2021 London Design Medal winners announced

 Four London Design Medal winners were announced at a ceremony on 20 September at the Royal Exchange supported by Fortnum & Mason and No.3 Gin.  

2021 London Design Medal winners from left to right: Eyal Weizman MBE, Mac Collins,
Ilse Crawford CBE, and Michael Wolff.
Photography: Joyce Nicholls

Each year, London Design Festival recognises the contribution made by leading design figures and emerging talents to London and the industry.  The four London Design Medals awarded are The London Design Medal, Lifetime Achievement Medal, Emerging Design Medal, and Design Innovation Medal. A panel of established designers, industry commentators and previous winners meet to debate the possible recipients of the Medals. 

The 2021 Winners are: 

· London Design Medal:                    Ilse Crawford CBE         

· Design Innovation Medal:                Eyal Weizman MBE

· Emerging Design Medal:                 Mac Collins

· Lifetime Achievement Medal:          Michael Wolff

For full information on the medal winners, click HERE.

Also announced was the launch of the new London Design Festival Red Book that tells stories of the LDF21 and beyond. 

“We’ll give them a little Red Book, we said, for the festival in 2003 – so it’s taken a long time,” says founder and chairman Sir John Sorrell. 

Designed by Pentagram, the pages of this not-so-little Red Book show that in that time, London has continued to be a magnet for creativity. 

"We hope the Red Book brings together and celebrates the design community in London - and continues to inspire the next generation of designers, makers and brands that call London home, even if just for a week of September each year."

Meanwhile the Shoreditch Design Triangle’s District Day in East London is featuring all day a programme that includes an exploration of Gabriel Bouroullec, the father of the French designers Ronan and Erwan, at Jasper Morrison’s shop and human centric design at SCP.

On 22 September  at the Victoria & Albert Museum in Knightsbridge, there will be a full day of curated talks exploring themes from neuroscience to design and sustainability. From pioneering ideas to powering the home to creative ways to work with waste and design with materials.