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BIG SEE Product Design Award 2024 – Winner, Home and Living, Product design, United Kingdom|

Modernist architect Adolf Loos, in his 1910 lecture Ornament and Crime, argued that cultural evolution is marked by the removal of ornamentation from everyday objects. While Loos's argument was grounded in the logic of intellectual
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  • Macaron

Macaron

BIG SEE Product Design Award 2024 – Winner, Home and Living, Product design, United Kingdom|

Macaron is our debut collection, offering a clean, modern aesthetic. Its cylindrical handle can be customized with a combination of 12 different materials on each side, creating a unique look. Whilst a contrasting central core
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  • Trencadis

Trencadis

BIG SEE Fashion Design Award 2024 – Winner, Fashion, Step forward, United Kingdom|

Trencadís is a term from the Catalan language, inspired by an art tour in Barcelona, where the guide introduced me to architectural design. It refers to a mosaic technique that uses broken tile shards to
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  • Elida Chair

Elida Chair

BIG SEE Product Design Award 2024 – Winner, Product design, Spain, United Kingdom, Work and Productivity|

The Elida Chair is designed with comfort and versatility in mind. The back and seat cushions provide exceptional comfort, making it ideal for use in workplaces or hotel environments. Multiple base options have been created
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  • Zensation

Zensation

BIG SEE Interior Design Award 2024 – Winner, Interior, Residential, United Kingdom|

Zensation, a captivating residential project situated in the heart of bustling Hong Kong, stands as a testament to the seamless integration of elegance and natural beauty, meticulously tailored to the discerning tastes of its
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  • Luton Direct Air-Rail Transit (DART)

Luton Direct Air-Rail Transit (DART)

Architecture, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2024 – Winner, Public, cultural buildings and infrastructure buildings, United Kingdom|

Our task was to evaluate how Luton Airport could better serve passenger needs in a more cohesive manner and plan for the future. While our initial brief called for air-conditioned stations, we challenged this and
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  • La Tourette Aerator handle with catch

La Tourette Aerator handle with catch

BIG SEE Product Design Award 2023 – Winner, Home and Living, Product design, United Kingdom|

The La Tourette Aerator handle with catch, based on one used by Le Corbusier at the Dominican priory of Sainte Marie de La Tourette (and on other of his projects), has a solid, simple
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  • Future By Design Protostructure

Future By Design Protostructure

Exhibition Shine, SHINE Wood Design 2022, United Kingdom|

Young Architects will spend their careers responding to climate crisis. Addressing that challenge, this project brought together young designers from 17 disciplines in a north-south collaboration to create structures in Scotland and Ghana. The group
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  • Bodmin jail hotel and visitor attraction

Bodmin jail hotel and visitor attraction

Exhibition Shine, SHINE Tourism Design 2022, United Kingdom|

A derelict 18th century prison that once housed hundreds of criminals and over fifty executions has been restored and reinvented as a luxury boutique hotel within Cornwall, England. Designed by Twelve Architects, The Bodmin
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  • Low Collection

Low Collection

Exhibition Shine, SHINE Wood Design 2022, United Kingdom|

‘Low Collection’ is a series of furniture designed by EBBA’s director, Benni Allan, as part of an investigation into what it means to sit and how every culture has a different relationship to the
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  • Penfold, London

Penfold, London

Exhibition Shine, SHINE Wood Design 2022, United Kingdom|

This 4.1 m high tree-less tree house was created for a family who longed for a tree house but had no mature trees. Designed in collaboration with their children, ideas were developed around creating
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  • The Gathering Place, Inverness

The Gathering Place, Inverness

Exhibition Shine, SHINE Tourism Design 2022, United Kingdom|

A short walk upstream from the centre of Inverness, on the banks of the river Ness from which the city takes its name, a contour of Clashach stone frames a 90-metre portion of the
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  • Martyn Roberts and Biljana Poposka-Roberts, United Kingdom – BigSEE Visionary 2020

Martyn Roberts and Biljana Poposka-Roberts, United Kingdom – BigSEE Visionary 2020

BIG SEE Visionary 2020, United Kingdom|

Mr. Martyn Roberts and Mrs. Biljana Poposka-Roberts, an excellent visionary team, have been selected to achieve the BIG SEE VISIONARY AWARD 2020 for their outstanding work in the field of international fashion development as
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