Hundreds of entries, 20 judges and just nine winners. From a pair of unabashedly modernist architectural designers to a creative director bringing Vancouver’s bridal fashion scene to the international stage to landscape architects who create symphonies for their clients: here are the 2018 Western Living Designers of the Year.
Designers of the Year 2018
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN McLeod Bovell Modern Houses
INTERIORS Juli Hodgson, Hodgson Design Associates
ROBERT LEDINGHAM MEMORIAL AWARD Andrea Rodman, Andrea Rodman Interiors
FURNITURE Willow and Stump
MAKER Kalika Bowlby
FASHION Gaby Bayona, Truvelle
LANDSCAPE David Battersby, Heather Howat and Amelia Sullivan, Battersby Howat
ARTHUR ERICKSON MEMORIAL AWARD Joanne Gates, Gates-Suter Architects
INDUSTRIAL Ko Jùbilo
ONES TO WATCH Jamie Gentry, Shipway Living Design, Studio North, Green Elevations