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Japanese designer Oki Sati, alias Nendo, receives the AW award “Designer of the Year 2019“. Congratulation!
I had the honor of designing the new award trophy, made of pure marble, which will be given to outstanding designers from 2019 and beyond.
In 2020 the designer of the year are Yael Mer und Shay Alkalay, studio Raw-Edges with their great design approach of experimental and intuitive use of tools and colors.
With the Italian Piero Lissoni, AW has named the Designer of the Year 2021.
Due to the situation the magazine created for the first time an exclusive augmented reality experience: a virtual tour of Villa Tuscany – the Tuscan holiday home of the Milanese artist. Have a look!
“A good product offers a tangible advantage to the user, something they can become attached to and want to preserve.” Stefan Diez
Designer of the Year 2022
The design of the trophy will also be used for the AW award "Architect of the Year".
In 2019 the honor went to the danish architect Dorte Mandrup.
AW Architects of the Year 2020 – Snøhetta.
"For the approach of thinking architecture in an interdisciplinary way, designing it as a special place of encounter, understanding it as part of the surrounding landscape - and interpreting buildings themselves as landscape". Jörn Kengelbach
AW Architects of the Year 2021 – Diébédo Francis Kéré
The architect, born in Burkina Faso, living in Berlin, uniquely combines the culture and habits of the African and European continents with an radical simplicity in his architecture.
"ARBRE À PALABRES – KÉRÉ ARCHITECTURE, BERLIN"
17 July to 9 September 2021Aedes Architecture Forum, Berlin
AW Architects of the Year 2022 – Tatiana Bilbao
How do we want to build, live, dwell and work together - not only in the future, but already now? Mexican architect Tatiana Bilbao has been pursuing this question for over a decade with her interdisciplinary office Tatiana Bilbao Estudio.
Tatiana Bilbao Estudio: "En Común"
14 May to 29 June 2022Aedes Architecture Forum, Berlin
