The Great Indoors Award 2007

Wonderwall named as Interior Design Firm of the Year

December 4th, 2007

The winner of the inaugural Great Indoors Award 2007 was announced on Saturday 17 November in The Netherlands.

Out of 275 worldwide entries, young Japanese firm Wonderwall was honoured with the award for Interior Design Firm of the Year, for their progressive and unconventional approach to retail interiors (see image).

Zaha Hadid, Heatherwick Studios, Ryui Nakamura Architects, and Item Idem were short-listed for the accolade.

The Great Indoors Award is a new international interior design award, which will be held biennially as an initiative of Frame Magazine.

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