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DEZEEN AWARDS 2021 OVERVIEW....
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Monsieur George designed by Anouska Hempel (image credit - Gaelle Le Boulicaut)
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World-renowned interior designer Anouska Hempel and acclaimed architect and interior designer Francesca Muzio have joined the star-studded judging panel for Dezeen Awards 2021, alongside British designer Jasper Conran, California-based architect Julie Eizenberg, Sri Lankan designer and structural engineer Cecil Balmond OBE, and many other leading names from across the design industry.
Dezeen Awards, now in its fourth year, identifies the world's best architecture, interiors and design, as well as the studios and the individual architects and designers producing the most outstanding work. Organised by Dezeen, the world's most popular and influential architecture and design website, Dezeen Awards is the benchmark for international design excellence and the ultimate accolade for architects and designers across the globe, receiving more than 4,300 entries from all over the world last year alone.
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Distinguished British designer Anouska Hempel, of Anouska Hempel Design, is recognised for her constant innovation and extraordinary detailing in everything she does. Her design projects include the Hempel hotel, and Blakes London and Amsterdam. Blakes London was to become first boutique hotel in the world, distinguished as such to this date. Other hotels bearing her signature design are the Duxton Reserve in Singapore, The Franklin hotel London, and the Grosvenor House Suites on Park Lane. Newly opened, is the Hôtel Monsieur George in Paris, and the beautiful historical Helvetia & Bristol Hotel in Florence - part of the Starhotels group - is the next one to be revealed. These are just a few of the hotels alongside other projects the studio is working on, counting also private residences, restaurants, luxury retail spaces and garden landscapes.
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Hôtel Monsieur George, Paris | The Franklin, London | Duxton Reserve, Singapore
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Interior architect and entrepreneur Francesca Muzio is co-founder of FM Architettura. With over twenty years’ experience in superyacht design, Muzio is also crosses over very easily into the luxury residential and hospitality design. Her latest yacht ventures include Project 816, the 88-metre yacht built by Feadship, M/Y Oasis and its entire refit, and for 2024 M/Y NJORD, the largest private residential superyacht in the world measuring 293 metres. Francesca has designed interiors for some of the world's most important yachts and leading hotels, and her style is synonymous with the craftsmanship and attention to detail you recognise in the studio's work. Among other projects, Muzio worked alongside Renzo Piano's architectural accomplishment to design the iconic interiors at the sky-high Shangri-La Hotel, At the Shard, London, and more recently the doors opened to the new Brera Home concept in the heart of Milan. The Holy Deer San Lorenzo City Lodge in Piazza Navona in Rome is a landmark in the challenges faced with the creation of bespoke interiors, where nothing is left to chance. Francesca Muzio has received multiple industry accolades, including awards at the World Superyacht Awards 2017, and again in 2020 for the refit of M/Y Oasis. This year for the Dezeen Awards, she joins the Judge's panel to identify the worlds best architecture, interiors and design.
www.fm-arch.it
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M/Y Oasis | Holy Deer San Lorenzo City Lodge | M/Y NJORD
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Alongside other revered designers from across the globe, the two interiors specialists will score entries across the interior categories of the Awards, which include large to small scale, hospitality to residential, workplace to retail, and the new Sustainable category.
Final entries are due by 2nd June 2021, with longlist and shortlist announcements beginning on 9th August, and the winner unveiled in November. For further information, go to www.dezeen.com/awards.
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For further info, please contact:
RMG PR & Events
Rosalind Milani Gallieni - rosalind@rmgandco.com
Kiera Blystad - kiera@rmgandco.com
+44 (0) 7380 34 34 56
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