We are excited to announce our next five jury teams that will join the Core77 Design Awards! Our newly confirmed teams are for the Interaction (London), Service (New York), Social Impact (Pretoria), Soft Goods (San Francisco) and Furniture & Lighting (Chicago) categories.
Their Jury Captains have selected an inspiring group of local experts working in different areas of the field. These individuals will come together in their home city to judge their category and reconvene in July to participate in live jury announcements. So drumroll please: Check out our second group of distributed jury teams. They are ready and waiting for your projects.
INTERACTION
Judging location: London, United Kingdon
»BERG: Matt Webb and Jack Schulze, Matt Jones, Jury Co-Captains
CEO and Principal, and Principals of BERG
Team Members
» Sara Öhrvall
Vice President of R&D at Bonnier
» Dan Hill
Strategic Design Lead at Sitra
» Eva Rucki
Founder and Partner at Troika
View the team here.
FURNITURE & LIGHTING
Judging location: Chicago, IL, USA
» Zoë Ryan, Jury Captain
Chair and Curator of Architecture and Design at the Art Institute of Chicago
Team Members
» Defne Koz
President and Co-Founder of Koz Susani Design Inc
» Helen Maria Nugent
Professor and Director of the Designed Objects Programs at School of the Art Institute
» Chris Force
Publisher and Editor-of-Chief at Design Bureau Magazine
» Sam Vinz
Co-Owner of Volume Gallery
View the team here.
SERVICE
Judging location: New York, NY, USA
» Panthea Lee
Co-Founder and Principal of Reboot
Team Members
» Lara Penin
Assistant Professor of Transdisciplinary Design at the School of Design Strategies at Parsons The New School for Design
» Ted Booth
Principal of Method
» Shrupti Shah
Director at Deloitte GovLab
» Helen Walters
Writer, Editor and Researcher at Doblin
View the team here.
SOCIAL IMPACT
Judging location: Pretoria, South Africa
» Tasos Calantzis, Jury Captain
CEO of Terrestrial
Team Members
» Allon Raiz
CEO of Raizcorp
» McLean Sibanda
CEO of The Innovation Hub
» Seelan Naidoo
Group Strategy Consultant for Design SABS Design Institute
View the team here.
SOFT GOODS
Judging location: San Francisco, CA, USA
» Michael DiTullo, Jury Captain
Creative Director at frog design
Team Members
» Greg McNamara
Principal of Formant Studios
» M Coleman Horn
Creative Director and Founder at PHYLA, Inc.
» Chris Gadway
Creative Director at The North Face
View the team here.
Be sure to enter soon, our early bird deadline is approaching fast. March 13 is the last day to submit your projects at our reduced early bird discount rate. Start by registering today and we will send you one of our stunning limited edition posters for free.
See the first six jury teams here.
Visit the Core77 2012 Design Awards for full details.
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