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BRIT INSURANCE DESIGNS OF THE YEAR 2011

By Ray Hu - February 17, 2011

Exhibition Space The Awards are being held for the fourth year at the London Design Museum.
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YikeBike YikeBike was created by a team of engineers and entrepreneurs who wanted to dramatically change urban transport.
Designed by: Grant Ryan
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YikeBike Carbon fiber construction means it can be easily transported and stored.
Designed by: Grant Ryan
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YikeBike YikeBikes mini-farthing design provides a radically different, upright riding position, with the handlebars situated behind the rider.
Designed by: Grant Ryan
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Plumen 001 The Plumen bulb uses 80 percent less energy and lasts 8 times longer than incandescent bulbs, giving you the opportunity to purchase an ecological product with style. It works just like any low energy bulb but it has a lot more presence. Concept & Design Direction: HULGER
Designed by: Samuel Wilkinson
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Plumen 001 Plumen is an elegant energy saving light bulb which uses 80 percent less energy and lasts eight times longer than a traditional bulb. Concept & Design Direction: HULGER
Designed by: Samuel Wilkinson
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Branca The Branca chair draws on the concept of the growth of trees.
Designed by: Industrial Facility
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Branca The Branca chair draws on the concept of the growth of trees.
Designed by: Industrial Facility
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Branca The joints are but a part of the seamless nature of the chair and its simple outline belies the complexity of its production.
Designed by: Industrial Facility
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Branca The Branca chair draws on the concept of the growth of trees.
Designed by: Industrial Facility
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Branca Branca is made from a single piece of wood, which is machined robotically.
Designed by: Industrial Facility
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Exhibition Space Design Museum, London
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Plytube Plytube is a new material manufactured by applying the technologies for making basic cardboard tubes to veneer wood.
Designed by: Seongyong Lee
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Plytube The process involves wrapping laminates and hardening them with glue.
Designed by: Seongyong Lee
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Plytube Created from a minimal amount of material Plytubes are very light, extremely strong and suitable for many different types of tooling and finishes.
Designed by: Seongyong Lee
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Plytube Example sewn joint.
Designed by: Seongyong Lee
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Pavegen Pavegen paving slabs harness the energy generated from footsteps to power street lighting, signage and information displays.
Designed by: Laurence Kemball-Cook / Philip Tucker
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Pavegen The top rubber panel made from recycled car tires flexes around 5mm with each impact; sparking internal components to convert this kinetic movement into electrical energy.
Designed by: Laurence Kemball-Cook / Philip Tucker
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Ohne Titel Spring / Summer '11 For the Spring '11 collection, designers Alexa Adams and Flora Gill took inspiration from the prints of Japanese artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi.
Designed by: Flora Gill / Alexa Adams
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One Arm Drive System Wheelchair user Mark Owen and his brother Jon, believe function has led form in the mobility industry for too long. Their latest product drives both wheels of a wheelchair from a single side, ideal for users with limited mobility in one hand or arm.
Designed by: Jon Owen / Mark Owen
www.nomadwheelchairs.com/ Cemal Okten 20 of 60

