September 22, 2014
Winners of Design Guild Mark for 2014 announced by The Furniture Makers Company
The Furniture Makers’ Company used last week’s 100% Design show to announce the Design Guild Mark award recipients for this year. The Design Guild Mark, now in its seventh year since launching in 2008, rewards excellence in the design of furniture in volume production. According to the organisers, with the award of this Guild Mark for designs which meet The Furniture Makers’ Company criteria, the designers receive due recognition and the industry is made more aware of the importance of investment in design. The Design Guild Mark aims to acknowledge the work of the finest furniture designers working in volume production and the best of British furniture designers working abroad. This year’s winners include Pearson Lloyd’s RIYA task chair for Bene and a posthumous award for the classic Supporto Chair (above), designed by the late Frederick Scott and now manufactured by Zoeftig.
The criteria of the award are for excellence in four fields – design, the use of materials, manufacture and function and is judged by a panel of leading professionals from the furniture, hospitality, commercial, retail and media industry.
The full list of Design Guild Mark 2014 award recipients is as follows:
Simon Pengelly – Concave Bookcase for Joined+Jointed DGM 96
Simon Pengelly – Norse Chair for Modus Furniture DGM 97
Steuart Padwick – Fonteyn Dressing Table for MADE.com DGM 98
Sarah Kay – Pembroke Range manufactured by Sitting Firm DGM 99
Sam Hecht & Kim Colin – Wireframe Sofa Group for Herman Miller DGM 100
Katie Walker – Windsor Rocker manufactured by Sitting Firm DGM 101
Mark Gabbertas – Sandur Chair Gabbertas Studio for Oasiq DGM 102
Je-uk Kim – Lovebird Sofa for MADE.com DGM 103
Katerina Zacherides – Brompton Collection for Morgan DGM 104
Morgan Studio – Pimlico Collection for Morgan DGM 105
Oliver Hrubiak – Finn Lounge Chair for John Lewis DGM 106
Broome Jenkins – Deploy Table Range for Boss Design Group DGM 107
Dylan Freeth – Romana Large Sideboard for Ercol Furniture DGM 108
Jones & Partners – Focused Work Table for Thinking Works DGM 109
Ben Fowler – Hat Tree for Marque Furniture Ltd DGM 110
PearsonLloyd – SixE Chair for HOWE DGM 111
Bene Riya chair
PearsonLloyd – Riya Chair for Bene DGM 112
David Lord and Ben Frost – Olly Stool for Junction Fifteen DGM 113
Leonhard Pfeifer – Slope Desk for Müller Möbelwerkstätten DGM 114
Marie Dessuant – Desk Three for Another Country DGM 115
Alex Hellum – Jot Desk for Joined+Jointed DGM 116
Namon Gaston – Oxbow Chair for Benchmark DGM 117
David Adjaye – Washington Collection for Knoll International DGM 118
Michael Sodeau – Library Seating for Modus Furniture DGM 119
Frederick Scott (d 2001) – Supporto Chair from Zoeftig DGM 120
Wales & Wales – Span Dining Table for Joined+Jointed DGM 121
Wales & Wales – Radar Tables for John Lewis DGM 122
