Our second annual Core77 Design Awards was a huge success! Thank you to all who participated in the most inclusive and transparent awards program.
This year was better than ever. With 17 different categories, we were able to recognize a wide range of design enterprise and to celebrate the intent and passion behind those creations. Judging was a global effort; with an assemblage of design leaders and their selected team members representing cities from all over the world. From our global effort, the Core77 Design Awards program is the only awards program that truly represents an international perspective. Viewers everywhere excitedly watched the live broadcasts where jury members announced award-winners and the reasoning behind their decisions. And with our trophy, an artifact that can be employed in the creation of multiples, the Core77 Design Awards program honors the collaborative nature of the design process.
We never could have done it without the help of our 74 incredible jury team members. We are truly grateful to this group of remarkable individuals who assembled from Pasadena to Pretoria and used their expertise to evaluate our submissions and then broadcast their results live to our global audience. To our 2012 Jury: we are honored that you were on board for our second year. Your enthusiasm, insight and participation was invaluable. We could not have done it without you!
CONSUMER PRODUCTS Judging location: London, United Kingdon
» Nicolas Roope, Jury Captain
Founder and Owner of Hulger/Plumen
Founder and Owner of Poke
Team Members
» Daniel Charny
Director at From Now On, Senior Tutor at Royal College of Art
» Sofia Lagerkvist
Co-founder of Front
» Sebastien Noel
Director and Co-Founder of Troika
View the team and category honorees here.
EQUIPMENT Judging location: Changsha City, China
» Renke He, Jury Captain
Dean and Professor at School of Design at Hunan University
Team Members
» Cathy Huang
President of CBi China Bridge
» Jianghong Zhao
Professor at State Key Laboratory of Advanced Design and Manufacturing for Vehicle Body & School of Design at Hunan University
» William Wu
General Manger of Innovation Design Center at Haier Group
» Jing Ping Liu
Dr. and Professor at College of Mechanical Engineering and Transportation at Hunan University
View the team and category honorees here.
SOFT GOODS Judging location: San Francisco, CA, USA
» Michael DiTullo, Jury Captain
Creative Director at frog design
Team Members
» Greg McNamara
Principal at Formant Studios
» M Coleman Horn
Creative Director and Founder at PHYLA, Inc.
» Chris Gadway
Creative Director at The North Face
View the team and category honorees here.
FURNITURE & LIGHTING Judging location: Chicago, IL, USA
» Zoë Ryan, Jury Captain
Chair and Curator of Architecture and Design at the Art Institute of Chicago
Team Members
» Defne Koz
President and Co-Founder of Koz Susani Design Inc
» Helen Maria Nugent
Professor and Director of the Designed Objects Programs at School of the Art Institute
» Chris Force
Publisher and Editor-in-Chief at Design Bureau Magazine
» Sam Vinz
Co-Owner of Volume Gallery
View the team and category honorees here.
INTERIORS & EXHIBITIONS Judging location: Brasilia, Brazil
» Nicola Goretti, Jury Captain
Director of Grupo AG
Team Members
» Fernanda Bocorny Messias
Manager of the Programa Brasileiro de Design - PBD (Brazilian Design Program)
» Lígia de Medeiros
Designer
» Daniel Mangabeira da Vinha
Architect, Urbanist and Partner at DOMO Architects
View the team and category honorees here.
VISUAL COMMUNICATION Judging location: Seoul, Korea
» Sulki and Min Choi, Jury Co-Captains
Co-Directors of Sulki and Min
Team Members
» Eunkyung Jeon
Editor-in-Chief at Design Monthly
» Kim Hyungjin
Graphic Designer and Partner at Workroom
» Kyungsun Kymn
Assistant Professor and Faculty of Craft and Design at the College of Fine Arts at Seoul National University
View the team and category honorees here.
PACKAGING Judging location: Paris, France
» Laurent Hainaut, Jury Captain
Co-Founder and Partner of Raison Pure Design Group
Founder, President and CEO of Raison Pure NYC
Team Members
» Patricia Tranvouëz
Managing Director at KENZO Parfums
» Francois Brument
Designer
» Joel Caussimon
Art Director at Pixelis
View the team and category honorees here.
