With less than two weeks left to vote in the Dezeen Awards public vote, find out which design projects are in the lead

There are less than two weeks left for you to vote for your favourite Dezeen Awards projects and studios. Here is an update on votes cast so far in each of the 12 design categories.

The latest voting figures for the architecture categories were shared on Monday, the figures for interiors categories was announced yesterday, while we’ll be sharing which studios are in the lead tomorrow.

Closing on 12 October, the public vote allows readers to vote for projects and studios shortlisted in the architecture, interiors and design categories, as well as architects and designers in line for the studio of the year awards. Winners will receive a special certificate.

Voting is open for another two weeks, so get started today!

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Public vote winners announced in October

Public vote winners will be announced from 19 to 22 October. The public vote is separate from the main Dezeen Awards 2020 judging process, in which entries are assessed by professional judges.

We’ll be announcing the Dezeen Awards 2020 winners online at the end of November.

Who’s ahead in the voting

With more than 35,000 verified votes received so far, here is a snapshot of which projects and studios have received the most support. There’s still time to influence the results, so keep voting!

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Essential by Viewport Studio, Max Table by Max Lamb for Hem, 3D Knitted Furniture by Studio Skrabanja, Zalue Bamboo Basket Stool by Vegahouse, and Exquisite Corpse by Adam & Arthur

Furniture design

29% – Essential by Viewport Studio
25% – Max Table by Max Lamb for Hem
22% – 3D Knitted Furniture by Studio Skrabanja
16% – Zalue / Bamboo basket stool by Vegahouse
8% – Exquisite Corpse by Adam & Arthur

Triplex Stool by Studio RYTE, Soft Lounge Chair by Thomas Bentzen for TAKT, On & On Collection by Barber & Osgerby for Emeco, Bold Stool by Ming Design Studio, and CoronaCrisisKruk by Object Studio

Seating design

34% – Triplex Stool by Studio RYTE
30% – Soft Lounge Chair designed by Thomas Bentzen for TAKT
13% – On & On Collection by Barber & Osgerby
13% – Bold Stool by Ming Design Studio
10% – CoronaCrisisKruk by Object Studio

XYZ Collection by Bybeau Studio, Illan Pendant Lamp by Zsuzsanna Horvath for Luceplan, Poise by Robert Dabi, Light Cognitive by Light Cognitive, and Clova Lamp by Naver Corp

Lighting design

31% – XYZ Collection by Bybeau Studio
21% – Illan pendant lamp by Zsuzsanna Horvath / Strips & Stripes
20% – Poise by R/D Robert Dabi
18% – Light Cognitive by Light Cognitive Oy
10% – Clova Lamp by Naver Corp

Under by Light Bureau, Nihombashi Mitsukoshi by Lighting Planners Associates, Back to Nature by Light Cognitive, The Okura Tokyo by Lighting Planners Associates, The Rothschild Collection by Pfarré Lighting Design, and Illuminated River by Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands

Architectural lighting design

22% – Under by Light Bureau
22% – Nihombashi Mitsukoshi by Lighting Planners Associates
18% – Back to nature – retail space by Light Cognitive Oy
16% – The Okura Tokyo by Lighting Planners Associates
15% – The Rothschild Collection, Goldkammer by Pfarré Lighting Design
7% – Illuminated River by Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands

Plycelain by Yuting Chang, Lines by Philippe Malouin for CC-Tapis, KLIKK by Koziol, Deepak by Jaipur Rugs Company, Bue Brush Series by Poppy Lawman Studio, and Chaos Rug by EMKO

Homeware design

45% – Plycelain by Yuting Chang
15% – Lines designed by Philippe Malouin for CC-Tapis
14% – KLIKK by Koziol
12% – Deepak by Kasturi Balotia for Jaipur Rugs
8% – Bue Brush Series by Poppy Lawman Studio
6% – Chaos Rug by EMKO

Zen and Ion Wall Panels by Woven Image, Active Classroom by Studio Lancelot, Soundsticks by Andrea Ruggiero Design, ALMA by March Gut, and Gulnura Table by Foolscap Studio and Manapan

Workplace design

30% – Woven Image Three Dimensional Embossed Wall Panels by Woven Image
24% – Active Classroom by Studio Lancelot
20% – Soundsticks by Andrea Ruggiero Design
16% – ALMA by March Gut Industrial Design
10% – Gulnura Table by Foolscap Studio and Manapan

