Now in its ninth year, the Design Guild Award recognises the best in contemporary design from British designers working in the UK and abroad. Pictured: the Sebastian Cox Kitchen by deVOL, a design collaboration between deVOL design team and Sebastian Cox

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该奖项由慈善家具制造商公司颁发，现在已经是第九年了，它表彰了在英国和国外工作的英国设计师在当代设计方面的最佳表现。今年，该项目吸引了39名入围者-从住宅到合同，再到零售和酒店业-19家获得了这一奖项。获奖作品将在今年九月的伦敦设计节上展出。

由于评委们在寻找优秀的设计、材料、制造和功能，每个参赛者都必须展示自己的作品，并接受龙式的审问。其中包括马克斯·兰姆(Max Lamb)，他的“木板收藏”桌是基准；戴维·欧文(David Irwin)是另一个国家的“哈代主席”；以及乔·威尔顿(Jo Wilton)和米尔卡·

九位评委一致认为，今年的质量比以往任何时候都要高，这要归功于对批量生产的新强调。木材手工制品，如塞巴斯蒂安·考克斯为德沃尔设计的厨房，占主导地位，反映了手工艺的持续趋势。英国家具设计师约翰·麦基普(John MakePeace)在即将到来的设计创新奖上选出了一位获奖者，他发现了一些不足之处：“我希望看到更多的技术和设计与定制的家具结合在一起，因为家具兼具这两种功能。”而且也没有针对25到35岁的年轻人的作品，他们常常不得不依赖宜家。

康兰合伙人Sebastian Conran是法官之一。他说，看到一些最优秀的英国设计师解释他们设计的思想、细节和技艺，真是太好了。往往是无形的东西是最重要的，也是难以讨论的，因为它常常是一个可怕的词，“味道”的问题。

皇家艺术学院(RoyalCollege Of Art)设计讲座主席杰瑞米·迈尔森(Jeremy Myerson)补充道：“家具与空间、人和物体有着自己的关系。评委们看到了这三种类型的优秀设计，这对业界来说是令人鼓舞的。

This year, the initiative saw 39 entrants – spanning sectors from residential to contract, to retail and hospitality – with 19 granted the award. Pictured: Barber & Osgerby's 'Pilot' chairs, for Knoll, are designed to be flexible and comfortable seating options for domestic, work and contract interiors

The winning designs go on show during London Design Festival this September. Pictured left: Shin Azumi's 'Loku Chair', for Case. Right: Tomoko Azumi's 'Flow Chair', for Ercol

Samuel Chan's 'Column' bookcase, for Channels

Samuel Chan's 'Magnus' chair, for Channels. With both of the designs, Chan wanted to play with basic forms, whether cubes or multiple strips of wood

Pictured left: Mark Gabbertas' 'William' chair for Gloster. Right: Matthew Hilton's range for Case Eos Outdoor Furniture

Dylan Freethe's 'Marino' sofa, for Ercol

Pictured left: Allemuir's 'Nuno' chair. Right: Adam Daghorn's 'Conran Ashworth Desk', for Marks & Spencer

Max Lamb's 'Planks Collection' dining table and benches, for Benchmark. Photography: Petr Krecji

David Irwin's 'Hardy Chair', for Another Country – inspired by 19th century classical furniture

Alexander White's 'My AMI' stool, for Heal's

Furniture by Core Collection

Timothée Mion's 'hm221' half seats and half high units, for Hitch Mylius

Simon Pengelly's 'UNNIA' chair, and the 'Kyoto' bench system 

Magnus Long's 'Quiet' collection

keywords:London Design Festival, British design, Max Lamb, Furniture design

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