The BRIT Awards has announced that the statuettes that will be given during their 2017 awards ceremony have been designed by the late Zaha Hadid.

BRIT statue concept sketch by Zaha Hadid Design. Image Courtesy of Zaha Hadid Architects

The BRIT Awards has announced that the statuettes that will be given during their 2017 awards ceremony have been designed by the late Zaha Hadid.Hadid had accepted the project in January of this year and developed concepts for the design before her sudden passing in March of this year. The work has since been led by Zaha Hadid Design Director Maha Kutay and the BRIT Awards Niamh Byrne.?Zaha was truly excited to be doing this,? recalled Kutay. ?Her vision was, being an architect, to focus our efforts more on the 3D element, as the statue had previously been used as a canvas for artists to paint on for the last few years. Our design expresses Zaha?s unwavering belief in progress and optimism for the future and a break from the norm.  The biggest challenge was to create something different within certain guidelines, yet achieving a result recognisable to the public. You have to respect the existing to create something new.?The final designs will consist of a family of 5 interrelated statuettes representing diversity, and will be revealed in full later this year.?The family is connected by a wave of transition, they are different yet connected,? explains Kutay.Explaining his reasons for approaching Hadid, BRITs Chairman Jason Iley r...