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It’s Dezeen Awards‘ fifth birthday! Entries open on 8 February, with the discounted early-entry period running until 30 March 2022. Sign up to the Dezeen Awards newsletter to be the first to hear about new updates!

Join us to celebrate Dezeen Awards’ fifth year anniversary as well as the world’s best architecture, interiors and design!

Prices for early entries and standard entries remain unchanged from last year. In fact, we have maintained our standard entry rates since the first Dezeen Awards in 2018, meaning our programme continues to be as accessible as possible for studios of all sizes and locations.

Our low entry prices are designed to attract smaller studios and avoid categories being dominated by large companies. Just over 55 per cent of winning entries in 2021 were submitted by companies with 10 employees or fewer.

All longlisted and shortlisted projects get their own page on the site, and shortlisted projects are given full editorial coverage on Dezeen.

Shortlisted entries are also automatically entered into the Dezeen Awards public vote, where our readers decide which projects and studios deserve to win.

All Dezeen Awards winners receive a bespoke hand-made trophy designed by Atelier NL and a certificate.

Have we caught your attention? Below is a reminder of our key dates so you don’t pass up the opportunity to enter this year:

8 February 2022

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30 March 2022

Early entry deadline. Enter now to benefit from our discounted prices.

1 June 2022

Standard entry deadline. Hurry up! The next entry fees are higher…

8 June 2022

Late entry deadline. This is your last chance to become a Dezeen Awards 2022 winner!

August 2022

We publish the architecture, interiors, design, sustainability and media longlists. Every longlisted project gets its own page on the Dezeen Awards website.

See the 2021 longlists ›

Early September 2021

We unveil the shortlisted projects and studios. Every shortlisted entry gets its own page on the Dezeen Awards website and also gets a dedicated write-up on Dezeen.

See the 2021 shortlists ›

Late September 2022

The public vote opens. Dezeen readers choose their favourite projects and studios from the shortlists.

October 2022

Voting closes and we reveal the public vote winners.

See the 2021 public vote winners ›

November 2022

It’s time to salute the best architecture, interiors and design projects of the year, plus the best emerging and established studios.

See the 2021 winners ›

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To celebrate Black History Month 2022, we asked 12 renowned Black architects and designers to select a fellow Black contemporary who deserves greater recognition.

Each of the established architects and designers was asked to nominate another Black creative, as a way of championing Black architecture and design. Some chose to nominate more than one.

Some took the opportunity to nominate architects or designers that live in the same country and work in similar fields with London-based Yinka Ilori nominating artist Eve de Haan and Nkwo Onwuka nominating fellow Nigerian-based fashion designer Emmy Kasbit.

Others decided to delve further into the African diaspora by selecting someone from a neighbouring African country such as Nairobi architecture studio Cave Bureau, who nominated Ugandan-based Doreeen Adengo.

See below for the 14 architects and designers that you should know:

Eve de Haan
Nominated by Yinka Ilori

“If you haven’t heard of Eve de Haan yet, expect to be hearing a lot more from her over the next year. Based in London and working predominantly in neon, I’ve been following her works for Half a Roast Chicken for a number of years now – a powerful mix of electric colour and charged words bringing a modern take on personal storytelling.

“From The Saatchi and The Neon Gallery, Eve has been steadily gaining attention also with campaigns with Browns, Monica Vinader and billboard projects around London, and her latest neon exhibition ‘Don’t Cry Over Spilt Milk‘ was a slice of pure, colourful joy in the centre of Canary Wharf. Excited to see what she does next.”

Terrell Griffith
Nominated by Mitzi Okou, Where are the Black Designers? (WATBD)

“This is a love letter to my WATBD team. Terrell Griffith is a huge part of the beating heart of the WATBD community. He is a silent force that has uplifted and contributed to the major milestones and impact that this organisation has made.

“Griffith is the most thoughtful designer and person I know. He is a quiet spirit whose wisdom has brought such care and thoughtfulness to WATBD products. His practice has really taught me to be caring and respectful towards others. As a master of his craft, he has truly uplifted WATBD to beautiful heights and this community is so blessed to have someone who cares so much.

“The love and passion that both of these creatives have in their heart towards Black creativity has and still continues to elevate not only the WATBD community but Black creatives period.”

Melissa Kacoutie
Nominated by Dominique Petit-Frère, Limbo Accra

“Melissa Kacoutie is one of the most prominent Ivorian architects of the moment. In 2016, she opened her own architecture firm – Jeannette Studio Architecture based in the Cocody district of Abidjan. Through her practice, her greatest pride is to hire different people from young women who prove in fact that it is possible for women to work in a sector considered as male-dominated in Africa.

