Design projects worth more than £20.8 billion celebrated in London Design Awards

More than £20.8 billion worth of design projects have been celebrated as winners are announced in the 2017 London Design Awards. The impressive figure underlines the important economic role that the design and creative industries plays. 

“The number of outstanding projects and the economic activity they represent is staggering. It just goes to show how much design contributes to the economy, both in London and throughout the whole country,” said London Design Awards Chairman Mark Bergin.

Among the winners were Vodafone, with the large corporate winning two awards. Other significant award winning projects included the Foster + Partners designed Apple Dubai Mall, Akamai's Amsterdam Office by Unispace and Goddard Littlefair's refurbishment of The Gleneagles Hotel. 

Google, Hilton and Cathay Pacific recognized for commissioning outstanding design projects, as were Brompton and Pinarello for projects designed in-house. 

Unique to the Awards, each award is shared between the commissioner and the designer; recognising that relationships and collaboration are at the heart of the design industry.  

“It’s fantastic to see so many courageous design commissioners and designers collaborating and producing outstanding design projects. These relationships are essential to the design industry and need to be celebrated for the industry to continue it’s outstanding performance,” Mr Bergin said.

In total 43 Gold Awards and 53 Silver Awards were announced in the multi disciplinary awards program across categories from architecture and interior design to digital, product and service design.

The London Design Awards is organised by BETTER FUTURE a global community of 75,000 design experts that celebrate creative courage, recognise design excellence and grow demand for design. In London a panel of some of the world’s leading design minds providing curatorial, judging and creative direction. 

BETTER FUTURE runs awards throughout the world including San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Hong Kong and Sydney, and provide the design community links into global markets and an efficient method to gain recognition in export markets.  

“We are extremely proud and excited about the success of our London awards,” said Mr Bergin.  

“And we’re excited about its continuing growth and further involvement from leading design organisations, studios and brands as we work together to in increase demand for design services, grow the sector and celebrate extraordinary design.”

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Mark Bergin – Founder & Awards Chairman
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Winners List
www.design100.com/LON17/winners_list.asp

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