Designs of the Year Awards: UC Innovation Centre by Elemental

WORDS Michaela Stehr IMAGES Design Museum and Nico Saieh

From 76 chosen nominees, the six category winners for the 2015 Designs of the Year Awards have been chosen.

The idea behind this annual event, organised by London’s Design Museum, is to acknowledge work “that promotes or delivers change, enables access, extends design practice or captures the spirit of the year.”

The Architecture category winner is the striking UC Innovation Centre designed by Santiago-based firm Elemental. This 9 000m² building, constructed of wood, glass, steel and reinforced concrete is in San Joaquín in Santiago, Chile – and forms part of a University space.

The other category winners for this year’s awards are as follows:

Digital:  The Ocean Cleanup by Boyan Slat, Jan De Sonnewille PHD and Erwin Zwart

Fashion: Thomas Tait AW13/14 by Thomas Tait

Graphics: Inglorious Fruits and Vegetables by Marcel

Product: Human Organs-on-Chips by Donald Ingber and Dan Gongeun Huh

Transport: Google’s Self Driving Car designed by Yoojung Ahn, Jared Gross and Philipp Haban

For more information about the winners, visit designmueseum.org.