Home & Design Trends Magazine - April 2015

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This was the second year of the TRENDS Awards. And what a year it has been.
Almost everything about the awards grew exponentially. Be it the participation
and entries from the best of architecture and design talents from around
the country, to the number of jury meets that were instated, to the final Awards
night at ITC Grand in Mumbai.
Chennai-based firm Mancini, headed by Niels
Schoenfelder, is the big winner of this year. It was an
interesting conversation back in the office when we
had to figure out how to best prepare five fragile 3D
printed trophies for air travel back to Chennai or how
to best design the award pages when Mancini’s was
a recurrent entry in almost all categories. Another
big winner is Architecture BRIO from Mumbai.
Interestingly, the majority of awardees this year are
young firms. Clearly, what the jurors looked for was
work that showed a fresh point of view. And this is the
ethos of the TRENDS Awards.
Although we accepted entries in 23 categories this year, not all were awarded
by the jury. Although a double-edged sword, I think this speaks most highly of
our jury and award process. There was one resounding thought when the jurors
met – that a ‘winner’ is sacrosanct in a way – displaying extraordinary work that
simply stands apart from the rest. And there was no diluting that. Thus, inside
the pages, you will notice quite a few categories with joint winners, an only
runner up, joint commendations, or only a commendation sans a winner per
category.
Once again, thank you for sending in your valuable work. And for your support.
Congratulations to the awardees; and a BIG congratulations to the 148 nominees
that were selected by our pre-jurors from 1300 entries.
Hope you enjoy this special edition.
Cheers
Preeti Singh