Of late, we’ve seen Jasper Morrison, last
year’s Designer of the Year, launch the
menswear label Jijibaba with Jaime Hayon,
and his first eyewear collection, for Japanese
brand Jins. ‘I spent my life thinking of
things to sit on, so it’s good to turn to things
to wear,’ he says. He’s also enjoyed perusing
the Awards’ shortlist, admiring in particular
Michael Anastassiades’ coffee mill. ‘The offset
of the cylinder, which serves as a handle, is
done with perfect proportions between the
two volumes,’ he says. As for Stockholm’s
Tak, it won Morrison’s vote not just because
it features his ‘Lightwood’ chair, but for ‘the
contrast between the delicate interior and
brutalist structure’. As for Marrakech’s YSL
Museum, it’s ‘new and fresh, and yet carries
the codes of Islamic architecture’. TF ChanJUDGE
Jasper Morrison
DesignerNot only is our Designer of the Year one
of the friendliest around, he is also one of
the hardest working. In the last year, the
multi-skilled Canadian has created a
brutalist concrete pavilion (opposite) for a
Swedish park, tubular lighting for Matter
Made, a marble installation for Santa
Barbara Museum of Contemporary Art and
furniture for SCP. He has also launched an
interiors studio, Post-Office, designing
spaces for the likes of Aesop and Valextra.
Malouin’s dexterity is dizzying. A robust
minimalism runs through much of his
output but also a determination that his
designs should engage. Ultimately, his
mission is a simple quest to ‘make good
design that works’. Hugo Macdonald
philippemalouin.comDESIGNER OF
THE YEAR
Philippe MalouinTHIS PAGE, DESIGNER
JASPER MORRISON WITH
HIS ‘T’ CHAIR FOR MARUNI,
- PHOTOGRAPHED
BY CRAIG WALL
OPPOSITE, PHILIPPE MALOUIN
AND HIS CORE PAVILION,
SHOT AT THE SALON 94
DESIGN BOOTH AT DESIGN
MIAMI. THE CONCRETE
PAVILION WAS DESIGNED
FOR THE SUPERBENCHES
PROJECT, AN INITIATIVE
THAT AIMS TO REGENERATE
A PARK IN JÄRFÄLLA,
SWEDEN. PHOTOGRAPHED
BY ROSE MARIE CROMWELL
Judges’ Awards