Interior designers Patricia Urquiola and Amechi Mandi, architects Odile Decq and Shawn Adams and product designer Lee Broom have been announced as Dezeen Awards 2024 judges.
Dezeen Awards 2024 launched last week in partnership with Bentley. Submit your entry by Tuesday 27 March to save 20 per cent on entry fees.
Now in its seventh year, the programme has become the ultimate accolade for architects and designers everywhere, with winners selected by a prestigious panel of international judges.
Read on to learn more about the new names that have joined this year's judging panel:
Architect and designer Patricia Urquiola is the founder of Studio Urquiola
Urquiola, who was named Dezeen Awards 2023 interior designer of the year, will sit alongside Queer Eye's Bobby Berk on the interiors panel for this year's awards. Milan-based Urquiola is the art director at Italian furniture manufacturer Cassina and has collaborated with global brands including Agape, B&B Italia, Boffi, Flos, Kettal, Kvadrat and Molteni&C.
Recent projects by Urquiola include a carpet tile collection using low carbon initiatives for French brand Tarkett, a renovation of the 48-room Haworth Hotel in Michigan and a pebble-like sofa for Italian furniture brand Moroso.
She was also awarded Dezeen Awards 2023 hotel and short stay interior of the year for Six Senses Rome, a converted palazzo in Rome featuring circular elements and Italian materials.
Product designer Lee Broom is one of this year's design judges...