Algorithmic Lace by Lisa Marks, Neuralink N1 Brain Wearable by Woke Studio, RIKR Range by Groundtruth, Urbanella by Studio Mesh, and Dots by Xiaohui Wang, Valentin Weilun Gong and Lan Xiao

Wearable design

28% – Algorithmic Lace by Lisa Marks
26% – Neuralink N1 Brain Wearable by Woke Studio
24% – RIKR Range by Groundtruth Global
14% – Urbanella by Studio Mesh
8% – Dots by Xiaohui Wang, Valentin Weilun Gong and Lan Xiao

CATCH: The HIV Detector by Hans Ramzan, Walking Wheelchair by Suzanne Brewer Architects, Nestbox by Studio 519, Moxie by Embodied, and Rolf Plant-Based Printed Eyewear by Rolf Spectacles

Product design

35% – CATCH: The HIV Detector by Hans Ramzan
33% – Walking Wheelchair by Suzanne Brewer Architects
15% – Nestbox by Studio 519
9% – Moxie by Embodied
8% – Rolf plant-based printed eyewear by Rolf Spectacles

Blink by Richard Hutten, The Department of Seaweed Installation and Workshops by Julia Lohmann and Aalto University, Bio Iridescent Sequin by Elissa Brunato, Spruce by Spruce, and 1N9 Modern Cleaner by Supublic

Sustainable design

31% – Blink by Richard Hutten Studio
26% – The Department of Seaweed Installation and Workshops by Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture
18% – Bio Iridescent Sequin by EB-CD futures
13% – Spruce by Spruce
12% – 1N9 Modern Cleaner by Elissa Brunato

Mountain Tea Song by Linshaobin Design, UNbuffer by Alexandros Kosmidis, CF18 Chocolatier by Olssøn Barbieri, Atkinson Hyperlegible Typeface by Applied Design Works, and Climate Change Stamps by Berry Creative

Graphic design

26% – Mountain Tea Song by Linshaobin Design
25% – UNbuffer by Alexandros Kosmidis Graphic Design
19% – CF18 Chocolatier by Olssøn Barbieri
16% – Atkinson Hyperlegible Typeface for People with Low Vision by Applied Design Works
14% – Climate Change Stamps by Berry Creative

Game On by Smart and Green Design, The Porcelain Room by Tom Postma Design, Weird Sensation Feels Good by ĒTER, The Gun Violence Memorial Project by MASS Design Group, and Urbania by RSAA for IPR Praha

Exhibition design

41% – Game On by Smart and Green Design
27% – The Porcelain Room by Tom Postma Design
13% – Architecture of exhibition – Weird Sensation Feels Good by ĒTER
12% – The Gun Violence Memorial Project by MASS Design Group
7% – Urbania by IPR Praha

Machine Hallucination by Refik Anadol and Artechouse, Pollution Ranger and Smog Shade by Huachen Xin, Non-Pavilion by Studio MiCat, There Project and Proud Studio, The Sandwaves by Studio Precht and Mamou-Mani, and RAW Rainbow by Studio Curiosity

Installation design

28% – Machine Hallucination by Refik Anadol Studio and Artechouse
23% – Pollution Ranger and Smog Shade by Side
18% – Non-Pavilion by Studio MiCat, There Project and Proud Studio
17% – The Sandwaves by Studio Precht and Mamou-Mani
14% – RAW Rainbow by Studio Curiosity

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“Protect Black Women” Shirt

Founded by Rick Dove, apparel brand MUCH MORE exemplifies the fashion industry veteran’s creativity and beliefs. The brand’s “Protect Black Women” shirt emphasizes one of those beliefs. With 100% of the proceeds given to small businesses owned by Black women, the screen-printed shirt (available in size small to XXL) is made in the USA.

Work from home making you claustrophobic? Now you can work outside all year long!

Have you shushed your sibling during a call or gave your partner a death stare when they walk in the middle of your Zoom conference? If I had a dollar for every time I did that, I would be able to buy multiple of these home office pods! Assemble it in your backyard in just a day, we all know we need a home improvement project as an outlet because banana bread can’t hold the fort any longer.

