Meet The Prodigies Of A+D

The Prodigy, sponsored by Cosentino, is the INDE.Award honouring the emerging creative who sparks trends and thinks differently; whose work pushes the boundary of design.

Daniel To & Emma Aiston of Daniel Emma
Vince Alafaci & Caroline Choker of Acme & Co
Pan Yicheng of Produce
Nelson Chow of NC Design & Architecture
Lorene Faure & Kenny Kinugasa-Tsui of Bean Buro
Karen Abernethy of Karen Abernethy Studio
Frank Leung of Via
David Flack of Flack Studio

BY Andrew McDonald

June 29th, 2017

indeawards.com

Tags: cosentino

Forward-thinking and compassionate, Cosentino Group is a leader in accentuating the inherent sophistication of spaces. We’ve been thrilled to have partnered with Cosentino for the 2017 INDE.Awards Prodigy award, and cannot wait to reveal who’s taking home that title.

Largely due to its staggering investment in research and development, Cosentino Group has succeeded in revolutionising the worlds of architecture and design on a global scale, and we can think of no one better to represent the face of a prodigal talent going forward.

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