The London Design Museum’s Beazley Designs of the Year award nominees have been announced, highlighting the very best designs across the six categories of architecture, digital, fashion, graphics, product, and transport.
The nominees, which consist of designs from 67 individuals across a variety of corporations and brands, feature everything from recycled Adidas trainers through to smart bicycle helmets and the late David Bowie’s Blackstar album cover, highlighting many of the ingenious designs that artists from across the world have created over the course of the past year.
The designs will be featured in an exhibition at the Design Museum from November 24, with it set to take place in the museum’s new location on Kensington High Street. The winner will be announced in January 2017.
You can check out 10 of our favorite designs in the gallery below:
Design of the Year 2016
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Adidas x Parley Running Shoe
Image Credit: Adidas / Design Museum
This very exclusive running shoe - only 100 pairs were made worldwide - was constructed using illegal deep-sea gillnets and recycled plastic found in the ocean.
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Apple's 'Shot on iPhone' Gallery
Image Credit: TBWAMEDIA ARTS LAB, APPLE / Design Museum
Apple's 'Shot on iPhone' campaign demonstrated both the quality of the device's camera and celebrated the ubiquity of the smartphone, displaying a gallery filled with impressive images taken across the world using nothing but the iPhone camera.
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Channel 4 Logo Rebrand
Image Credit: Channel 4 / Design Museum
The rebranding of UK TV station Channel 4 resulted in a series of abstract video clips, featuring a new crystalised logo that drew inspiration from the channel's 1982 design.
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David Bowie's 'Blackstar' Cover
Image Credit: Barnbrook / Design Museum
The cover for the record version late David Bowie's final album Blackstar featured an innovative design that, when placed in direct sunlight, would display an image of a galaxy within the star symbol on its front.
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Drinkable Book
Image Credit: Brian Gartside / Design Museum
The Drinkable Book offers both important information regarding the purification of water, while its silver pages serve as paper filters which can purify up to 100 litres of water.
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Kodak Super 8 Camera
Image Credit: Kodak / Design Museum
Kodak spruced up its classic Super 8 camera with digital technology to complement its analogue features, modernizing a 61-year-old product in the process.
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Smart Bicycle Helmet
Image Credit: Max Wagenblass / Design Museum
Lumos' smart bicycle helmet features LED turn signals, brake lights and a built-in accelerometer, helping to make the roads safer for cyclists and drivers alike.
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In The Eyes of the Animal
Image Credit: Marshmallow Laser Feast / Design Museum
The AND Festival commissioned London studio Marshmallow Laser Feast to allow a selection of participants to use virtual reality in order to experience life from the perspective of an animal. The project, which took place in Grizedale Forest near the Lake District, saw VR being used in an innovative way in order to grant users the opportunity to explore their surroundings as various wildlife.
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Design Museum Dhavari
Image Credit: Design Museum
The Design Museum Dhavari is a small exhibition space in the Mumbai neighbourhood of the same name, providing an exhibition space in an unlikely destination.
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Unmade
Image Credit: Unmade / Design Museum
Unmade provides customers with the option to edit their knitwear online, granting them the ability to customise their high-quality clothing.