If you share your apartment or just generally have a small urban home, you must have made a lot of makeshift arrangements for a professional background but is it really helping you focus when you are living at work? Let’s revise to what it is – working from home, rather from your private backyard office because you are a boss for keeping it together in 2020. This pod is called ‘My Room in the Garden’ because that is exactly what it is and we don’t want to leave any space for confusion as we are all trying to minimize our per-my-last-emails. The pod’s external structure is crafted from weatherproof aluminum and the interior has been designed using birch. To alleviate that claustrophobic feeling there are floor-to-ceiling windows that let plenty of natural light flood in. As previously mentioned, you are the boss and therefore this pod is fully customizable to fit in your existing space. Since it is a modular prefabricated system, you can build your pod in a way that it optimizes your backyard or your driveaway without having to move anything around. The smallest unit is around 6 feet by 8 feet, and costs $6,400; the largest starts at $13,600 and you can expand it with as many modules as you want.

All components are pre-assembled flat-pack design, which is digitally fabricated and geometrically efficient to minimize material waste. Features like peg walls are great at organizing the internal space allowing for flexible configurations of shelves, storage, desks. You finally have the space you always wanted, a spare room just outside your home where you can concentrate, work or relax,” says the team.

Designer: My Room in the Garden

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Minimal Fantasy holiday apartment in Madrid is almost completely pink

Bedrooms of Minimal Fantasy, a pink apartment in Madrid

Patricia Bustos Studio channelled “aesthetic madness” to create the striking bright-pink interior of this rentable apartment at the heart of Madrid, Spain.

Locally-based Patricia Bustos Studio applied 12 different shades of pink throughout the Minimal Fantasy apartment, which is meant to offer a bolder take on the typical holiday rental.

“We wanted to do something eye-catching and not go unnoticed, since in Madrid the offer of vacation rentals is enormous and you have to differentiate yourself if you want to have a recurrence in the rentals,” the studio told Dezeen.

Living room of Minimal Fantasy, a pink apartment in Madrid
Surfaces throughout the apartment are bright pink

The 55-square-metre apartment is set inside a 1950s residential building that’s a stone’s throw away from Madrid’s lively Puerta del Sol square.

It formerly played host to just one bedroom and one bathroom, but Patricia Bustos Studio reconfigured the floor plan so that it can comfortably accommodate slightly larger groups of holiday goers.

Kitchen of Minimal Fantasy, a pink apartment in Madrid
An arched doorway looks through to the kitchen

There are now two bedrooms and an additional bathroom. The kitchen has also been separated from the living area so that, if necessary, it can sleep another two guests.

With structural changes out the way, the studio set about creating the apartment’s stand-out interior – which is almost exclusively pink.

Kitchen of Minimal Fantasy, a pink apartment in Madrid
Cabinetry in the kitchen is a mix of blue, pink and gold

“Except for the distribution, which had to be practical, the rest of the project has been an aesthetic madness to take the visitor out of their comfort zone and make them dream,” explained the studio.

“Pink is already the colour of a whole generation… the generation of the brave, those who are not afraid of change,” it continued.

“Pink vindicates the fall of stereotypes – everything is possible, nothing is planned or established and that’s the beauty of it. There are no rules, or rather that everyone has their own.”

Bedrooms of Minimal Fantasy, a pink apartment in Madrid
Pink cushions and faux-fur throws dress the beds

In the living area, bubblegum-pink paint has been applied across the walls and ceiling. A flecked pink laminate covers the floor and a chunky L-shaped plinth that winds around the corner of the room, topped with plush pink sofa cushions.

Guests can gather for meals around the oval-shaped pink dining table, which is surrounded by dining chairs upholstered in metallic pink fabric with an iridescent finish.

Bedrooms of Minimal Fantasy, a pink apartment in Madrid
One of the beds is supported by a pink-tile platform

The monochromatic colour scheme is interrupted in the adjacent kitchen, where the cabinets are covered in a mixture of blue, pink and gold geometric shapes.

Worktops are lined with glazed, blush-pink tiles.

These same tiles have been used to clad the side tables and supporting mattress base in one of the apartment’s bedrooms.

In the other bedroom, the mattress is pushed up against a scalloped pink headboard. Textural interest is added throughout by baby-pink lamé soft cushions and faux-fur throws.

Arched sliding doors can be drawn back to reveal pink-tile bathrooms, complete with pink-frame vanity mirrors and shiny pink shower curtains.

