Architects Vincent de Graaf and Wendy Saunders, architectural theorist and critic Xiangning Li and curator Paola Antonelli have been named in the final set of judges for Dezeen Awards China 2024.
Designer Paul Priestman, interior designers Kuang Ming Chou and Vera Chu and Bentley's Dirk Zscherpe will also be joining the panel.
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This regional edition of Dezeen Awards, now in its second year, aims to showcase the very best emerging and established Chinese names in architecture, interiors and design.
Read on for more about the final set of industry professionals who will be judging the entries this year. Paula Antonelli's most recent exhibition at MoMA focuses on design and the environment
Antonelli is the senior curator in the department of architecture and design at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). She will be joining last year's designer of the year winner Mario Tsai on the design panel.
Her work investigates design in all its forms and contemplates design's intersection with other fields including technology, biology and popular culture. She recently spoke to Dezeen about the leading role design can play in the global effort to solve or mitigate issues relating to climate change.
The interview focused on her latest exhibition at MoMA, Life Cycles: The Materials of Contemporary Design which explores how desi...