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Introducing Western Living’s 2023 Designers of the Year Award Winners
Designers of the Year is Western Living magazine’s annual competition for designers from across Western Canada. We’re thrilled every year at the amount of talent to be found in the categories of architecture, interior, fashion, furniture, industrial, maker and landscape design. Winners, selected each year by a panel of celebrated industry judges, are featured in our September issue.
Learn more about our Designers of the Year competition.
Architectural Design: Measured Architecture Interior Design: Evoke International Design and Juli Hodgson (tie) Eco Design: Red Flag Design Fashion: Anna Kosturova Furniture: Matthew Kroeker Landscape: Space2Place Design Ones to Watch: Walker McKinley, Rod Whitman, Zachary Fluker, Colleen Baran
Architectural Design: McFarlane Green Biggar Interior Design: Mitchell Freedland Eco Design: This Is It Fashion: Konzuk Furniture: This is It Industrial: This is It Landscape: Senga Landscape Architecture Ones to Watch: Molo, Catherine Regehr, Sabrina Hill, Shaun Ford, Marc Boutin, Bruce Wilson, Claudia Baik
Architectural Design: Marc Boutin Interior Design: Alda Pereira Eco Design: Cedric Burgers Fashion: Pyrrha Furniture: Izm Industrial: Rollout Landscape: Victoria Wood Studio Ones to Watch: Ryan Scarff, The Sky is the Limit, Christian Woo, Contexture, Justine Brooks, Lanefab
Architectural Design: BattersbyHowat Arthur Erickson Memorial Award: 5468796 Architecture Interior Design: BattersbyHowat Eco Design: Contexture Design Fashion: Obakki Furniture: Niels Bendtson Industrial: Omer Arbel Landscape: Paul Sangha Ones to Watch: Richard Davignon, John Greg Ball, Dina Gonzalez Mascaro, Robert Faulkner, Jenny Martin, Green Over Grey, Shape Architecture
Architectural Design: Lang Wilson Arthur Erickson Memorial Award: Public Architecture Interior Design: Juli Hodgson Eco Design: Manasc Isaac Fashion: Marie Khouri Furniture: Shawn Place Industrial: Marie Khouri Landscape: Anne Talbot-Kelly Ones to Watch: RUF Project, Atmosphere Interior Design, JWT Architecture and Planning, Manitobah Mukluks, Palette Industries, Cory Barkman, Straub Thurmayr
Architectural Design: Cedric Burgers Arthur Erickson Memorial Award: Lanefab Interior Design: Robert Bailey Robert Ledingham Memorial Award: Sophie Burke Eco Design: CEI Architecture Fashion: Obakki Furniture: Brent Comber Originals Industrial: Loyal Loot Landscape: Considered Design Ones to Watch: Rectangle Design, Amanda Hamilton Interior Design, One Seed Architecture and Interior, Eliza Faulkner, Sticks and Stones, Jordan Tomnuk, JWT Architecture
Architectural Design: AA Robins Architect Arthur Erickson Memorial Award: McLeod Bovell Interior Design: AA Robins Architect Robert Ledingham Memorial Award: Atmosphere Interior Design Eco Design: AA Robins Architect Fashion: Redfish Kids Furniture: MTH Woodworks Industrial: Lukas Peet Landscape: Green Over Grey Ones to Watch: Campos Leckie Studio, Marrimor, Fat Crow Design, Poppy Barley, Jeff Martin Joinery, Concrete Cat
Architectural Design: Measured Architecture Arthur Erickson Memorial Award: MAA Studio Interior Design: Splyce Design Robert Ledingham Memorial Award: Kevin Mitchell Eco Design: JWT Architecture Fashion: Duly Equipped Furniture: Sholto Scruton Industrial: Thom Fougere Ones to Watch: Studio Bup, Mtharu, Truvelle, AdrianMartinus
Architectural Design: Design-Built Arthur Erickson Memorial Award: Leckie Studio Interior Design: Douglas Cridland Robert Ledingham Memorial Award: Falken Reynolds Interiors Fashion: Truvelle Furniture: Steven Pollock Industrial: Matthew McCormick Maker: Cathy Terepoki Ones to Watch: Wendy W. Fok, Autonomous Furniture Collective, Lara Presber, OneTwoSix Design
Architectural Design: Campos Studio Arthur Erickson Memorial Award: MoDA Interior Design: Project 22 Design Robert Ledingham Memorial Award: Stephanie Brown Fashion: Claudia Schulz Furniture: Kate Duncan Industrial: Annie Tung Landscape: Straub Thurmayr Maker: Mezzaluna Studio Ones to Watch: Becki Chan, Ko Júbilo, Claire Kennedy Design, Studio Brovhn, Rachel Saunders
Architectural Design: McLeod Bovell Arthur Erickson Memorial Award: Gates Suter Architects Interior Design: Juli Hodgson Robert Ledingham Memorial Award: Andrea Rodman Fashion: Truvelle Furniture: Willow and Stump Industrial: Ko Júbilo Landscape: BattersbyHowat Maker: Kalika Bowlby Ones to Watch: Jamie Gentry, Studio North, Shipway Living Design, Green Elevations, Benjamin Oswald
Architectural Designer Campos Studio Interior Design Evoke International Design Furniture Design Jeff Martin Joinery Industrial Design Zoë Pawlak Landscape Design Planta Design Studio Maker Natalie Gerber Fashion Design Béton Brut Arthur Erickson Memorial Award for an emerging residential designer Studio North Robert Ledingham Memorial Award for an emerging interior designer Gaile Guevara Studio Ones to Watch New Format Studio, Grandi, Tantalus Design, Origins and Biophilia Design Collective
Architecture Burgers Architecture Interior Design Measured Architecture Arthur Erickson Memorial Award for an emerging residential designer RUF Project Robert Ledingham Memorial Award for an emerging interior designer One Seed Architecture + Interiors Furniture Design Thom Fougere Industrial Design Onetwosix Landscape Design WT Architecture and Planning Fashion Design Irene Rasetti Maker Scandinavia Wolf Designs Ones to Watch Parts and Labor, Acacia Landscape, Nikki Alagha Design, Henry Sun
Architectural Design McLeod Bovell Modern Houses Interior Design Amanda Hamilton Interior Design Arthur Erickson Memorial Award for an Emerging Architect Vallely Architecture Robert Ledingham Memorial Award for an Emerging Interior Designer Amanda Evans Interiors Furniture Design Origins Industrial Design Caine Heintzman Landscape Design Donohoe Living Landscapes Fashion Design Becki Chan Maker Mtharu Ones to Watch Tracey Cameron, Misheo, Same Old Studio, Tafui
Architecture Measured Architecture Interior Design PlaidFox Studio Arthur Erickson Memorial Award for an Emerging Residential Designer Scott Posno Robert Ledingham Memorial Award for an Emerging Interior Designer Studio Roslyn Furniture Design Nicholas Purcell Industrial Design Workbench Studio Landscape Design Planta Landscape Fashion Design Vestige Maker Origins Ones to Watch EVStenroos, Eden Projects, Ffab Home, Shipway Living, A Deumain
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