Greater London, Royaume-Uni, 05-12-2019 -  INSIDE World Festival of Interiors has today announced the best interior designs of 2019 across the categories of Health and Education, Offices and Retail. The annual awards, which started today at RAI Amsterdam, encompass the best interior designs from the past 12 months from around the globe. The three category winners announced today are:

Health and Education
Winner: Classroom Makeover for the Blind (Pattaya, Thailand) by Creative Crews. Judges commented that “every element (in the design) is purely aligned, essential and thoughtfully considered. Despite a tiny budget, the designers have created a project with a real social conscience”. The school enrols pupils with varying degrees of visual impairment and abilities, therefore the facilities needed to be flexible. The main aim of the building programme was to equip all students with fundamental skills for their future livelihoods beyond the school’s gate.

Offices 
Winner: B:Hive, Smales Farm (Auckland, New Zealand) by BVN in association with Jasmax. The winner was ‘unanimously agreed’ between judges as an exemplary example of a sustainable and flexible workspace, where the ‘needs of the users inform the architecture’. The office is packed with state of the art facilities, amenities and technology all designed to deliver an environment that empowers and helps to grow regional businesses.

Retail 

Winner: Aesop Bondi Junction Signature Store (Syndey, Australia) by mlkk Studio. Judges commented that the design offered a “sophisticated” and “informed” design solution. The store design intended to retain the construction framework as incomplete and exposed the raw pine structure surface in order to celebrate the beauty of incompleteness. The entire shop front is formed purely by the exposed pine stud framing and glazing and stimulates explorations of several other materials to enhance this concept. Atelier tao+c was also highly commended for their design of the JHW Store in Zhengzhou, China. 

The three category winners were announced at the end of day one at INSIDE – World Festival of Interiors and will be followed by a further six category winners tomorrow. The nine category winners will then go head-to-head on the final day of the event this Friday to be named World Interior of the Year 2019. 

As well as the INSIDE Awards programme, visitors to the festival are able to experience an in-depth talks programme exploring this year’s theme of ‘Flow’, exploring themes such as the flow of ideas, data and time. The speaking programme features international interior designers including Petra Blaisse, Founding Partner and Lead Designer at Inside Outside, Nigel Coates, architect, author and designer and Eva Frach I Gilabert, Director of the Architectural Association.

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The 2019 INSIDE and WAF awards programme received more than 1000 entries for the second year in a row. Architects and designers generated 534 shortlisted entries across 70 countries. 

The top 5 countries entering INSIDE 2019 are: 

• China
• Taiwan
• Hong Kong
• Australia
• Singapore

About INSIDE – World Festival of Interiors

Held in Amsterdam from 4-6 December 2019 alongside World Architecture Festival, INSIDE is where the global design community meets to be inspired by the latest and greatest in global interior design and architecture. Over three days INSIDE shines a spotlight on the people, projects and developments that are changing the face of global interiors. At INSIDE’s heart is a global awards programme, which will be judged by more than 20 distinguished designers and editors from around the world. Finalists that are shortlisted across nine categories will present their project in person to international judging panels. After a hard-fought battle, one practice will win the ultimate accolade of World Interior of the Year, which will be presented at a Gala Dinner awards ceremony on the evening of Friday 6th December at Beurs van Berlage.

Award categories: 

• Bars and Restaurants 
• Civic, Culture and Transport 
• Creative Re-use 
• Display 
• Health and Education 
• Hotels 
• Offices 
• Residential 
• Retail 

Headline partners:
INSIDE is proud to work with headline partners ABB, Busch-Jaeger and Miele. 
  

About World Architecture Festival (WAF)
WAF is where the world architecture community meets to celebrate, learn, exchange and be inspired. 

WAF is the world’s largest annual, international, live architectural event. It includes the biggest international architectural awards programme in the world, dedicated to celebrating excellence via live presentations to an audience of high-profile delegates and international juries. 

The 2019 World Architecture Festival (WAF) comprises: 

- A thematic conference programme (this year based on the theme ‘flow’)

- Electronic gallery of all Award entries 

- Exhibition area 

- Live judging of finalists’ projects

- Architectural tour programme

- Networking and social events including partner fringe events

- Gala Awards Dinner
 

INSIDE World Festival of Interiors runs alongside WAF, with its own awards and conference programme. Delegates have access to both events.
 

WAF and INSIDE are organised by EMAP, publishers of The Architectural Review and The Architects’ Journal. 

Sponsors:
WAF is proud to work with Founder Partner, Grohe, and headline partners ABB Busch-Jaeger and Miele.

About GROHE
GROHE is the world’s leading provider of sanitary fittings and has a total of over 6,000 employees, 2,400 of which are based in Germany. GROHE has been part of the LIXIL Group Corporation since 2014.  As an international brand, GROHE pursues the brand values of technology, quality, design and sustainability, seeking to offer the “Pure joy of water”.  GROHE has been developing new product categories since its inception.  This includes the GROHE Blue and Red water systems and the recently-introduced GROHE Sense water security system, which is an innovative component in the growth market of smart home technology.  Innovation, design and development are closely aligned with one another and are enshrined in the German site as an integrated process.  As a result, GROHE products carry the seal of quality “Made in Germany”.  In the past ten years along, more than 300 design and innovation awards, as well as several top rankings in the German Sustainability Awards, have confirmed GROHE’s success.  GROHE was the first in its industry to win the German government’s CSR prize and was also featured in the renowned Fortune® magazine’s ranking of Top 50 that are “Changing the World”.