rodney McMahon has led the Design Guild Mark into new territory with support from a much-revered judging panel who judged remotely with all the restrictions that this poses between designer and judge. So, hats off to all, for ensuring that despite these challenges, the Design Guild Mark goes from strength to strength as the ultimate arbiter for design excellence.”
Take a look at the Design Guild Mark Judges here.
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