“What I love most about Kacoutie’s work is her efforts to blend traditional and raw minimalistic style in a repetition of simple elements to mimic complexity, all endowed with a touch of femininity.”

Doreen Adengo
Nominated by Kabage Karanja and Stella Mutegi, Cave Bureau

“Doreen Adengo‘s teaching, research and practice unearths and critiques latent pre and postcolonial architectural manifestations of the African city, enriching her contemporary projects with historical depth and grounding off the shores of Lake Victoria.”

Moran Carl Munyuthe
Nominated by Kabage Karanja and Stella Mutegi, Cave Bureau

“Moran Carl Munyuthe‘s artisanal practice and artist’s residency on the ancient island of Lamu sets a timely reading of Swahili craft, critically inseminated with his contemporary sensibility of furniture design and space production on the East African coast.”

Hassan Rahim
Nominated by Ini Archibong

“When I think of Hassan Rahim I think of a pure unbounded talent that has all of the raw DIY grit that is familiar to any of us who grew up black and on the fringes in southern California. This is highlighted by the fact that he is completely self-taught.

“Rahim is a shining example to young black creatives that you don’t have to go the traditional route to achieve success in a field where we aren’t necessarily highly represented. I had the pleasure of working with Rahim on a campaign recently for Ultimate Ears.”

Nifemi Ogunro
Nominated by Nifemi Marcus-Bello, NM Bello Studio

“Nifemi Ogunro is a designer who throws a great deal of her emotions into her pieces. This means a lot of her products have soul and there is an emotional attachment you tap into when you encounter them and hear about her unique design approach.

“Her unconventional yet contemporary forms also speak to her fearlessness to explore unconventional use of simple and accessible materials.”

Albert Williamson Taylor
Nominated by Remi Connolley Taylor, Remi CT

“Albert Williamson Taylor is supporter and collaborator of innovative internationally reclaimed structures.

“He is a constant advocate to celebrate the beauty and possibilities in the built environment. He has been a long term talent, teacher, innovator and champion to the architectural industry.”

Yohance Harper
Nominated by Remi Connolley Taylor

“Yohance Harper is an advocate for the framework and support which is needed to create a design-led built environment. Celebrating and collaborating in what it means to bring it to life within the multiple places he has his hand in.

“He is an inspirational thinker on how development can be handled, with care and detail. He has a creative passion for the education of how to create an innovative development proposal and is the right person to be doing it within the educational field currently an honorary lecturer  at The Bartlett School.”

Dina Griffin
Nominated by Tiara Hughes, First 500

“Dina Griffin, fellow of the American Institute of Architects has been a fierce and phenomenal example of an architect leading in practice through her firm Interactive Design Architects.

“Additionally, she has been a personal mentor of mine for most of my professional career. I can call her anytime for advice or guidance in a space with so few Black women. First 500 is lucky to have her as an advisor!”

Jean Servais
Nominated by Bibi Seck, Birsel + Seck

“Jean Servais creates objects that look like us. His creations are unique firstly because he leaves his genetic imprint on them by sculpting them himself, and then because he revisits everyday objects in Africa.

“He is a humble and essential designer in my opinion who does not keep his point of view in his pocket, but puts it at the service of the objects he creates and the result is just divine. At each of his exhibitions, I discover a sensitive person whose primary interest is to pay homage to the wood he transforms.”

Emmy Kasbit
Nominated by Nkwo Onwuka, Nkwo Design

“Emmy Kasbit has revived and almost lost art of textile weaving that is peculiar to the south east region of Nigeria. He works it into modern clothing and in so doing he provides a livelihood for the women in that weaving community.”

Zariah Cameron
Nominated by Roshannah Bagley, Something Media

“I’d like to nominate Zariah Cameron. Based in Atlanta and only a junior in college, she recently made the move from graphic design into UX. An inspiring & passionate force of nature she’s a fantastic advocate for young Black women and designers.

“At our annual design conference last year she impressed our community and audience and held her own amongst the heavyweights. To support her peers and ensure they’re starting their career with the correct tools she’s established the AEI Design Initiative Programme. Keep an eye on this one!”

Alicia Ajayi
Nominated by Stephen Burks

“Alicia Ajayi and I became acquainted when we both found ourselves teaching as adjunct faculty members at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, & Preservation at Columbia University last year.

“Ajayi is a powerful force for radical Black place-making within a mostly white male academic setting. With an uncompromising and critical voice, she designs opportunities for Black agency in an effort to correct accepted historical narratives in favour of Black self-determination.

