Winning a Dezeen Award had an immediate positive impact say winners
With 35 days to go until Dezeen Awards entries close, last year s winners have explained how victory has boosted business and enhanced credibility.
One studio said that the award has helped it receive more attention, more interest and naturally more validation, while another said that winning gave them the push of confidence that a young designer needs.
Other winners said that receiving a Dezeen Award drew more attention to their studios, brought them new business opportunities and increased their confidence. Winning had an immediate positive impact on us and demand is now global, said a studio that was crowned interior designer of the year.
Shahar Livne designs fossil-like jewellery for Balenciaga from ocean plastic
Dezeen-Awards winner Shahar Livne worked with Balenciaga to design a line of dystopian ocean-plastic jewellery for the luxury fashion brand s latest Fall 2021 collection.
The jewellery range, which comprises three different bangles, one ring and two pairs of hooped earrings, was designed to complement Balenciaga s Afterworld: Age of Tomorrow collection.
The Balenciaga accessories team adapted the shapes of vintage jewellery pieces from their archives, before handing them over to Livne, who remolded them to give them a new fossilized texture.
This was done by recreating them from a mixture of ocean plastic retrieved by Oceanworks and calcium carbonate – a waste product from the marble industry.