We’re excited to announce the full shortlist for our awards, which will take place on 20 June at the Science Museum’s new Illuminate space. You can buy tickets here.
More than 20 judges have pored over your projects at Design Week towers and at a specialist venue for digital projects – Flux lounge. Following a shake-up of categories ahead of a new format awards ceremony, we’ve been flooded with entries and are thrilled to share this shortlist, which shows a high level of innovation and customer focused design, across the design spectrum. Find out how to join us for the awards party here.
Brand Campaigns
Reskinning Queen Street West, by Zulu Alpha Kilo, for Consonant Skincare
Signs of Love, by Revolver, Will O’Rourke Signs of Love
The Power of Enough, by That Thing, for Virgin Active
The Bryanston Hyde Park, by Alphabetical
Identity Design Rebrand
Grooveschool by MARK Studio for Grooveschool
UEFA Champions League Rebrand, by DesignStudio for UEFA
Manchester Literature Festival, by MARK Studio
All 4, by 4 Creative, for Channel 4
BBC Two rebrand, by Superunuion
Identity Design Launch
LeCollectionneur, by GBH
Coal Drops Yard, by Droga5
ANNA, by NB Studio
Foyers Lodge, by Alphabetical
St Albans Museum + Gallery, Studio Sutherl& for St Albans Museum + Gallery
Za, PizzaExpress, by Clear for Pizza Express
Poster DesignsPrint Communications
Foyers Lodge, by Alphabetical
Ridiculously Simple, Wonderfully Tasty, by Iris for Lyle’s Golden Syrup
WE: deutschland, Studio Sutherl, for Momondo Open World Projects, Marcus Lyon
Level Destination, by Superunion for Posters Level
World Cup Posters, by Superunion
Writing for Design
Colleagues website, Co-op Digital
Whirli, by Ragged Edge Design Ltd, for Nigel Phan
Unforgettable stories, by Words Direct, for English National Opera (ENO)
Creative Blocks, by Studio Sutherl& for Boss Box
Twenty years of welcomes, by Tom Sharp – The Poetry of it All, for The British Library
Print Communications
Royal Mail DaVinci 500 Pack, by Supple Studio, for Royal Mail
Snow Patrol Wildness Tour 2018-19 Official Tour Programme, by Smarts for Snow Patrol
Girlguiding badges, by Red Stone, for Girlguiding U
Royal College of Art 2017/2018 Annual Report & Accounts, by Eureka!, for Royal College of Art
SANE’s Wrapping Paper, by Iris/Watford, for SANE
A Soldier’s Story, by Deep, for Royal Hospital Chelsea
Editorial Design
The Guardian Weekly – subscription newspaper to news stand magazine, by The Guardian for the Guardian Weekly
WE: Deutschland, by Studio Sutherl&, for Momondo Open World Projects, Marcus Lyon
Perspectives, by Sightsavers
Memorabilia, by Agnė Dautartaitė-Krutulė, for Lithuanian Artists Association#
D&AD Annual, by Magpie Studio
Packaging Design 2D – graphics
Waitrose & Partners Freefrom by Williams Murray Hamm for Waitrose & Partners
Butter Bike Co. Peanut Butters by Buddy
Recrafting an iconic portfolio by Taxi Studio for Carlsberg
Tanqueray Malacca by Design Bridge for Diageo
Seedlip Product Range, by Pearlfisher for Seedlip
The Hangry Duck by Superunion for The Butcher The Baker
Packaging Design 3D – graphics
Hennessy VSOP Privilège 200th Anniversary Edition by Butterfly Cannon for Hennessy
High-end fintech packaging for Curve Metal premium payments solution, by Burgopak, for Curve
Peti Pli, by NB Studio for Ryan Mario Yasin
Self-promotional Projects
Alphaputt, by Sennep
Good tidings, by Baxter and Bailey
Tis the Sea-son, by Spring
Wild Cards, by The Clearing
Waste Bottomless Beers, by Waste Creative
Brand Strategy
Macmillan Cancer Support, by Dragon Rouge
Etsy, by Work & Co
Coffin Mew Brand Project, by The Graphic Design House, for Coffin Mew
What happens when former rivals join the same team, by the Clearing
Za, by Clear for Pizza Express
A future free from AIDS, for everyone, everywhere, by BrandPie for Frontline AIDS
Illustration for Branding
The Lighthouse, by Supple Studio for NSPCC
21 Sid: Dolce Handmade, by Williams Murray Hamm for 21 Sid
Caleño by Design Bridge for Caleño
CrossBorder Solutions Brand Illustrations, by Curious for CrossBorder Solutuions
JDE Commongrounds by Design Bridge for JDE
Fortnum & Mason County Biscuits by Design Bridge for Fortnum & Mason