One Arm Drive System The lightweight components are mostly aluminum, which have been machined in various ways from laserjet cutting to milling and reaming.
Designed by: Jon Owen / Mark Owen
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Fiat 500 Twinair The latest Fiat 500 has an unconventional two-cylinder engine which is the greenest and most efficient petrol engine built to date.
Designed by: FIAT
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Collec+ors Collection Playing homage to the relationship between design and craftsmanship, the Collec+ors collection combines the rigorousness of process and a meticulous attention to detail.
Designed by: Khai Liew
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SAYL Task Chair The SAYL chair is the lowest cost task chair Herman Miller has ever produced.
Designed by: Yves Behar / Fuseproject
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SAYL Task Chair SAYL combines the same great ergonomics and comfort we have come to associate with Herman Miller task chairs.
Designed by: Yves Behar / Fuseproject
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SAYL Task Chair SAYL development model.
Designed by: Yves Behar / Fuseproject
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Freecom CLS Mobile Drive The CLS Mobile Drive is an external mobile hard drive with a labeling system that enables users to organize data and identify a hard drive contents at a glance.
Designed by: Sylvain Willenz
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Freecom CLS Mobile Drive Willenz has also designed a dock, which enables the users to connect three drives at once.
Designed by: Sylvain Willenz
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Melonia Shoe The Melonia shoes are the first 3D-printed haute couture shoes in the world.
Designed by: Naim Josefi / Souzan Youssouf
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Spun Spun grew out of Heatherwicks studio's research into simplifying the geometry of an object as familiar as a chair.
Designed by: Heatherwick Studio
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Spun It forms a comfortable and functional chair, in which the sitter can rock from side to side.
Designed by: Heatherwick Studio
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Spun Spun is made using rotational plastic molding.
Designed by: Heatherwick Studio
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Exhibition Space Design Museum, London
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Exhibition Space Design Museum, London
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Homemade is Best Homemade is Best is a 140 page recipe book with a twist.
Designed by: Forsman & Bodenfors
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Homemade is Best The recipes are presented as colorful still life portraits, with all the ingredients laid out in carefully arranged and composed photographs.
Designed by: Forsman & Bodenfors
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Endless Endless is a chair constructed from recycled refrigerators, extruded by a programmed robot in a single continuous ribbon.
Designed by: Dirk Vander Kooij
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Barclays Cycle Hire The bikes designed specifically for the Barclays Cycle hire scheme are robust and user friendly. Features include dynamo-powered lights, adjustable saddles, luggage racks which avoid gathering litter.
Designed by: Transport for London
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Quarz Series Max Lamb's Quarz is a series of crystal tumblers representing perfect mathematical prisms.
Designed by: Max Lamb
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Quarz Series The shapes mirror the hexagonal prisms formed when quartz - the main raw material for glass production - grows uninhibited in space.
Designed by: Max Lamb
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Quarz Series The glasses are hand-cut and polished resulting in exquisite hexagonal facets.
Designed by: Max Lamb
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Dyson Air Multiplier Fan Unlike a traditional fan, which chops and buffets the air, Dysons Air Multiplier Fan amplifies surround air giving an uninterrupted stream of smooth air.
Designed by: James Dyson
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Concrete Canvas Shelters Concrete Canvas Shelters is a range of structures requiring only water and air for construction. Deployed by two untrained people in under an hour and ready to use in 24 hours, the finished buildings are sterile, durable, fire-proof, thermally insulated a
Designed by: Concrete Canvas
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Concrete Canvas Shelters Water causes the concrete to harden inside the internal structure.
Designed by: Concrete Canvas
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Concrete Canvas Shelters The rapid construction makes it ideal for humanitarian emergencies as well as a range of military and commercial operations.
Designed by: Concrete Canvas
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Blueware Collection Studio Glithero has invented a process that captures direct impressions of botanical specimens on ceramics using light and photosensitive chemicals.
Designed by: Studio Glithero
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See Better to Learn Better See Better to Learn Better is a free eyeglasses program in partnership with the Mexican government and Augen Optics. The collaboration has led to a collection of customizable and iconic corrective eyewear that is specifically designed for students, ages 6
Designed by: Yves Behar / Fuseproject
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See Better to Learn Better By customizing elements such as shape and color, wearing the glasses becomes a fun and personal experience.
Designed by: Yves Behar / Fuseproject
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Organic Jewellery Collection The Organic Jeweler Collection is made from an eco-friendly rubber known as Tecbor. Originating from natural latex, Tecbor is produced by native communities in the Amazon rainforest.
Designed by: Flavia Amadeu
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Organic Jewellery Collection Amadeu has exploited the natural characteristics of Tecbor, such as elasticity, malleability, resistance and color to add aesthetic value.
Designed by: Flavia Amadeu
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Paint Paint is an installation commissioned by Nokia to mark the launch of their new N8 phone. London based art and design studio Greyworld developed the installation, which substitutes paint for pixels.
Designed by: Greyworld
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Four Corners Familiars Series Four Corners Familiars series features artists' responses to classic novels and short stories, providing a fresh look at the tradition of the illustrated novel.
Designed by: John Morgan Studio
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Ladakh Commonwealth Peace Pavilion The Commonwealth Peace Pavilion is an outdoor classroom space used by the Druk White Lotus School in Ladakh and its surrounding community. Located 4000m above sea level, the structure provides sanctuary from the intense sun and harsh elements.
Designed by: Sergio Palleroni
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UK Pavilion Shanghai Expo 2010 Constructed from 60,000 optical strands each with a seed inside, the seed cathedral highlighted the work of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and their millennium seed bank.
Designed by: Heatherwick Studio
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Thin Black Lines The Thin Black Lines series includes furniture, lamps, and vases exploring the theme of outlines.
Designed by: Nendo
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Thin Black Lines Rendered in simple black lines fashioned from bent steel, the forms are inspired by Japanese Calligraphy.
Designed by: Nendo
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Exhibition Space Design Museum, London
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Exhibition Space Design Museum, London
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Exhibition Space Design Museum, London
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Returning to the London Design Museum for the fourth year, the exhibition presented around 100 projects that fall into seven categories - architecture, fashion, furniture, graphics, interactive, product and transport.