“Her research is critically important because it seeks to counteract persistent oppressive practices and pedagogies which form the foundation of Western design thought leadership.”

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This portable electric pot is conceptualized for cooking soups and stews while camping.

You don’t normally think ‘soup’ when it comes to camping food, but it sure sounds like the move. Cozying up in front of the fire pit with a hot bowl of chicken noodle soup on a cold, windy evening sounds a lot more satisfying than being next to the fire on the same night with a hot dog in hand.

Designer: Yunsoo Choi

Since camping restricts many of the different modes of cooking typically available to us, the menu is usually pretty limited too. Hoping to expand the culinary experience of camping, industrial designer Yunsoo Choi conceptualized an electric pot for camping that can even be used to make soup.

Characterized by its triangular shape, Choi’s electric pot takes on the same form as tripods and table lamps that have similar silhouettes. While its shape is familiar, its operation slightly differs to be suitable for cooking stews and soups. Camping accessories and cookware keep a compact build to assume ultimate portability and Choi’s electric pot is no different. Through a telescopic layering system, the different modules of Choi’s electric pot can fit into one another and be carried by a raised, removable handlebar.

When cooking soup, campers can use the appliance’s main basin to combine all of their ingredients. Just around the basin’s front panel, a timer and temperature control interface allows users to adjust the cooking conditions of each stew and soup according to its recipe. An additional light attachment is also integrated into the build of Choi’s electric pot, allowing for late-night cooking to soothe those munchies.

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Madrid Design Festival, a Neri Oxman retrospective and a drag-queen-led tour of celebrity homes during Palm Springs’ Modernism Week are among the architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this month.

Among the other events taking place in February is the World Around architecture summit in New York, which will include presentations on major projects from the last year including Tadao Ando‘s controversial Bourse de Commerce redesign, Depot Boijmans by MVRDV and David Chipperfield’s restoration of the Neuenational Gallerie in Berlin.

Read on for details of our five highlights from January and see Dezeen Events Guide for more architecture and design events around the world.

Madrid Design Festival
1 February to 31 March, Spain

Designers Hella Jongerius and Patricia Urquiola feature alongside curator Jane Withers in a female-heavy speaker line-up at this year’s Madrid Design Festival.

Now in its fifth year, the event is set to host more than 60 talks and masterclasses as part of its Design Pro conference, in which leading local and international voices will reflect on their practice and speak first-hand about recent projects.

The accompanying events programme, which spans nearly two months, will see more than 40 exhibitions and hundreds of other happenings taking place in galleries, showrooms and workshops across the city.

Build
3 to 5 February, Portugal and online

Housed in Porto’s OMA-designed Casa da Música, as well as being live-streamed online, this three-day conference will look at how high-tech and low-tech construction techniques can be combined to decarbonise the built environment.

In attendance will be Pakistani architect Yasmeen Lari, who has built more than 45,000 affordable climate-change resilient homes using mud and lime, as well as representatives from Kengo Kuma & Associates and Ibuku, a Balinese studio specialising in bamboo construction.

Modernism Week
17 to 27 February, USA

Iconic modernist homes over more than 30 Palm Springs neighbourhoods are opening their doors this February as part of Modernism Week, including Albert Frey’s Cree House and the former residence of architect William F Cody.

Visitors can explore the city’s architectural landmarks by foot, bike or bus with the help of a number of guided tours, including a sunset drive past famous celebrity haunts and homes hosted by drag queen Bella Da Ball.

Meanwhile, the event’s extensive speaker programme will encompass two talks from MAD Architects, a three-part symposium on the legacy of black designers in Southern California and a presentation from Signe Nielsen, the landscape architect behind Heatherwick Studio’s floating park Little Island in New York.

Nature × Humanity: Oxman Architects
19 February to 15 May, USA

A biopolymer pavilion, 3D-printed death masks and a chaise longue that doubles as an anechoic chamber are among more than 40 projects by American-Israeli architect Oxman, which are on show as part of this exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

The retrospective spans work created by Oxman’s eponymous studio and under her leadership of MIT’s Mediated Matter research group, looking at how it combines biomaterials and novel fabrication techniques to create a regenerative architecture that works for other species than just humans.

Collect Fair
23 to 27 February, UK and online

After moving online in 2021 due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Collect fair for contemporary collectable craft and design is once again returning to London’s Somerset House this month for its 18th edition.

Participating galleries are set to exhibit an unprecedented number of new artists while the Collect Open exhibition will showcase 12 installations from emerging artists hailing from Chile, Israel and the UK.

