
Interior Design’s Best of Year People Winners
Firm Leaders: Workplace
David Galullo and Sam Farhang
Rapt Studio
Project: MDR Truss, Marina Del Rey, California


Lifetime Achievement: Design
Orlando Diaz-Azcuy
ODADA
Project: Ram’s Gate Winery, Sonoma, California


Firm Leader: Healthcare
Jenna Knudsen
CO Architects
Project: Arizona State University Health Futures Center, Phoenix


Rising Star: Product Design
Ara Thorose
Ara Thorose
Product: 7M chair


Firm Leaders: Hospitality
Vera Chu and Kuang Ming Chou
Vermilion Zhou Design Group
Project: Green Massage Lujiazui, Shanghai



Design Visionary
David Rockwell
Rockwell Group
Project: Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas


Rising Star: Greater Good
Ryan Swanson
The Urban Conga
Project: Shifting Totems, Cleveland


Leader: Manufacturer
David Weeks
David Weeks Studio
Product: Sarus Mobile


Firm Leader
Nelson Chow
NC Design & Architecture
Project: Timber House, Hong Kong


Product Design Visionary
Phillipe Starck
Starck Studio
Product: Forest Club, Andreu World


Rising Star: Designer
Boris Lvovsky
DA Bureau
Project: Bio My Bio, Saint Petersburg, Russia


Interior Designer: Hospitality
Idmen Liu
Matrix Design
Project: Pearl River Enterprises Praise of Time, Guangzhou, China


Interior Designer: Workplace
John Mulling
Gensler
Project: Hudson River Trading, New York


Interior Designer
Pallavi Dean
Roar
Project: Early Childhood Authority, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates


Architects
Tryggvi Thorsteinsson and Erla Dögg Ingjaldsdottir
Minarc
Project: Mildred House, Los Angeles


Designer: Graphics/Branding
Giona Maiarelli
Maiarelli Studio
Project: NeoCon collateral, Chicago


- Ara Thorose
- Boris Lvovsky
- CO Architects
- DA Bureau
- David Galullo
- David Rockwell
- David Weeks
- David Weeks Studio
- Erla Dögg Ingjaldsdottir
- Gensler
- Giona Maiarelli
- Idmen Liu
- Interior Design Staff
- Jenna Knudsen
- John Mulling
- Kuang Ming Chou
- Maiarelli Studio
- Matrix Design
- Minarc
- NC Design & Architecture
- Nelson Chow
- ODADA
- Orlando Diaz-Azcuy
- Pallavi Dean
- Philippe Starck
- Rapt Studio
- Roar
- Rockwell Group
- Ryan Swanson
- Sam Farhang
- Starck Studio
- The Urban Congo
- Tryggvi Thorsteinsson
- Vera Chu
- Vermilion Zhou Design Group
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