Design Awards 2012 - the finalists

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We're delighted to reveal the finalists in our 8th annual furniture and homeware Design Awards. The winner has been selected by our very glamorous judge, Christian Rasmussen of Denmark's Fritz Hansen (who was in New Zealand recently), and will be revealed in our June/July issue, which is on newsstands from Monday June 4. All the photographs are by Toaki Okano, styled by Alicia Menzies and Juliette Wanty. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Here are the finalists, in no particular order. First, London-based New Zealand designer Jason Whiteley's 'Studio' chairs for Resident, made from blockboard wood sheets (created from the waste of other industrial timber processes).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_j60Zq9hEERrwZXJxMmPKYSxShyGSTAColfAKW46XOv-v0p3su6n8440CQ6lPTz_RvBjj8ojSPwLkLJnnKjCa73Ii61WXHLiB8tB9vyD8eijboCY3nlRxL001Wqpx__OAeahCJ6FEOWdt/s1600/Chairs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" qba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_j60Zq9hEERrwZXJxMmPKYSxShyGSTAColfAKW46XOv-v0p3su6n8440CQ6lPTz_RvBjj8ojSPwLkLJnnKjCa73Ii61WXHLiB8tB9vyD8eijboCY3nlRxL001Wqpx__OAeahCJ6FEOWdt/s400/Chairs.jpg" width="264" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Next, David Moreland's 'Pendant 45' light, made of spun aluminium and spun copper. </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0OLB6XIRDXdbk1l9r1rBvtEjGwx8xcIJHBN0Tcp_CsLRuRDy3gF7SupYqtZGBDduvBeFRsqAL7HocavBmffDYCwfCmIZ3u1bmNl4Qg_761Wga9pfbFtMmodt9FL79eVrNlCQKgo6BzVEM/s1600/David+Moreland's+light.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" qba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0OLB6XIRDXdbk1l9r1rBvtEjGwx8xcIJHBN0Tcp_CsLRuRDy3gF7SupYqtZGBDduvBeFRsqAL7HocavBmffDYCwfCmIZ3u1bmNl4Qg_761Wga9pfbFtMmodt9FL79eVrNlCQKgo6BzVEM/s400/David+Moreland's+light.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Emma Hayes designed the 'River' print and fashioned it into silk throws, cushions and pillowcases for her firm MM Collections. </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfwCY-AFciYvS5PcnU-j6GCqXsSsXVkZJFEJifdoZIc1ZJAuJZDrvkvySJzW7MeCzim1yRyb1FIliPYHXfHBbDcaK_awZ_FLNk-EJTNerD8TEzziLBC2lo0jL3TbKyXgVAujg4ovTonF4J/s1600/Fabric.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" qba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfwCY-AFciYvS5PcnU-j6GCqXsSsXVkZJFEJifdoZIc1ZJAuJZDrvkvySJzW7MeCzim1yRyb1FIliPYHXfHBbDcaK_awZ_FLNk-EJTNerD8TEzziLBC2lo0jL3TbKyXgVAujg4ovTonF4J/s400/Fabric.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">London-based Phil Cuttance's 'Faceture' vases are made from water-based resin in a polypropylene mould, using a machine Phil made himself. Also in this shot is Design Awards 2012 finalist Holly Beals' 'Gallons' table. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghFAhwMn_kr5UywE005A9z3FD0IdTfRYAOHoD3JlNUYhB3LtDdADMj9UPV7zgRKpzzY-4sl1sPTDnhHT6v2AoYfYP-MbfcEpfXJUdJqw-2afxVmb8EUDdkN-zyI4QwDpPcfxCjxy7eJMaP/s1600/Faceture+vases+and+Gallons+table.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" qba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghFAhwMn_kr5UywE005A9z3FD0IdTfRYAOHoD3JlNUYhB3LtDdADMj9UPV7zgRKpzzY-4sl1sPTDnhHT6v2AoYfYP-MbfcEpfXJUdJqw-2afxVmb8EUDdkN-zyI4QwDpPcfxCjxy7eJMaP/s400/Faceture+vases+and+Gallons+table.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Nathaniel Cheshire's 'Oud' lamp for Resident is a homage to JJP Oud's 1928 Piano lamp, as well as incorporating references to Mies van der Rohe's Barcelona Pavilion and OMA's CCTV Tower. </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil7bHIwqB4UUZMfDX5TKbBz5IianMZ92Wy24-SoWCMm817dj0jwNLVBdUwbgqxZpPJxdXRKmt0cKzd1h0YuHVsw2yGXCNbtlfmI4zhGXnD0XQb5ZBLBPsPw9fG-dGznKduG_mffwKM_Pck/s1600/Oud+lamp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" qba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil7bHIwqB4UUZMfDX5TKbBz5IianMZ92Wy24-SoWCMm817dj0jwNLVBdUwbgqxZpPJxdXRKmt0cKzd1h0YuHVsw2yGXCNbtlfmI4zhGXnD0XQb5ZBLBPsPw9fG-dGznKduG_mffwKM_Pck/s400/Oud+lamp.jpg" width="312" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Two-time Design Awards winner Jamie McLellan's 'Spar' floor lamp for Resident was designed as a contemporary alternative to Achille Castiglioni's 'Arco' light in the way it cantilevers illumination into the centre of a space.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl0evABDu_gVld8It73-qzdwYPBjG0ryx1G6F9ANg-m3drYkneezqVpz7yf9AXCRVga8y7CtrskQAOV2GW6HBIo77SSGYiiKN0-fESF_Cnx-rIOynCOcb6-H4lpCot8tm6ca1LhWqzaXlT/s1600/Spar+floor+lamp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" qba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl0evABDu_gVld8It73-qzdwYPBjG0ryx1G6F9ANg-m3drYkneezqVpz7yf9AXCRVga8y7CtrskQAOV2GW6HBIo77SSGYiiKN0-fESF_Cnx-rIOynCOcb6-H4lpCot8tm6ca1LhWqzaXlT/s400/Spar+floor+lamp.jpg" width="292" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Tim Webber's 'Y' stools are elegant combinations of wood and powder-coated, primary-coloured steel. </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzBk353KtDMYi5hPjU9qZBZ9d4iYDMqY13Az3_iLeZzHS1DG-9to4KjJTSQQ2hAU2vn1jKHtm51vsaszepc1eNO0k5qiWzxoUFM1bnpxzOvXgccQ7diTkRfgSin0-m76ha0c-_29zraisc/s1600/Stools.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" qba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzBk353KtDMYi5hPjU9qZBZ9d4iYDMqY13Az3_iLeZzHS1DG-9to4KjJTSQQ2hAU2vn1jKHtm51vsaszepc1eNO0k5qiWzxoUFM1bnpxzOvXgccQ7diTkRfgSin0-m76ha0c-_29zraisc/s400/Stools.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our lineup of Design Awards finalists appears to grow more impressive every year, a vote of confidence not only in the increasing appreciation for local design here in New Zealand, but the ingenuity of our designers in creating export-ready objects. Our congratulations to all the designers whose work appears in our June/July Design Awards issue. We look forward to revealing the winner to you on June 4.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div>

Design Awards 2012 - the finalists

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