This week the Dezeen Awards master jury came together to ratify the finalists for this year’s awards, and select the winners of the Dezeen Awards 2024. We were 18, out of the total 94 judges for this year’s prize, including Patricia Urquiola, Inga Sempé, Peter Mabeo, Lee Broom and Keiji Ashizawa. An array of excellent projects made selection somewhat intense at times, but I think the winners were well deserved.

Winners will be announced on 26 November – full details here_

Material Matters Talks

On Wednesday 13th September, he’ll present Creating Connection at 16:00, an insight into his creative process.  And on Thursday 14th, Tej will be discussing Design Crimes & Icons with Max Fraser, Mirkku Kullberg and Antti Olin.

Come!

Tej will be judge on a new design-focussed TV show, alongside Morag Myerscough and presenter Lauren Laverne.

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As part of Helsinki Design Week, Tej presents a selection of global collaborations stretching back over 20 years. The event also includes his brand new work, the True Square Tej Chauhan, for Swiss watchmaker Rado. More details here_

14–17 September

14:00–19:00

Sepänkatu 19

00150 Helsinki

Read about our collaboration here, with further information here – True Square Tej Chauhan | RADO® Watches

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India’s biggest design conference was a truly memorable event…

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Looking forward to speaking at this year’s Designyatra – India’s biggest design conference. Goa, September 19–21 2019

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It was a pleasure to talk about emotive industrial design in Barcelona, at the first Design Beyond Technology conference by ADI–FAD.

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Download Press Release here.

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In contrast, new smart technologies promise to improve our lives almost daily. The things we do now whilst sitting on a chair are not the same as those we did just 10 or 20 years ago. … more

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When working in the design and innovation industries, it’s vital that you stop every now and then to take stock of the world around you, to understand the changes that are coming and to consciously project how they may impact your work. When we think about the future in the studio, it’s the following transformative trends and technologies that inspire us…

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Spilt peppercorns on the kitchen counter and salt residue on the table. This autumn we wanted to explore an easy-to-fill, mess-free grinder that feels comfortable in hand and enhances the basic user experience. We used our 3D printer to create and assemble a working mill using a modified ceramic Crushgrind mechanism.

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According to The Independent, demand hit almost 367 million in September, a record for the third quarter of any year to date. And our appetite for the latest must-have model shows no sign of abating. We’re seduced by augmented reality, infinity display screens, wireless charging… but who’s making the smartphone we really need? The beautiful, technically on-point device that can withstand the way we live our lives – the 2am fall from our pockets, the recreational spin with our washing, the grabbing hands of our under-threes.

CNet’s Executive Editor, David Carnoy called out this pervasive flaw in 2015, saying: “The fact is today’s high-end smartphones are incredibly well-designed, sleek electronic devices – except for the fact that they require a companion accessory to safely survive day-to-day living with their human owners. It’s a weird conceit, and one that we’ve all grown to accept.”

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Made to order, with bespoke cases created in-house, the frames fuse our Applied Futurismº approach with traditional handmade production techniques. Swing by the studio and try some on. They’ll make or break you.

Organised by leManoosh and Adrem, the event sees eight design students and graduates go head to head in front of a live audience and industry pros from Joseph Joseph, Seymourpowell and Tangerine. Flexing their product design muscles on everything from shoes to homeware, the sketchers will fight it out to win internships.

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Created using just three A4 sheets of Colorplan, the work represents chaos, confusion and loss of cohesion. Yet like life, when considered from a different point of view, new focus can be found bringing clarity and joy. Then it’s time to dance. In the studio, we’ve nicknamed the piece, John. Can you spot why?

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Make sure you head over to No 1 Poultry this week to see Joy of Living 2017 – an exhibition of work created by artists and designers in support of Maggie’s Centres.

The exhibition is the culmination of a project conceived by Max Fraser. Over the summer he invited established and emerging pdesigners to create one-off works of art interpreting the title Joy of Living using just three A4 sheets of coloured paper.

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