The Design Event MART awards were presented to three designers on the opening night of the Northern Design Festival, which took place at the Globe Gallery with over 200 people in attendance.
The three categories were sponsored by
businesses that then provided a prize to the winner of their category.
Design for Good sponsored by Confessions of a Design Geek
Winner: Laura McKay
Product: Slope Desk
Taking inspiration from drafting tables and old school desks, Laura has created a simple desk with an angle that physically dissuades clutter and promotes productivity. The routed grooves on the surface stops pencils and pens from rolling away. Laura’s bespoke DeskTidy blocks can also be fitted to store larger tools and can be purchased separately to personalise your own workspace.
Contemporary Twist on a Classic sponsored
by Formica
Winner: Jade Crompton
Product: Digital vessels
As a Ceramicist and Digital
Designer, Jade's work is both fresh and futuristic, finding inspiration in
natural rock, lava and ice formations.
Best Gift Product sponsored by British by Design
Best Gift Product sponsored by British by Design
Winner: Wonder Stuff Studio
Product: BK Ends
These concrete book ends are an unusual and
unique gift under the £50 mark which make them the ideal present for just about
anyone with a few books to keep in place!