Bathrooms of Minimal Fantasy, a pink apartment in Madrid
Bathrooms lie behind arched sliding screens

Other than a few spherical pendant lights, trailing ivy plants and neon art piece, Patricia Bustos Studio hasn’t incorporated a lot of decoration in the apartment.

Some elements, like the stepped blocks which display books and other trinkets, are meant to riff off La Muralla Roja – a housing development designed by Spanish architect Ricardo Bofill in 1968, distinguished by its maze of interlocking stairways.

“[Bofill] creates a mysterious and infinite space with the perfect transformation between 2D and 3D, and with several elements that play with the optical illusion,” added the studio.

Bathrooms of Minimal Fantasy, a pink apartment in Madrid
Shiny pink curtains and pink-frame mirrors complete the bathrooms

Several other architects and designers haven’t shied away from making extensive use of the colour pink – last year, Child Studio covered the interior of a vegan pizza restaurant in London with candy-pink Formica.

Mar Plus Ask also washed the walls of a cave-like guesthouse in Spain with blush-pink stucco.

Photography is by JC de Marcos.

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Sun Woo's collapsible fashion takes cues from pop-up tents

Purple A-line dress from Sun Woo's In Between collection

South Korean fashion designer Sun Woo Chang has unveiled her In Between collection, which explores clothes as “portable homes” that can offer the wearer a refuge from reality.

Across the 13 looks of the collection, ring-shaped details protrude from otherwise minimal silhouettes encircling shirt sleeves, trouser legs and even an entire dress.

Blue top from Sun Woo's In Between collection
The In Between collection includes a bright blue T-shirt encircled by a diagonal hoop

The details are composed of material stretched across poles, much like the design of a pop-up tent.

Following on from this, the vibrantly coloured, voluminous pieces can also be collapsed into a flat plane and stored in a designated bag when they are not in use.

Green A-line dress from Sun Woo's In Between collection
A green A-line dress is finished with three hoops at the bottom

Beyond their obvious appeal as structural and yet easily compactable and portable units, the designer said her fascination with tents stems from a sense of social alienation, which she has experienced since she was a child.

She said this led her to try and distill the sense of belonging, for which she was yearning, into a wearable home that she can carry around wherever she goes to shield her from the outside world.

Purple A-line dress from Sun Woo's In Between collection
The two-tone, floor-length dress is purple in the front and lilac in the back

“When I was in London, I saw homeless people sleeping in their pop-up tents and carrying them as portable homes,” said the designer, who graduated from Central Saint Martins in 2018.

“I thought that was the lifestyle I had dreamed of, as I somehow felt that I never really belonged to a certain group since childhood. Based on these ideas, I started to create garments as portable homes, like ‘refuge-wear’ from my reality.”

Blue top from the pop-up tent-inspired In Between collection
A blue top from the In Between collection is styled with grey thigh-high boots

To create a skeleton that is flexible but still holds its shape, she covered pieces of steel wire with PVC tubes before feeding them into designated fabric tunnels that are integrated into each piece.

Instead of determining the path of the wire in advance via sewing patterns, the designer took a more fluid, iterative approach.

Orange maxi dress from Sun Woo's In Between collection
The sleeveless orange dress has a hoop integrated into its hem

“I normally just drape onto the body and build up the shape with pattern paper or cardboard, this makes it much more interesting and can create unexpected outcomes, especially once the wire is inserted,” she told Dezeen.

“I would say it’s more like an engineering method, putting the pieces together, rather than just pattern cutting.”

Under the umbrella of her self-titled fashion label Sun Woo, she creates “artwear” that can be worn every day but still “experienced and consumed as a work of art”.

Red trousers and cape from the pop-up tent-inspired In Between collection
Hoops are also integrated into red trousers and a grey cape

The In Between collection is available via APOC store, an online retailer that hopes to give up-and-coming designers a platform to sell their work on their own terms, circumventing the creative and commercial restrictions and high barriers to entry often associated with traditional retail models.

Other young designers that have been able to make their work available to a mass audience via the platform include Harikrishnan, whose blow-up latex trousers went viral earlier this year, as well as Ying Chang and her collection of paper furniture.

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New challenger bank Hay gives finance a friendly feel

New Australian challenger bank Hay has centred its identity on a friendly, informal tone, sitting it comfortably among the cohort of fintech start-ups that are putting a clearer, more human spin on managing finances.