Retail interiors
GLITCH Takeaway Takeover, by Iris, for Adidas
MADE.COM Soho Showroom, by Made.com
Dalziel & Pow Johnnie Walker Madrid Diageo, Johnnie Walker
BusbyWebb Solus Clerkenwell Solus Ceramics
Virgin Megastore – The Dubai Mall, by Schwitzke & Partner GmbH Dubai Branch
Parkside Clerkenwell Design Studio, by Feix&Merlin Architects Parkside UK for
Ace & Tate Ace & Tate van woustraat store
Hospitality interiors
Tivoli Cinemas, Bath, by Run for the Hills, for Tivoli Cinemas
Omnia Bali by Rockwell Group, for Hakkasan Group
The Fortnum’s Bar and Restaurant, by Universal designs studio at The Royal Exchange Fortnum and Mason
PURO Kazimierz by Conran and Partners for PURO
Shinola Hotel, by Bedrock Detroit
The Conduit, by Feix&Merlin Architects
Hide, by These White Walls, for Hedonism Wines
Workplace interiors
Pixel Factory, by Gensler Europe Limited, for Digital Hyundai Card Hyundai Capital
The Beyond Collective, by Jackdaw Studio
The Department Store, by Squire & Partners
Uncommon Fulham, by Miss, for Uncommon
Boden Head Office, by Spacelab, for Boden
Home’s New Home, by Home
Exhibition design
Life in the Dark, by Nissen Richards Studio with Jason Bruges Studio, for Natural History Museum
Ocean Liners: Speed and Style, by Cassonn Mann, for Life in the Dark
National Museum of Ceramics Princessehof, by i29 Interior Architects, for National Museum of Ceramics Princessehof
Festival of Remembrance – WW1 Narrative and Descendants, by Kate Dawkins Studio, for Royal British Legion and BBC Studios
Timberland – Bread&&Butter 2018 pop-up experience, Berlin, Green Room Design, for Timberland
007 ELEMENTS, by Optimist Inc, for Jakob Falkner
Absorbed by light, by Design Bridge, for Amsterdam Festival of Light
Living Graffiti, by Lucky 23
Digital Installations
The Unisphere by Hush Studios for United Therapeutics
The Wonderwall: Digital Generative Content Installation at Intel Headquarters, by 2LK Design and Moving brands, for Intel
Festival of Remembrance – WW1 Narrative and Descendants, for Royal British Legion and BBC Studios
Domino Effect, by Ingrid Ingrid
Wayfinding and environmental graphics
Your Space, by Gensler Europe Limited, for Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust
Reimagining Nochebús, by Steer, for Inter-American Development Bank
Coal Drops Yard, by Droga5, for Argent
The Christie Proton Beam Therapy Centre Paediatric Illustrations, by Music , for The Christie
Website design
The Telegraph America’s Songbook Brand USA
Rufus Leonard BBC Bitesize rebrand BBC Bitesize
Stein IAS SafeTug 360⁰ Experience Trelleborg Marine & Infrastructure
App Design
Roo, by Work & Co, for Planned Parenthood
Sxt Partner Notification Service, by Bit Zesty, for SXT Health CIC
Hive Honey, by Hive
AR/VR
Immersive Data, by IBM
Curfew: Join the Race, by Sky VR Studios
Harrow 3D Map, by Uniform, for Harrow Council
Eleven Eleven, by NBC Universal
TV Film Video Graphics
MMMultiply Deep State Title Sequence FOX
ITV Dancing on Ice 2
ManvsMachine Power to the Pro Apple
Superunion BBC Two Rebrand BBC
Product design industrial
Philips Ingenia Ambition & Elition, Philips Design
Zephyr Air Quality Sensor, by Bluefrog Design, for Earthsense Ltd
IBM Q System One, by Map Project Office, for IBM Research
Airbow, by ThoughtFull, for GlobalForce IP Limited
Product design consumer
Champagne Theatre, by LSA International
Fastskin Pure Focus, by Raymont-Osman for Speedo International
Smidge, by Sanders Design, for Horwood Homewares
Bluebell smart monitoring system for baby and parent, by Tangerine, for Bluebell
Zeez Sleep Ltd. The Zeez Sleep Pebble
Furniture design
Conti Stool, by Martelo and Mo, for Urban Baristas
Soft Work, by Barber & Osgerby, for Vitra
Belt, by Claesson Koivisto Rune, for Modus Furniture
m.zone by Lucy.D, by Wisener-Hager
Social Design
Revolver/Will O’Rourke Signs of Love Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited
MARK Studio Nurturing musical play Grooveschool
Made.com MADE.COM TalentLab
SPACE10 SolarVille
Best in-house design team
Barbican Guidelines, by Barbican
Editorial, digital, marketing design at The Guardian, by The Guardian
Digital experience team at Sainsbury’s