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Announcing the 2022 Designers of the Year Finalists
You’re Invited to the Design Party of the Year!
DotY 2022: Our Judges for the Maker Category Can’t Wait to See What You’ve Got
Meet the 2021 finalists for our annual design competition celebrating the best in Western Canada!
In a year when home has never been more important, these designers have made our spaces all the more beautiful to come home to—and we’re thrilled to be able to celebrate them in our 2021 Designers of the Year. Each year, our all-star judges narrow down hundreds of entries to just a few finalists in 9 categories.
Below, you’ll find that list of finalists. We’ll be announcing the winners on August 30, and celebrating them in our September issue as well as at our annual DOTY event in Vancouver. Keep connected with us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram or subscribe to our newsletter to follow all our #wldoty updates and be among the first to know when the news is out.
Congratulations to everyone on our shortlist for our 2021 Designers of the Year competition, and thank you to everyone who threw their hat in the ring and made our judges’ job tougher than ever. You’re all a critical part of our amazing design community here in Western Canada—a community we’re proud to celebrate every year.
Alloy Homes, Calgary
Architecture Building Culture, West Vancouver
Frits de Vries Architects + Associates, Vancouver
MA+HG Architects, Vancouver
McLeod Bovell Modern Houses, Vancouver
Measured Architecture, Vancouver
One Seed Architecture + Interiors, Vancouver
Synthesis Design, North Vancouver
Vallely Architecture, North Vancouver
Haeccity Studio Architecture, Vancouver
Nick Bray Architecture, Vancouver
Noble Architecture, Vancouver
Vallely Architecture, Vancouver
Alykhan Velji Designs, Calgary
Amanda Hamilton Interior Design, Calgary
Bidgood and Co., Victoria
Falken Reynolds, Vancouver
Gillian Segal Design, Vancouver
Marieke Burgers, Burgers Architecture, West Vancouver
Ministry of Interiors, Edmonton
Rebecca St. John Design, Calgary
Stephanie Brown Inc., Vancouver
Amanda Evans Interiors, North Vancouver
Kaline Dickson, Coquitlam
Nako Design, Edmonton
Rudy Winston Design, Vancouver
Schédio Spaces, Vancouver
Shift Interiors, Vancouver
Studio Roslyn, Vancouver
Autonomous Furniture, Victoria
Ben Barber, Vancouver
Jay Miron, Vancouver
New Format Studio, Vancouver
Origins, Vancouver
Same Old Studio, Vancouver
Shipway Living Design, Vancouver
Solo by Allan Switzer, Vancouver
Alykhan Velji Design, Calgary
Caine Heintzman, Vancouver
Demsey Kirkwood, Mako Design, Winnipeg
Steve Suchy, Tuft and Paw, Vancouver
Tafui, Vancouver
Tantalus, North Vancouver
Tomnuk, Edmonton
Becki Chan, Vancouver
EVStenroos, Calgary
Lover Fighter, West Vancouver
Misheo, Vancouver
Poppy Barley, Edmonton
Sonja Picard, North Vancouver
Barter, Sunshine Coast
Bowyer and Toulson, Ladner
Mtharu, Calgary
Scandinavia Wolf Designs, Squamish
Tracey Cameron Creative, Calgary
Donohoe Living Landscapes, Vancouver
Royal Pacific Landing, Burnaby
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