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

BY Sophia Watson

December 20th, 2016

Tags: Best Projects 2016, Indesignlive

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…

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