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Editor’s Top 20: Our Fav Projects From 2016!

Here at Indesign HQ, we had some truly exceptional projects come across our desks this year! Here are some of our favourites from the last 12 months…

  • Lot 1, Sydney by Enter Projects

  • The Gallery at Sketch in Mayfair, London by India Muhdavi

  • University of Sydney Business School by Carr Design

  • CommBank Money Box, Sydney by Woods Bagot

  • Hotel Giulia Milan by Patricia Urquiola

  • Geelong Library and Heritage Centre by ARM

  • London Design Museum by OMA and John Pawson

  • Ovolo Sydney by Hassell

  • Black Cant Hong Kong by An Design Studio

  • Penny Drop, Sydney by We Are Huntly

  • NOUR by DS17

  • Hat Cloud, Tokyo by Nendo

  • Dover Street Market Flagship, London by Rei Kawakubo

  • The Devils Corner, Tasmania by Cumulus Studio

  • Bunka Hostel, Tokyo by Space Design

  • The Smile, London Design Festival 2016

  • Coworkirs Brooklyn by Leeser Architecture

  • Ricky & Pinky, Melbourne by Sibling

  • London Science Museum by Zaha Hadid Architects


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December 20th, 2016

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Our industry has had a tremendously successful and innovative year. Never has team Indesign come across so many spectacular projects in one year, and across so many different typologies, including: workplace, hospitality, retail, installation, education, civic, travel and so on.

It was incredibly difficult to pick only 20, but we gave it a crack. So here we are! Our top 20 favourite projects that came across our desktops this year…

 

  1. CommBank Money Box, Sydney by Woods Bagot
  2. COWORK|RS Co-working Space, Brooklyn by Leeser Architecture
  3. The Gallery at Sketch in Mayfair, London by India Mahdavi
  4. The Penny Drop, Sydney by We Are Huntly
  5. The Devil’s Corner Cellar Door and Lookout, Tasmania by Cumulus Studio
  6. Lot. 1 Restaurant, Sydney by Enter Projects
  7. Nour, Sydney by DS17
  8. Ricky & Pinky, Melbourne by Sibling 
  9. Bunka Hostel, Tokyo by Space Design
  10. Hotel Giulia, Milan by Patricia Urquiola
  11. Ovolo Hotel, Sydney by Hassell
  12. University of Sydney Business School, Carr Design
  13. Black Cant Flagship, Hong Kong by An Design Studio
  14. Dover Street Market Flagship, London by Rei Kawakubo 
  15. Hat Cloud, Tokyo by Nendo
  16. Yellow Earth Emporium, Melbourne by Tandem Studio
  17. The Smile, London Design Festival by Alison Brooks Architects, Arup and The American Hardwood Export Council
  18. The Geelong Library and Heritage Centre, Victoria by ARM
  19. The London Science Museum, London by Zaha Hadid Architects
  20. The London Design Museum, London by OMA and John Pawson

 

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