Winning a Dezeen Award “made me feel like anything is possible”

With simply three weeks till Dezeen Awards entries shut, final yr’s winners element the optimistic outcomes of profitable and encourage different studios to enter.

One studio mentioned that profitable a Dezeen Award was “an exhilarating, rewarding and galvanizing expertise” whereas one other mentioned it created “new relationships with retailers, media and clients”.

“Profitable a Dezeen Award has significantly raised my profile and helped me safe additional collaborations,” mentioned a studio that gained for his or her client product design.

Dezeen Awards 2023, in partnership with Bentley Motors, is open for entries. There are solely three weeks left to submit your mission earlier than midnight London time on 1 June and keep away from late entry charges.

Learn on to see what final yr’s winners needed to say:

Intercourse toy firm MysteryVibe, which gained wearable design of the yr for its vibrator aimed toward tackling erectile dysfunction, thought of profitable a Dezeen Award “the final word honour”.

“It is the final word honour for us to be recognised for all of the laborious work over a few years that has gone into bettering the well being and happiness of individuals throughout the globe,” mentioned the studio.

“The award resulted in press protection and media consideration in publications that we would not usually be featured in.”

Japanese agency Quantum gained product design of the yr and design mission of the yr for its light-weight foldable wheelchair and instructed Dezeen that profitable final yr provided the follow new shoppers and media publicity, and inspired different studios to additionally enter.

“We’ve got obtained extra inquiries from new shoppers and media who had heard about us profitable the award,” mentioned Quantum. “It additionally resulted in being chosen as part of the everlasting assortment of the museum Designmuseum Danmark.”

Structure follow Studio Bua gained residential rebirth mission of the yr for its Icelandic artist’s studio and residence and agreed that profitable has led to new alternatives.

“It has positively affected our earlier shopper relationships and it helps when buying new shoppers,” mentioned Studio Bua. “We did see a rise in followers on our social media and shoppers have talked about it after they noticed that we posted about it.”

“It made me really feel like something is feasible and I noticed my future profession as an artist and designer much more clearly,” mentioned designer Kathleen Reilly, who gained homeware design of the yr for Oku, a knife knowledgeable by chopstick rests.

“Because of profitable, I’ve managed to safe a brand new collaboration, in addition to a number of press articles and new relationships with retailers, media, and clients.”

“The picket board which comes with Oku is now being made with Karimoku, Japan’s main furnishings producer, and we want to launch this new collaboration this yr.”

The workforce at Dutch follow Olaf Gipser Architects gained housing mission of the yr for his or her residence block with planted balconies and their win has served as motivation for future initiatives.

“We show our Dezeen Awards 2022 trophy at our workplace near the doorway and subsequent to a 1:200 scale picket mannequin,” mentioned Olaf Gipser Architects.

“It reminds us of our achievements and recognitions and offers us all further motivation to maintain on going in the direction of our targets.”

Workplace G8A Structure, which gained for its stainless-steel manufacturing manufacturing unit designed in collaboration with Switzerland-based Rollimarchini Architects, instructed Dezeen that profitable gained the studio worldwide validation.

“Profitable a Dezeen Award could be described as an exhilarating, rewarding and galvanizing expertise,” mentioned G8A Structure. “It helped us acquire worldwide recognition, reaching new shoppers and new expertise for our workforce.”

Taiwanese structure studio Atelier Boter gained small workspace inside for its glass-fronted group hub and in addition has its trophy on show within the workplace.

“We put the trophy on the shelf along with all of the books we acquire inspiration from – it’s a shelf we solely place issues that we have filtered by means of, as it’s what falls in sight each time we stroll into our studio,” mentioned Atelier Boter.

“Profitable a Dezeen Award is definitely an necessary encouragement to us as a small studio and it reassures us that we’re doing the proper factor,” added the studio.

Dezeen Awards 2023

Dezeen Awards celebrates the world’s finest structure, interiors and design. Now in its sixth yr, it has grow to be the final word accolade for architects and designers throughout the globe. The annual awards are in partnership with Bentley Motors, as a part of a wider collaboration that may see the model work with Dezeen to help and encourage the following era of design expertise.