For those unable to attend in person, the fair is presenting virtual showrooms via the online art platform Artsy, while its accompanying talks programme will be live streamed.

Yasmeen Lari’s portrait is courtesy of the Heritage Foundation of Pakistan and the top image is by Yoram Reshef.

About Dezeen Events Guide

Dezeen Events Guide is our guide to the best architecture and design events taking place across the world each year.

The guide is updated weekly and includes virtual events, conferences, trade fairs, major exhibitions and design weeks, as well as up-to-date information about what events have been cancelled or postponed due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Inclusion in the guide is free for basic listings, with events selected at Dezeen’s discretion. Organisers can get enhanced or premium listings for their events, including images, additional text and links, by paying a modest fee.

In addition, events can ensure inclusion by partnering with Dezeen. For more details on inclusion in Dezeen Events Guide and media partnerships with Dezeen, email eventsguide@dezeen.com.

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Our home is our safe haven, the abode we spent the majority of our time in, and where we unwind after a long day of battling against the world. Homes are also an expression of our personal style, taste, and preferences. It’s true you can understand a lot about a person simply by entering their home! With the pandemic driving most of us indoors, we truly began to take a deeper look at our living spaces and started investing in them even further. Creating a space that is calm, optimistic, and serene in a world being run over by a deadly virus became integral for our mental and physical well-being. And this has led to a bunch of interior design trends that can be found in homes all over the world. Playful and sophisticated – these trends vary from Japandi-inspired interiors to homes dominated by sustainable products and furniture. We’ve curated the top 10 interior design trends of 2022 for you. Here’s hoping you integrate them into your sweet home!

1. Japandi

An amalgamation of the words Japanese and Scandinavian, Japandi is an interior design trend that marries Japanese and Scandinavian aesthetics. It is the artful blending of both Japanese and Scandinavian design. Japanese minimalism and Scandinavian functionality are merged together to create a style that makes a space minimal without it being cold. Japandi-style spaces are warm, neutral, and comforting, and are smartly integrated with natural materials, craftsmanship, as well as calming color palettes. Designed by Norm Architects, Archipelago Home is a holiday home that embodies both Scandinavian and Japanese design philosophies. A neutral theme of creams, greys, and whites is maintained throughout the home, with light wood furniture providing the ultimate Japandi finishing touch.

2. All-black interiors

There’s something about the color black that is simply so mysterious and powerful. Most often people associate black with having a negative connotation, but there is definitely an undeniable allure to this strong color. When used correctly and tastefully in interiors, black can radiate a very modern and minimal feel, creating an aesthetic that instantly leaves you feeling calm and balanced. Maxiup House visualized by Stephen Tsymbaliuk is the perfect balance of naturally brown elements with modern black fittings. This design also highlights that dark interior designs can be naturally lit up. The green accent plants are given emphasis by using subtle highlights, creating a pop of color within the earthy tones.

3. Indoor Gardens

Gardening is an extremely therapeutic activity, and though I may not engage in it all the time, the few times that I have, I found it really delightful and soothing. Growing, tending to, and being surrounded by plants is intensely satisfying, all your worries slowly fade away, and you are simply enthralled by nature. However, not everyone has access to outdoor gardens, especially with the pandemic locking up most of us in our homes. Indoor gardens are a modern solution that works perfectly in our modern homes, and an interior trend that has been growing extremely popular. The Eva hydroponic fixture offers neglectful plant owners a no-effort solution in which the plant cares for itself – by merging an indoor garden with an aquarium! The Eva planter creates an environment in which the plants can survive without human help.

4. Floating Beds

The most important and sacred space in our home is our bedroom! It’s our happy place, a space where we can simply sprawl on our bed and de-stress after a long day of adulting. I believe doing up your bedroom in the right manner is extremely essential to a peaceful mindset, and of course, the core focus on any bedroom is its bed. Floating beds have somehow crept into a lot of bedrooms these days. These beds quite literally float above the floor of the room, creating an open and airy effect, and making the bedroom seem much more spacious than it actually is. Designed by Anna Kireeva, this bedroom in a house called ‘In The Woods’, is truly placed right in the middle of a forest! A floating bed is surrounded by floor-to-ceiling windows, that provide access to the woods around it, creating a space that feels large and open.

