Design Anthology Awards 2023: Announcing the Finalists
After many hundreds of submissions from around the Asia Pacific region, our esteemed judging panel has selected the finalists in each category of the Design Anthology Awards 2023
Products
Lighting
KIBAN series by SOL Style (Japan)
Harmony Sphere by NextOfKin Creatives (Singapore)
Bae-Chae series by Atelier Jun (Korea)
Furniture
Umu Collection for Ariake by Neri&Hu Design and Research Office (China)
Compass by AtMa Inc (Japan)
Reclaimed Furniture by AtMa Inc (Japan)
Accessories
TATA- ALAMI ALAM wall art collection by Du Anyam (Indonesia)
Dialogue series by Toshihiko Iwata (Japan)
Kiwa incense tray by Bumki Song (Korea)
Textiles
Terumbu carpet from Jia by OCK (Indonesia)
Harvest tapestry by Threadapeutic (Indonesia)
Collection by Soie de Lune (Laos)
Places
Residential Living Spaces
Somers House by Kennedy Nolan (Australia)
Wa Residence by CURIOSITY (Japan)
House of Remembrance by Neri&Hu Design and Research Office (Singapore)
Sustainability
Nightingale Village by Architecture architecture, Austin Maynard Architects, Breathe, Clare Cousins Architects, Hayball and Kennedy Nolan (Australia)
Sumu Yakushima by tono Inc. (Japan)
Angsila Oyster Scaffolding Pavilion by Chat Architects (Thailand)
Commercial Spaces
Bruce Street by Carr (Australia)
Starvault by Wynk Collaborative (Singapore)
Blue Bay 11 by TaG Living (Taiwan)
Retail Spaces
Brent Wilson Atelier by Nickolas Gurtler Office (Australia)
Knife store by Katata Yoshihito Design (Japan)
Otabe Arashiyama by UNC STUDIO (Japan)
Hospitality Spaces (Dining)
Blue Bottle Zhang Yuan Cafe by Neri&Hu Design and Research Office (China)
Soseki Japanese Cuisine by say architects (China)
Monologo Coffee by SpaceStation (China)
Residential Living Spaces (Compact)
Permanent Camping 2 by Casey Brown Architecture (Australia)
Lightly Weighted by Oli Booth Architecture (Aotearoa New Zealand)
Apartment V by Park + Associates (Singapore)
Hospitality Spaces (Hotels)
Capella Sydney by BAR Studio + Make Architects (Australia)
ROKA by Nottuo (Japan)
Shishi-Iwa House No.03 by Ryue Nishizawa of SANAA (Japan)
Adaptive Reuse
Capella Sydney by BAR Studio + Make Architects (Australia)
ZIIN Beijing by Atelier tao+c (China)
Recast – Lao Ding Feng Beijing by Neri&Hu Design and Research Office (China)
Cultural, Art & Educational Spaces
MPavilion by all(zone) (Australia)
Qujiang Museum of Fine Arts extension by Neri&Hu Design and Research Office (China)
The Triangle Gallery of Light for Japanese Figural Craft by KAMIYA ARCHITECTS (Japan)
Urban Redevelopment
Shanghai Suhe MixC World by Kokaistudios (China)
Artisan Lab by NC Design + Architecture (Hong Kong)
SongEun Art Space by Herzog & de Meuron (Korea)
Please note that locations in the Places category refer to the project, which may not be the same as the location of the finalist.
People
Female Designer
Alex Mok & Briar Hickling of Linehouse (China & Hong Kong)
Jacqueline Chak of EDITECTURE (Hong Kong)
Yuni Jie of Jie Design (Indonesia)
Vanguard
Koichi Takada of Koichi Takada Architects (Australia)
Talenia Phua Gajardo & Kim Tay of The Artling (Singapore)
Beni Iu of Earth Element (Hong Kong)
Ambassador
Krizia Li of Vermillion Lifestyle (Hong Kong)
Misako Fujimoto of inu (Japan)
Sarah Mineko Ichioka (Singapore)
Architect
Robert Davidov of Davidov Architects (Australia)
Shinya and Ayaka Kojima of kooo architects (Japan)
M.L.Varudh Varavarn of Vin Varavarn Architects (Thailand)
Emerging Talent
Clare Chang of Micio (Australia)
Yuma Kano of Studio Yumakano (Japan)
Camille Ayala & Eberlie Sy of Samsara Designs (Philippines)
Industrial Designer
Justin Hutchinson of Kett Furniture (Australia)
Decha Archjananun and Ploypan Theerachai of THINKK Studio (Thailand)
Thomas Vincent of BẰNG by ELEK (Vietnam)
Interior Designer
Wesley Liu of PplusP Creations (Hong Kong)
Koichi Futatsumata of CASE-REAL (Japan)
Eikichi Saku and Shotaro Maeshima of SAKUMAESHIMA (Japan)
Congratulations to all finalists! Stay tuned to our social media channels for the announcement of the winners, coming soon.