London Design Festival announces four design medal winners for 2023
The London Design Festival has just announced its four winners of the 2023 London Design Medals in advance of the event's opening later this weekend. Architect and engineer Hanif Kara was joined by architect and planner Pooja Agrawal, four-year-old London-based social enterprise POoR Collective, and renowned ceramic artist and journalist Magdalene Odundo as the honorees who will be included as part of this year’s festival, which takes place from September 16th to the 24th in the British capital.The Medals have been presented since 2003 as part of the weeklong Festival. Ben Evans, the event's Director, said: “Each year, London Design Festival celebrates the creativity and innovation that shapes our world. The 2023 London Design Medal winners are exemplary individuals and collectives, embodying the spirit of design excellence and its transformative power. Their work, from pushing the boundaries of architecture to fostering social change, inspires us all.”Evans, Es Devlin, Yinka Ilori, and eleven others served as the jurists for this year’s awards. The Medals were presented in the following order:London Design Medal: Hanif Kara OBE, Design Director and Co-Founder of AKT IIRead the full post on Bustler
The London Design Festival has just announced its four winners of the 2023 London Design Medals in advance of the event's opening later this weekend.
Architect and engineer Hanif Kara was joined by architect and planner Pooja Agrawal, four-year-old London-based social enterprise POoR Collective, and renowned ceramic artist and journalist Magdalene Odundo as the honorees who will be included as part of this year’s festival, which takes place from September 16th to the 24th in the British capital.
The Medals have been presented since 2003 as part of the weeklong Festival. Ben Evans, the event's Director, said: “Each year, London Design Festival celebrates the creativity and innovation that shapes our world. The 2023 London Design Medal winners are exemplary individuals and collectives, embodying the spirit of design excellence and its transformative power. Their work, from pushing the boundaries of architecture to fostering social change, inspires us all.”
Evans, Es Devlin, Yinka Ilori, and eleven others served as the jurists for this year’s awards. The Medals were presented in the following order:
London Design Medal: Hanif Kara OBE, Design Director and Co-Founder of AKT II