5. Smart Furniture

As pleasing as aesthetic and visually intriguing furniture designs can be, people are now shifting towards furniture designs that are more focused on function and utility (that simply put make our lives a whole lot easier) and one such interesting genre is Smart Furniture! Tech-enhanced furniture is a whole new ballgame, catering to our multiple needs, and making our daily lives more comfortable.The Hariana Tech Smart Ultimate Bed is one such example. It was designed to have everything you will need to relax within your bed frame. It has an integrated reclining massage chair with a remote, a built-in Bluetooth speaker, a bookshelf, a reading lamp, an air cleaning system, an area to plug in and charges your devices, a foot-stool that opens up for extra storage, and a pop-up desk for the ultimate WFH setup, Netflix marathon or cozy reading hours. The sound system also features an SD card slot, an auxiliary port, and a USB port.

6. Jazzy Bathrooms

Bathrooms are often ignored, but in all honesty, they shouldn’t. They’re the little alcoves we spend a substantial amount of our time in, carrying out our personal activities. And it’s probably the only time we’re ever truly alone! Instead of leaving our bathrooms to fend for themselves, it might be a good idea to transform them into intimate de-stressing zones. Adding beautiful prints and eye-catching colors to our bathrooms is one way of creating a space that instantly lifts up your mood! When in doubt, just throw in some red! Designed by ASH NYC, the bathrooms at The Siren Hotel in Detroit showcase beautiful red terrazzo walls speckled with flecks of black, white, and peach. Add some monochrome floor tiles and a patterned marble stool to the mix, and this bathroom could be considered a work of art! Don’t forget to notice the stunning blue terrazzo sink as well.

7. Tiny Kitchens

Tiny homes seem to have taken over, so why shouldn’t tiny kitchens be a viable option as well? I mean, our modern-day cramped homes really don’t have sufficient space for sprawling, over-the-top kitchens! What they need are well-equipped kitchens that take up minimum space, without compromising on functionality in the least. Designed by Begüm Şenel, this tiny kitchen completely tops my list! It’s minimal, modern, and extremely elegant! The main kitchen unit is a clean white, and it comprises everything you would need – from a sink to a dishwasher, to a stovetop. The dining table is a compact space, that has been merged with the rest of the tiny kitchen. Barstools with blood orange cushions make for a nifty and space-saving seating option. Not to mention I love the hint of a minty greyish-green color, which is an interesting contrast against the sleek all-white kitchen!

8. Sustainable Furniture

Our unhealthy practices and way of living are truly harmful to the environment and have been slowly leading to its deterioration. And the world has been changing (for the worse) because of this. Hence, it is extremely important to live sustainably and consciously and to take care of the environment. Integrating sustainability into our day-to-day lives has become crucial! And we can do this in various ways. Adding sustainable furniture to our living space is one such solution. Folding stools are nothing new, but few actually try to hide the fact that people are carrying something meant to be sat on. In contrast, the TAKEoSEAT flattens down to something that looks like a large portfolio, or at least a stylish bag made of felt. You won’t look odd carrying it around, nor would the seat look out of place in an office space. Designer KRETHO positions this portable stool as a perfect part of an agile arsenal, allowing people to just pick up their seats and move around as needed. No more rearranging furniture or sweating over a heavy chair.

9. LEGO Homeware

I love LEGO! There’s something so fun, cheerful, and quirky about LEGO. I wouldn’t mind living in a LEGO home if I could. Though that may not be possible, I can still add a touch of LEGO in my home with LEGO GROUP’s first-ever collection of wooden home accessories! LEGO recently teamed up with the Danish design brand Room Copenhagen to create a warm and minimal homeware collection that includes wall hangers, picture frames, desk drawers, and book racks. The products mimick quite a few of the iconic LEGO elements – from the single stud to other easily recognizable pieces. And of course, all the items have been embellished with the iconic LEGO lettering! The full collection consists of a Wall Hanger Set (set of three), a picture frame, a book rack, two Desk Drawer options – 2×2 and 2×4.

10. Scandinavian-inspired Storage Solutions

Have you ever come across Scandinavian designs? There’s something so simply minimal, quaint, and awe-spiring about them. They manage to speak volumes without being loud or saying much. They always leave you with a warm feeling in your heart, and intense admiration for the attention to detail, and the delicate touches each design consists of. And these Scandinavian-inspired shelving designs promise to do exactly that! Modern and minimal, these shelving units are the storage solutions you’ve been looking for. Designed by Julien Renault for Cruso, the NOTES Shelves is “an invitation to play with compositions and colors”. The artfully crafted slabs of light oak slide into a steel frame, creating a clean and minimal wall-mounted shelf that provides wonderful storage space, while also allowing you to proudly display your favorite objects and artifacts. The shelves are so simple to set up, that you can do it by yourself at home, with the help of a standard tool (which is provided along with the shelving unit). The NOTES Shelves’ edges have been uniquely sanded and rounded, making them soft and smooth to touch.

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