INTERACTION Judging location: London, United Kingdon
»BERG: Matt Webb and Jack Schulze, Matt Jones, Jury Co-Captains
CEO and Principal, and Principals of BERG
Team Members
» Sara Öhrvall
Vice President of R&D at Bonnier
» Dan Hill
Strategic Design Lead at Sitra
» Julia Whitney
Head of User Experience & Design Group at BBC
View the team and category honorees here.
SERVICE Judging location: New York, NY, USA
» Panthea Lee, Jury Captain
Co-Founder and Principal of Reboot
Team Members
» Lara Penin
Assistant Professor of Transdisciplinary Design at the School of Design Strategies at Parsons The New School for Design
» Ted Booth
Principal at Method
» Shrupti Shah
Director at Deloitte GovLab
» Helen Walters
Writer, Editor and Researcher at Doblin
View the team and category honorees here.
TRANSPORTATION Judging location: Phoenix, AZ, USA
» Jay Rogers, Jury Captain
President, CEO and Co-Founder of Local Motors, Inc.
Team Members
» Victor Garcia
Senior Industrial Designer at Peterbilt Motors
» Chris Cocalis
President and CEO of Pivot Cycles
» Aurelien François
Community Liaison and Design at Local Motors
View the team and category honorees here.
SOCIAL IMPACT Judging location: Pretoria, South Africa
» Tasos Calantzis, Jury Captain
CEO of Terrestrial
Team Members
» Allon Raiz
CEO of Raizcorp
» McLean Sibanda
CEO of The Innovation Hub
» Seelan Naidoo
Group Strategy Consultant for Design SABS Design Institute
View the team and category honorees here.
EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES Judging location: Pasadena, CA, USA
» Mariana Amatullo, Jury Captain
Co-Founder and Vice President of Designmatters at Art Center College of Design
Team Members
» Alexandre Hennen
Director of Continuum Los Angeles
» Johanna Blakley
Managing Director & Director of Research at USC Annenberg Norman Lear Center
» Karen Hofmann
Director of Color, Materials and Trends Exploration Laboratory, Chair of Product Design at Art Center College of Design
View the team and category honorees here.
STRATEGY & RESEARCH Judging location: Rochester, NY, USA
» Lorraine Justice, Jury Captain
Dean of the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences at Rochester Institute of Technology
Team Members
» Tim Fletcher
Business Development Manager at Daedalus
» Donald Carr
Professor and Senior COLAB Fellow at Syracuse University Department of Design
» Katherine Bennett
Associate Professor of Graduate and Undergraduate Industrial Design, Humanities and Design Science at Art Center College of Design
View the team and category honorees here.
WRITING & COMMENTARY Judging location: New York, NY, USA
» Alice Twemlow, Jury Captain
Chair of MFA in Design Criticism at School of the Visual Arts
Team Members
» Tom Vanderbilt
Writer
» Michael Sorkin
Principal of Michael Sorkin Studio
President of Terreform and Distinguished Professor of Architecture
Director of the Graduate Program in Urban Design, CCNY
» Maria Popova
Founder and Editor-in-Chief at Brain Pickings
View the team and category honorees here.
SPECULATIVE Judging location: Global
» Bruce Sterling, Jury Captain
Author of "Beyond the Beyond" at Wired
Team Members
» Maria Bezaitis
Director of People and Practices Research Group at Intel Research and Senior Research Scientist of Interactions and Experience Research at Intel Labs
» Irina Kharseeva
PR Manager at AR Door
» Bernardo Fernandez
Science Fiction Writer, Professor of Graphic Design at CENTRO
View the team and category honorees here.
DIY Judging location: Brooklyn, NY, USA
» Becky Stern, Jury Captain
Director of Wearable Electronics Group at Adafruit Industries
Team Members
» Hackett
Director of the Madagascar Institute
» Yury Gitman
Founder of Banana Design Lab
» Rob Faludi
Collaborative Strategy Leader at Digi International
View the team and category honorees here.
FOOD DESIGN Judging location: Paris, France
» Marc Brétillot, Jury Captain
Food Designer
Team Members
» Caroline Champion
Flavors Explorer and Food Consultant at Convergences Culinaires
» Alexandre Gauthier
Chef of Contemporary Cuisine at La Grenouillère
» Alok Nandi
Creative Director and Designer at Architempo
View the team and category honorees here.
Thank you again and we will see you next year!
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