GRAY Awards 2020 Judging Panel Announced
- By Shawn Williams
- Jul 30, 2020
- 2 min read
Updated: Aug 27, 2021
Mphethi Morojele, Tom Dixon, and Guo Pei among the judges for the fourth-annual awards competition.
From left: Tom Dixon, Jeanne Gang, Mphethi Morojele, Guo Pei, Martha Scwartz, Pierre Yovanovitch; not yet pictured: Anishka Clarke & Niya Bascom
GRAY Media, LLC, an international design media company based in Seattle, is thrilled to announce that the 2020 GRAY Awards competition is open.
Now global, the fourth-annual cross-disciplinary design awards program celebrates the most exciting ideas in design today.
Ten distinguished GRAY Awards winners will be chosen by an esteemed panel of international design luminaries, and GRAY editors will name the ‘Design For Good’ winner. Additionally, GRAY will present two additional awards to designers based in the Pacific Northwest region (Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Canada’s British Columbia province) in honor of the elite design region that GRAY calls home: ‘The Legacy Award’ for lifetime achievement and ‘Best of Show’.
Winners will be revealed during a cinematic event in December where they will receive a custom-designed trophy, handcrafted exclusively for GRAY Awards, and be published in GRAY magazine’s high-profile ‘Masterworks’ issue.
Entrants from all over the world can enter their projects until August 14, 2020, to be considered. Early bird pricing offered through July 3, 2020. Details at grayawards.com
Judging Panel
Tom Dixon – Creative Director, Tom Dixon brand
Jeanne Gang – Founder, Studio Gang
Mphethi Morojele – Founder, MMA Design Studio
Guo Pei – Fashion Designer
Martha Schwartz – Founder, Martha Schwartz Partners
Pierre Yovanovitch – Founder, Architecture d’intérieur et mobilier
Anishka Clarke & Niya Bascom – Founders, Ishka Designs
Award Categories
Architecture, commercial
Architecture, residential
Interior Design, commercial
Interior Design, residential
Landscape Design, civic or residential
Product Design, lighting or furniture
Product Design, other
Fashion Design, apparel or accessories
Student, open category
Wild Card, open category
+ Design for Good
GRAY will review nominations for the Design for Good category and recognize a project, product, or individual that makes a positive impact through design on a social, humanitarian, community, or environmental issue.
And, reserved for Pacific Northwest-based designs:
+ The Legacy Award + Best of Show
Important Dates
Final entry deadline: August 28, 2020 Finalists announced: October 2, 2020 GRAY Awards Party: December 3, 2020
Visit GRAYawards.com for more information.