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

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Full content is available upon purchase of the Wallpaper* Design Awards 2006 Issue.

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