Front Runners
25 young designers who are leading the pack
Who is the future of design? Here are the individuals and teams whose work stands out for its originality, clarity and purpose. Our selection was made more complex by the abundance of youthful ingenuity all over the world. That said, “young” is relative. Ranging in age from 26 to 40, our picks are at various stages in their careers: in school, just taking off, or on the brink of international acclaim. We’re spotlighting emerging designers who will soon be on everyone’s radar as they reinvent their professions, bring in new tools, re-evaluate old connections, pare down, gear up, and lead the movements that will transform our surroundings
By Ellen Himelfarb, Tim McKeough, David Sokol, Laura Traldi and Mimi Zeiger.
Edited by Elizabeth Pagliacolo
BIG is More
Bjarke Ingels is one of Denmark’s most electrifying architects – and the poster boy for a new breed of media-savvy practitioner.
By Tim McKeough
Top Design Schools
If you’re interested in being a designer, where’s the best place to get an education? Azure asked more than 100 international architects, interior designers, industrial designers and other practitioners to contribute to our inaugural survey. Some of the biggest names in the design world, such as Kengo Kuma (architecture), James Corner (landscape architecture) and Karim Rashid (industrial design), weighed in.
By Julia Belluz
Edited by Jessica Johnson and Nelda Rodger
Photo above by Iwan Baan
Space Invaders
Benjamin Ball and Gaston Nogues of Ball-Nogues are moving fabrication into unchartered territory, which could lead to a whole new way of building. By Mimi Zeiger
Fashion Statement
With their revamp of a historic building on the Seine, Jakob + MacFarlane snared a stylish occupant – and gained the admiration of notoriously finicky Parisians. By Andrew Braithwaite
At the Contemporary Edge
Two Vancouver firms transform a red-brick downtown relic into a sophisticated gallery of international art. By Adele Weder
The Miami Beat Goes On
At Design Miami, art/design galleries exhibited everything from the high tech to the rustic. Plus: An invitation into Maarten Baas’s unusual world. By Elizabeth Pagliacolo
Zaha Hadid’s Roman conquest: MAXXI art museum
