Tons of Pics of The Wallpaper Magazine 2009 Design Winners!

The 2009 Wallpaper Design Awards were announced earlier this year. To make up for my being a little behind on sharing them with you, I've added many images in addition to the single ones for each category from Wallpaper.

This year's esteemed panel of judges included Kanye West, Jean Nouvel, Ines de la Fressange, Marc Newson, Sir Ken Adam and Stefano Pilati. To see all the nominees and runner ups as well as bios of the judges, go here.

Best new domestic appliance (joint winners):

'Ciussai' heater by G Di Tullio and S Ragaini for Adhoc:



Ad Hoc has so many great radiator designs, but they are not the only ones (because, yes, I've blogged about them before)

Hob and oven by Marc Newson for Smeg:


Smeg
Marc Newson

Furniture Designer Of The Year: Patrick Norguet

Since the above photo of Patrick's furniture really doesn't do his work justice, here are more examples of Patrick Norguet's furniture designs for you:

above: Rive Droite and Pucci sofa for Cappellini

above: What's Up sofa for Artifort

above: Wing Sofa for Fasem

above: Orly Sofa for Bernhardt

above: Yama Sofa for Silvera

above: Folio table/desk for Silvera
Patrick Norguet

Best New Restaurant: Banq in Boton

and more images of the restaurant for you:



the bathrooms in the restaurant:


Banq, Boston, by Office dA

Best new or renovated hotel: The Dolder Grand

more images for you:





The Dolder Grand, Zurich

Best new private house: Final Wooden House

more images (courtesy of archdaily):





Final Wooden House, Japan, by Sou Fujimoto

Best new public building: BMW Welt, Germany

more images by Ari Marcopoulis for arcspace.com:





BMW Welt, Germany, by Coop Himmelblau

Best City:

Paris

Best men's fashion collection: Junya Watanabe

additional photos by Marcio Madeira for Style.com:


Junya Watanabe A/W 2008

Best women's fashion collection: Yves Saint Laurent

additional photos by Marcio Madeira for Style.com:



Yves Saint Laurent A/W 2008

Best new grooming product: Guerlain Le 2 mascara


Le 2 de Guerlain Mascara by Guerlain

Most life-enhancing product- Technology: Bloomframe Balcony


'Bloomframe' window by Hofman Dujardin Architects

I blogged about these before, learn more here.

Video of the Awards with Jean Nouvel:


Wallpaper magazine

Funky Find of The Week: Bloomframe, The Insta-Balcony

Insta-Balcony! The Bloomframe®

This cool architectural gem (a balcony that folds open with the push of a button in 15 seconds and closes flat to be a window) was created by an architectural firm in Amsterdam named Hofman Dujardin.



It was presented as a prototype at the 2007 International Building and Construction Exhibition in Utrecht Netherlands last week. The design is patented and Bloomframe® is expected to be available for both commercial and private residences later in 2007.