Benjamnin Hubert's Labware
The 14th annual Blueprint Awards were announced at 100% Design London on 24 September 2009. A panel of industry judges selected the shortlist plaque winners and whittled their selection down to four overall winners:
Best New Product: Labware, by Benjamin Hubert
Most Promising Talent: Il Gu Cha
Best Use of Materials: Reflective Lace by Lost Values
Best Exhibition Design: Disruptive Thinking – Design Interactions, RCA
Shortlist Plaque winners:
Best New Product: Bison – Simon Pengelly for Allermuir; Acoustic Felt wall paneling – Anne Kyyro Quinn; Pile of Suitcases – Maarten de Ceulaer (Brussels Export); 5th Stool – Tomas Alonso (ICEX); Graphite Chair – Diego Ramos (ICEX); Heavy Desk Light – Benjamin Hubert for Decode London; Walk Desk – Steuart Padwick; Trellick textiles – People Will Always Need Plates/Margo Selby; Puzzle shower – Cebien (Korea Design)
Most Promising Talent: Seongyong Lee, Il Gu Cha, Yura Kim (Eunyoung Kim), Robin Grasby, Liz Euwes, Thomas Thwaites, Angharad McLaren
Best Use of Materials: ES Salmon Leather, Bolidt, Materia, Tashiro Alloy, Luminoso by Litwork, Molo
Best Exhibition Design: TEN, Chris Lefteri
Blueprint Awards Judges 2009:
Vicky Richardson, Editor, Blueprint
Kara O’Reilly, Associate Editor, Style, The Sunday Times
Ilse Crawford – StudioIlse
Ruth Aram – Aram Designs
Philipp Thonet – Thonet
Kwamina Monney – Amanda Levete Architects
Kim Colin – Industrial Facility
Gareth Williams – RCA
Dr Mark Miodownik – Head of Materials Research, King’s College London
