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Wednesday, 8 February 2006 | Senay
Wallpaper* Design Awards 2006
The annual Wallpaper Design Awards, which are judged by the writers of the highly regarded design magazine as well as by well-known guest judges, are considered to be among the most prestigious in the design industry.
This year's guest judges were curator Iwona Balzwick, architect Norman Foster, industrial designer Konstantin Grcic, fashion designer Donna Karan, retail guru Murray Moss, and photographer Mario Testino.
Wallpaper Magazine, considered by many to be an école in the design world, has selected the coolest restaurant concept; the best new public building; the best new airport; the cutest water closet; the most welcome comeback; the hippest city; the best fashion collection; the niftiest travel accessory; and much, much more: here's the pick of the most intoxicating ideas, places, spaces and products from across the globe.
Best New Public Building
Foster and Partners' epic yet refined viaduct has been hailed as one of the wonders of the age...more
Best New Airport
Its other virtues aside, architect Richard Rogers' new terminal for Madrid's Barajas airport is a breathtaking study in the use of light and space...more
Best New Elevator
Louis Vuitton and US architects Peter Marino and Eric Carlson have created a string of sparkling Louis Vuitton stores around the world...more
Best New Stationery
Japan is one big, sophisticated stationery market. This summer, Craft Design Technology (CDT) hit Tokyo's giant specialised stores...more
Best New Fashion Collection
Ghesquière's collection was leagues ahead of the season's fixations with the 1960s and 'military'...more
Best Residental New Build
Now at the helm of Lautner Associates, Belgium-born Arahuete is putting her own stamp on Californian architecture...more
Best New Restaurant
Overlooking the Sculpture Garden and with award-winning food courtesy of Alsace-born chef Gabriel Kreuther, the new-look MoMA restaurant...more
Best New Domestic Appliance
Turning the act of bathing into a luxurious ritual, Dornbracht is a true leader in its field...more
Best New Bathroom
This cute loo may look unassuming but, as part of a collection of more than 100 products, including taps, baths, tiles and furniture, it represents the most ambitious bathroom range of the year...more
Best Comeback
Sometimes it can be better to be revived than to arrive. The forgotten work of 1960s print maestro Ken Scott is a case in point, having recently been given a new lease of life...more
Best Restoration
In 1972, when it was designed by architect Father Emmanuel Green as a school, this steel building split local opinion in Woodend, an hour from Melbourne...more
Best Bike
The Massachusetts custom builder, Seven Cycles, makes the best titanium-framed bicycles in the world... more
Best Car
It's the combination of discretion and aggression that makes the BMW M5 our car of choice for 2005. The M5 saloon shovels an indecent amount of power into a finely tailored suit...more
Best Watch
Launched in 1928, the 'Prince' was the watch that established Rolex as a timepiece titan...more
Best Dining Table
Hailing from the unlikely design outpost of Istanbul, Derin Design has been building a name for itself in recent years with furniture that is stringently modern...more
Best Glassware
Easily the most radiant crystal collection of the year, Philippe Starck's 'Darkside' range for Baccarat is just what you'd expect from the contentious designer...more
Best Food Delivery
Parisian fast-food innovator Deliver Diet has found a way for sedentary types to avoid supersizing their daily sustenance...more
Best Furniture Designer
Trained as an architect, Urquiola has, with her colourful, unpretentious style, single-handedly changed furniture trends...more
Best New Hotel
Christian Lacroix's commission to design the Hotel du Petit Moulin was his childhood dream come true...more
For more information : http://www.wallpaper.com/
Full content is available upon purchase of the Wallpaper* Design Awards 2006 Issue.
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