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

76 nominees have been chosen that fall under six main categories, which include: architecture, digital, fashion, product, graphics and transport. All of the nominees are incredibly impressive ranging from the Google Self Driving Car and Frank Gehry’s Fondation Louis Vuitton to The Ocean Cleanup by Boyan Slat (CEO and founder), Jan de Sonneville PhD (lead engineer) and Erwin Zwart (designer).

An exhibition will be held where all 76 projects will go on show from the 25 March 2015 at the museum. Winners from each category and a main winner will be announced later this year.

For more information, visit designmuseum.org.

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Starring hues from the Plascon 2015 Colour Forecast, here are two more bold bathrooms that will make cleaning up your act a pleasure.

THE REAL TEAL

Undeniably eye-catching, this fashionable blue-green shade takes centre stage in a bathroom that invites a sudsy soak.

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• Paint the walls with Plascon Cashmere Caribbean Current (G6-C1-1).  
• To contrast, create layers using natural, organic elements such as a wooden table, driftwood towel rack, handmade grass pendant lights and sea sponges.
• The antique chest from India adds texture and warmth.  
• The air plants offset the teal paint colour and complement its strong grey undertones.   
• Wooden candleholders can be used ornamentally without candles. Add candles as and when you need them.

PAINT IT BLACK

Boasting a distinctly masculine feel, this urban bathroom achieves clean lines and a high-design look without breaking the bank.

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• Being bold and choosing one strong colour instead of a palette of colours is right on trend. Here the walls were painted with Plascon Cashmere Tribecca Corner (EC 48).  
• Layering the same colour – for example black on black – creates a strong, pared-down, high-design feel.  
• To achieve the look, it’s important to keep the space uncluttered and to carefully choose accessories as focal points.  
• Don’t spend money on tiles. Rather paint your floors to look like cement. This floor was painted by paint effect experts Paintiques (paintiques.co.za).

For more handy tips, visit plasconspaces.co.za 

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