In this movie, architect Sarah Izod explains how she drew from the children's book Where the Wild Things Are to create an other-worldly ceremony for the inaugural Dezeen Awards.
Thirty-three Dezeen Awards winners were revealed at the ceremony, which was hosted by British comedian Sir Lenny Henry and attended by 400 people.
The event took place on 27 November in a landmark former industrial building in London, which Izod filled with textiles, stilt walkers and painted trees.
Sara Izod's installation was based on the children's book Where the Wild Things AreIzod said her favourite childhood book Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak served as inspiration for the atmosphere of the evening.
"The ambition was to have the guests arrive and feel like they were entering some sort of strange nocturnal forest," she explained in the movie, which Dezeen filmed at the ceremony. "The raw architecture of the former industrial space was the starting point – it had a sense of other-worldliness."
Stilt walkers dressed in long, white robes performed at the ceremonyIzod used a variety of elements to realise her concept, including a huge installation featuring a white tree surrounded by suspended ribbons.
The tree was constructed from painted cork bark wrapped around a central column in the venue. A pair of stilt walkers performed around it, adding to the eerie atmosphere of the night.
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