About 130 architects, designers and friends joined the honourees at St Paul's Cathedral for the presentation of the 2011 London Design Medal

并不是每天你都被要求去参观一个封闭的历史地标，为你的英雄们举行宴会，而不是一个，而是两个。但昨晚，在圣保罗大教堂举行的2011年伦敦设计奖章仪式上，我们做到了这一点。近150位嘉宾-尊敬的建筑师、设计师和行业巨头-喝着尼尔森墓旁的“维夫·克里卡”(Veuve Clic“)。伦敦设计节(London Design Festival)的导演本·埃文斯(Ben Evans)介绍了今年的荣誉，这位无与伦比的建筑师兼设计师罗恩·阿拉德(Ron Arad)但最令人意外的兴奋可能是伦敦培育的“发型师”维达尔·萨森(VidalSassun)的出现，他获得了艺术节有史以来第一个终身成就奖。最近看了一部关于萨孙建筑灵感建筑师托马斯·海瑟威克(Thomas Heatherwick)的电影。海瑟威克曾获奖牌，也是今年评审团的成员之一。海瑟威克因其在设计上的贡献以及对更广泛的文化的巨大影响，提名了这位发型师(以及建筑爱好者)。反过来，萨森，从洛杉矶和他的妻子罗尼，感人地反映了他的早期职业生涯和意想不到的轨迹，以头发革命。Nadja Swarovski赞助了今晚的活动，部分是为了展示john pawson的新透视装置，这是一个巨大的水晶镜头，安装在克里斯托弗雷恩18世纪螺旋楼梯的底部，由高高悬挂在塔顶冲天炉上的凸面镜子反射出来。再加上这一令人印象深刻的场面，这是一个恰当的方式来启动一个节日变得更大和更雄心勃勃的每一个九年。

The main chapel was lit to perfection with dozens of chandeliers and candelabra

Ben Evans, director of the London Design Festival, and Nadia Swarovski present the 2011 London Design Medal to Ron Arad

Ron Arad gives a characteristically succinct speech

Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Vidal Sassoon

Architect Thomas Heatherwick (right), a former medal recipient and one of this year's judging panel, nominated the hairstylist (and architecture enthusiast) for what he called Sassoon's contribution to design and great affect on the wider culture

Sassoon speaks of his start in 'hair design', as a shampoo boy in the years after the Second World War

Vidal Sassoon and Ron Arad with their respective awards

Guests sit down to dinner in the cathedral's crypt...

... near the Tomb of Lord Nelson

This week also marked the launch of John Pawson's new installation 'Perspectives', a giant crystal lens mounted at the base of Christopher Wren's 18th-century staircase

The lens reflects off a convex mirror suspended 23m above, in the tower's cupola