The Hay logomark comprises elements of an exclamation mark to highlight “the energy of the name and the brand’s attitude”, according to Sydney-based creative studio Christopher Doyle & Co, which led the branding, naming and positioning.

The look and feel is simple yet lively, thanks in part to a set of motion graphics that make effective use of the logomark, and messaging which plays with the brand name to create a chatty tone.

The colour palette and constituent parts of the logo share parallels with messaging platform Slack, reinforcing the idea that challenger banks like Hay are closer to tech startups than seemingly staid traditional banks – a perception that’s recently prompted the likes of NatWest and First Direct to experiment with new positioning.

Hay bank

Hay bank

Hay bank

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Photographer Paul Graham and the Great North Road

First published in 1983, Graham’s first photography book A1: The Great North Road is being republished by Mack. Here he reflects on the project nearly 40 years later

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Olimpia Zagnoli puts an abstract spin on Dior’s new collection

Dior’s new Fall 2020 collection has been playfully reimagined as vibrant illustrations by Italian artist and illustrator Olimpia Zagnoli. The visuals were created digitally, but have the loose, handmade feel of traditional painting, with thick brushstrokes and figures presented in exaggerated proportions.

“After talking to [Dior creative director] Maria Grazia Chiuri about the inspiration behind the collection, I thought a fluid, almost wet approach to the canvas was going to give the garments and the models more air and freedom,” Zagnoli tells us. “I went back to my sketchbooks and some works I had done with Japanese brushes and big markers and I tried to replicate that same feeling digitally.”

Dior Fall campaign by Olimpia Zagnoli
Top image and here: Fall 2020 campaign illustrations by Olimpia Zagnoli for Dior

The vast majority of fashion marketing relies on enticing people through detailed, true-to-life imagery. However, the fashion world has embraced more suggestive approaches throughout the pandemic, including campaign imagery and magazine covers that make clever use of illustration and conceptual photography.

“I think illustration is working very well in times like this. It doesn’t require makeup or a wind machine and it stimulates imagination. You may not see the exact garment you’ll end up finding in a boutique, but you can feel it,” Zagnoli adds. “It’s almost as if you could breathe the idea behind it, the atmosphere.”

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The Ocean Cleanup Project’s collected plastic gets and grows a new life with this urban planter

Since 2013, the Ocean Cleanup initiative has encouraged designers to envision products that could be made using plastic waste from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Designed to meet the guidelines set out by this initiative, designer Troy Dunn created this urban garden planter to achieve two environmental missions: recycling plastic materials and fostering green environments in urban settings!

The Ocean Cleanup initiative called for products that were durable, easy to use, able to retain their value (after all, what is the point of rescuing plastic from the ocean only to have it dumped into the garbage again), related to social activities, and finally, be a product that people actually wanted and would keep for their whole lives. To fit these requirements, the urban planter was made to be weatherproof, ergonomic, and stackable. Floor space is limited in urban areas, so it was important to design a product that wouldn’t take up too much room — as the owner may end up throwing it away to make room for their other possessions. The reason this planter works is because there is an emotional attachment between humans and anything they create/produce. Plants, though don’t speak, still react to our love and care, and watching them grow and bloom is a highly fulfilling endeavor. Any plant parent will tell you once you start growing plants, its impossible to back out!

The Ocean Cleanup garden planter is made up with three different parts- a synthetic cork base, to protect against wear and tear, a water reservoir made of clear plastic, which allows users to see the water levels inside and prevent overwatering, and a “soil vessel,” which holds the plant. The water reservoir sets this product apart from other gardening products. Most planters are designed with the assumption that the water that drains out the bottom will simply be absorbed by the ground underneath it. City dwellers rarely have a backyard where they can set their pots on the actual dirt, which means that water will simply leak onto a brick patio or some other man-made surface. The water reservoir is just one of the many thoughtful alterations that make this product perfect for urban life while reducing chances of overwatering the plants.

Designer: Troy Dunn

The Doodlight laser projector makes turning your digital sketches into physical ones really easy!

Unlike notebook scanners that take your physical notes and digitize them on your phone, the Doodlight is a nifty laser projector that takes digital drawings and projects them onto your notebook to trace from. The Doodlight works via an app that allows you to compose your doodles before realizing them on paper. Ideal for people who want to trace fonts, want to learn how to draw, or need help with geometry, art, or anything related to drawing, tracing, and plotting!

Designer: Mohamad Montazeri