The London Design Festival has announced designers Natsai Audrey Chieza, Pat McGrath, Harry Blakiston Houston and Rei Kawakubo as the winners of this year's London Design Medals.
British makeup artist McGrath, who was described as the "world's most influential and in-demand makeup artist" took home the prestigious London Design Medal, which is the award's highest honour.
Over a 25-year career she has created cosmetics for Giorgio Armani, been the global cosmetics creative design director at Procter & Gamble and launched her own McGrath Labs brand in 2015. In 2017 she became beauty editor-at-large for British Vogue.
"Design is at the core of everything I do as a makeup artist, so to have my dedication to design recognised and celebrated with the London Design Medal ? and in the city where I got my start, no less ? is a complete full-circle moment for me," said McGrath. Above: Pat McGrath won the London Design Medal. Top: Natsai Audrey Chieza won the Design Innovation Medal
Alongside McGrath, Chieza was recognised with the Design Innovation Medal, Houston won the Emerging Design Medal and Kawakubo won the Lifetime Achievement Medal.
Chieza was recognised as a "visionary designer and thought leader". She established Faber Futures in 2018, a design agency that explores the intersection between design and biotechnology, and "biodesign lifestyle brand" Normal Phenomena of Life in 2023.

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