Jonathan Hindle Prize for Outstanding Design Awarded to Design Guild Mark 2022 Recipients
The Furniture Makers’ Company is delighted to announce DGM 264 Fourfold, designed by Barry Jenkins for Ocee International, DGM 277 Swell, designed by Jones & Partners for The Collective Agency, and DGM 279 Hotaru, designed by Edward Barber & Jay Osgerby for Ozeki Lantern Company, as the winners of the Jonathan Hindle Prize for outstanding design.
The winners were announced at the Design Guild Mark ceremony, which took place on Tuesday 24th May during Clerkenwell Design Week.
The Jonathan Hindle Prize is awarded to the most outstanding of the year’s Design Guild Mark awarded pieces in the Furniture, 2D, and Lighting categories. All winners receive a stunning trophy, which was made from solid surface Corian®, and a £1,000 cash prize.
The Design Guild Mark is awarded by The Furniture Makers’ Company, the City of London livery company and charity for the furnishing industry, to drive excellence and raise the profile of British design and innovation. It recognises the highest standards in the design of furnishings in volume production across three categories – Furniture, 2D Design and, Lighting Design. The award is open to designers working in Britain or British designers working abroad and emphasises how innovation of materials and creativity remain at the forefront of British design.
The Design Guild Mark is judged by a panel of leading industry professionals. Each member of the panel is from the furniture, textile, lighting, interiors, hospitality, commercial, retail, academic, or media industry. Judges must ensure that each design meets the criteria of: excellence in design, materials, manufacture, and function.
WINNERS
DGM 264 – Fourfold, designed by Barry Jenkins for Ocee International
Although the final design is simple in appearance, every aspect of the table is essential and was determined through a series of physical trials and hands-on experiments by the team. This
resulted in a well resolved design where the overall frame geometry, leg shape and extruded beam all contribute towards a product that is simple and safe to use and compact when stored.
There are few opportunities in the design of contract furniture to genuinely innovate. However, the technical challenges of Fourfold took priority and resulted in a very original response.
“I was genuinely surprised to win the JH prize and honoured to receive it. It means a lot to me as it recognises the unique response to a challenging brief, simply executed. It is a great honour.”
– Barry Jenkins commented
About the Designer
Broome Jenkins have many years of experience designing mainly contract furniture for leading manufacturers throughout the UK, Europe, Scandinavia and Far East. Fourfold suited their approach very well, which aims to solve real technical problems and develop new products that are useful, efficient and commercial.
DGM 277 – Swell, designed by Jones & Partners for The Collective Agency
Swell is a lightweight, horizontally seamless acoustic wall cladding solution with a unique height of 2.7m made from eco-material EchoPanel®. Offering both acoustic and environmental properties, Swell is reminiscent of a wave. The innovation lies in its most unique asset – its scale. Bespoke machinery dedicated to achieving Swell’s 2700mm high x 900mm heat-moulded panels; the largest compression-press tool in Europe, was engineered by The Collective Agency. The tooling required to accommodate the curved height of the moulded panel left 1mm to spare to allow the blade to cut the panel to size, so precision was critical. Swell illustrates the importance of trust between designer and manufacturer which creates the confidence to take risks and believe in intuition.
“The whole Jones & Partners Studio are very honoured to receive the JH Award. The recognition fuels our team with confidence that we continue to make good choices in our development and innovation.
– Jones & Partners commented
It caps off a remarkably productive year for the Studio, with eight high quality product designs being launched at Clerkenwell Design Week. We’d like to thank The Collective for their ambition and the judges for their consideration.”
About the Designer
Jones & Partners are an award-winning multi-disciplinary design company with over 20 years of experience. Specialising in furniture, lighting, and battery technology Jones + Partners also brought their acoustic knowledge to the product development of Swell adding the science of sound dampening, materials and the rigorous manufacturing and testing processes to the design process.
DGM 279 – Hotaru, designed by Edward Barber & Jay Osgerby for Ozeki Lantern Company
In collaboration with twentytwentyone, leading British designers, Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby have created an elegant range of lighting drawing on the heritage of Japanese lantern-making. The Hotaru collection represents the perfect unison of traditional craft with an enduring aesthetic that is as modern as it is timeless. Key to the sustainable production is the folding nature of the construction which allows minimal packaging for global distribution, with dramatic impact and volume when installed in domestic and commercial interiors.
“We are very happy to be awarded the Jonathan Hindle prize for the Hotaru collection. We are pleased that hand crafted production is recognised in the furniture industry.”
– Edward Barber & Jay Osgerby commented
About the Designers
Designers Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby founded their London studio in 1996. Their diverse body of work spans industrial design, furniture, lighting and site-specific installations as well as gallery and public commissions such as the London 2012 Olympic Torch and projects for the Royal Mint. They are currently working with leading global manufacturers including Vitra, Knoll, B&B Itaila, Flos, Venini and Hermès. Their work is held in permanent collections around the world including the V&A and the Design Museum in London, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and Art Institute of Chicago. Their latest monograph ‘Barber Osgerby, Projects’ was published by Phaidon in 2017.
“Design Guild Mark entries this year were of a very high standard and gave the judges much food for thought. The Jonathan Hindle Prizes, in all three categories, took long deliberation and are a very generous way to mark exceptional British Design and to encourage and reward the designers themselves.”
– Rodney McMahon, chairman of the Design Guild Mark, commented
About Jonathan Hindle Jonathan Hindle, Group Managing Director and President of KI in E.M.E.A, originally trained as an architect/designer before moving into sales and marketing in office furniture and property. He has been with KI for the past 25 years developing its UK, European, Middle Eastern and African operations. Jonathan was Master of The Furniture Makers Company, the furnishing industry’s charity and livery company in 2013-14. He founded the Design Guild Mark and Corporate Membership at the Livery. Jonathan is the Chairman of the British Furniture Confederation (BFC), the single voice of the furniture, furnishing and bed industries to Government. A Brief History of the Design Guild Mark It’s been around 15 years since the Design Guild Mark was founded by Jonathan Hindle with the help of Cherrill Scheer and the likes of Sheridan Coakley. Even Sir John Sorrell and the late Sir Terence Conran saw unique value in the Design Guild Mark for recognising British Designers and international designers working in Britain.