The design world's Oscars
The world’s most interesting and forward looking designs have been nominated for the Brit Insurance Design Awards by industry experts spanning seven categories: architecture, fashion, furniture, graphics, interactive, product and transport. This 91 shortlisted designs are on display in the Brit Insurance Designs of the Year exhibition. From this comprehensive list, a panel has decided the category winners in each of the seven disciplines. These finalists will go forward to vie for the 2009 Brit Insurance Design of the Year to be judged by a panel, chaired by Alan Yentob and including the designer and environmentalist Karen Blincoe, and the architect Peter Cook.
Brit Insurance Design Award 2009
Barack Obama Poster, USA
Designed by Shepard Fairey
Category winners
New Oslo Opera House, Norway
Snøhetta
Client: Ministry of Church and Cultural Affairs
Italian Vogue: A Black Issue, July 2008
Vogue Italia, published by Condé Nast
MYTO Chair, Italy
Designed by Konstantin Grcic
Commissioned by BASF, Manufactured by Plank
Barack Obama Poster, USA
Designed by Shepard Fairey
Make Magazine, USA
Published by O’Reilly
Magno Wooden Radio, Indonesia
Concept and design by Singgih S Kartono
Manufactured by locals in Java
Line-J Medellin Metro Cable, Colombia
Designed and Manufactured by Poma, France
Client: Metro de Medellin Ltda.
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