Design studio Formafantasma has been named studio of the year while material designer Shahar Livne has won the title of emerging designer of the year at Dezeen Awards 2020.
Based in Amsterdam, Formafantasma was selected from a shortlist of five studios, which was determined by our jury of 25 leading figures from the world of design.
Shahar Livne Design competed with four other studios that were on the shortlist.
Top: Shahar Livne's project Metamorphism. Above: Exhibition at the Rijksmuseum by Formafantasma. Photo by Eddo Hartmann.
The winning studios were revealed at the Dezeen Awards 2020 design show, which was streamed on Dezeen on 25 November.
The architecture and interiors studio category winners were be revealed on 23 November and 24 November. Formafantasma is named designer of the year
The design jury, which consisted of Margriet Vollenberg, Rosanne Somerson, Talenia Phua Gajardo,  Sindiso Khumalo and designer Dror Benshetrit, chose Formafantasma as this year's designer of the year.
They said that this studio is "a highly articulate studio whose intellectual and ethical ambitions are the driving force behind their truly sophisticated and beautiful work."
The judges were also impressed with "how the studio always delivers and keeps on surprising."
Formafantasma was founded by Andrea Trimarchi and Simone Farresin in 2009. Their projects include a research-focused exhibition at the Serpentine Sackler Gallery and a recyclable display for the Rijksmuse...