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Spear's Design for Living Awards: Winners Announced

Wednesday, 18th May 2011

The first Spear’s Design for Living Awards, in association with Harrods, took place today, Wednesday 18 May, with a drinks reception at Jack Barclay, Berkeley Square, followed by an awards ceremony hosted by Peter York and Kinvara Balfour. The awards brought together the most influential figures, iconic brands and arbiters of style in a celebration of innovative pedigree and stylish living.

Guests in attendance included: Arnaud Bamberger, Cartier; Nick Candy, Candy & Candy; Nicky Haslam; Sophie and David Montgomery; jeweller Solange Azagury-Partridge; Nadja Swarovski; Sir Mark Weinberg; Nick Foulkes; John Arlidge; Amber Aikens; Sven and Zoe Ley; Zoe Couper; Johnny Goedhuis; Charlie Methven; Anthony Rufus Isaacs; H.E Alain Economides, Italian Ambassador; Britt Lintner; Lord Mancroft; Roger Oates; Trevor Pickett; Elizabeth Sieff.

See photos of guests at the Design for Living Awards here

With categories from men’s bespoke tailors to flawless jewellers, the Spear’s Design for Living Awards go to the people, places or things that through sheer excellence make our life that much more worth living.

Winners included: Great Interiors: Nicky Haslam; Outstanding Contribution to British Craft: David Linley; Golden Dish: Brett Graham, The Ledbury; The Precious – High Jewellery: Solange Azagury-Partridge; The Precious – Contemporary: Stephen Webster; The Brummell – Contemporary Classic: Dunhill.

The Design for Living Award winners, identified as the very best in their field, were selected by a distinguished panel of leading designers, industry insiders and authoritative style writers.

See photos of the winners at the Design for Living Awards here

The judges included: Nick Foulkes; Manfredi della Gherardesca; Ivan Lindsay; Victoria Tryon; Clive Aslet; Nick Candy; Gus Hochschild; William Sitwell; Oliver Thring; Andrew della Casa; Caroline Phillips; John Arlidge; William Cash; Abigail Rainer, Harrods; Anthony Haden-Guest; Alessandro Tomé; and Josh Spero.

Our quest has ranged from some of the world’s greatest architects today, operating in sleek skyscrapers in New York and Singapore, to the smallest artisans and craftsmen,operating from tiny converted barn studios or sheds in the English shires. We have looked at the extraordinary and the everyday, we have examined the wonderfully superfluous and the absolutely necessary.

Our only criterion was that a Spear’s Design for Living Award must go to people, places or things that through their sheer excellence make our life more individual – more our own – and that much more worth living. Tonight we celebrate the beautiful and the bold – from polished nickel taps so stylish you dare not turn them on, to wine glasses so heavy and elegant that you are just as happy to stare at them as drink from them.

Why did we give these awards tonight? In a world where the word ‘luxury’ has become so ubiquitous that it has become almost démodé, we wanted to celebrate what still remains extra special, beautiful, unique and instantly classic.

350 guests, ranging from financiers to fashion designers, were welcomed at the iconic car showroom with champagne from Taittinger and cocktails from Purity Vodka.

For more information, please contact Josh Spero, Editor, Spear’s, on 020 7936 6749 or at josh.spero@spearswms.com.

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Spear’s Design for Living Awards Shortlist and Winners

The Brummell
This award is for bespoke tailoring for men. It is clear that these days a Savile Row label, just of itself, may mean something or may be nothing but branding. We will search out where true excellence is to be found and discover the true dandy’ s ally.

Anderson and Sheppard
Dunhill (winner – Contemporary Classic)
E Tautz
Gieves & Hawkes
Huntsman
Kent Haste & Lachter (winner – Bespoke)
Oliver Benjamin
Ozwald Boateng
Richard James

Time Flies
This award will recognise contemporary innovation in watchmaking and watch design.

Audemars Piguet
Christopher Claret
Denis Flageollet, De Bethune
Giulio Papi, Renaud et Papi
Greubel Forsey
Parmigiani
Patek Philippe
Richard Mille Roger Smith
Rolex
Urwerk
Vacheron Constantin (winner)

Timeless Traveller
It’s not where you’re going but the style in which you get there

Goyard
Gucci
Hermès
Jimmy Choo
Louis Vuitton
Mulberry
Pickett (winner)
Swaine Adeney Brigg
Tanner Krolle

The Precious
Asprey
Boucheron
Buccellati (winner – Silver)
Bulgari
Cartier
Chatila
Chopard
Fabergé
Graff
Harry Winston
Solange Azagury-Partridge (winner – High Jewellery)
Swarovski (winner – International Brand)
Theo Fennell
Van Cleef & Arpels
Verdura

Contemporary Jeweller
Ben Day
Gurmit
Hannah Livingston
Milena Kovanovic
Ming
Shamballa Jewels
Stephen Webster (winner)
William & Son
William Welstead

Spirit of Desire
For items of fine design and luxury which make a house a stylish home.

Chesney’s
Christopher Wray
David Mellor
David Seyfried
Drummonds
Gaggenau
George Smith
Holloway’s of Ludlow
Lefroy Brooks
Louise Bradley
Mont Blanc
Samuel Heath
Vaughan
William Yeoward (winner)

Materials of Desire
For the very fabric of a room.

Bruno Triplet
Christian Lacroix
De Gournay
Farrow & Ball
Fox Linton
George Spencer
Marvic Textiles
Neisha Crosland
Osborne & Little
Paint Library
Paper and Paints
Pierre Frey
Roger Oates
Watts of Westminster (winner)
William Yeoward

Grand Designs
Design on a major scale. An award for an architect who devises innovative, iconic, stylish buildings for private clients.

Bernard Tulkens, Tectonics Architects
David Chipperfield, David Chipperfield Architects
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Eva Jiricna, Eva Jiricna Architects
Janine Stone
John Simpson, John Simpson & Partners
Lachie Stewart, ANTA
Paul + O Architects (winner)
Sir Norman Foster
Thomas Heatherwick, Heatherwick Studio

Great Interiors
This award is for interior decorators who make houses homes and homes our own.

Anouska Hempel
Bill Bennette
Chester Jones
Emily Todhunter
Emma Burns at Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler
Francis Sultana
John Minshaw
Kate Bingham
Melissa Wyndham
Nicky Haslam (winner)
Nikki Atkinson
Robert Kime
Tara Bernerd
Veere Grenney

Garden Desire
This award is for a designer who works with the materials nature gave us.

Christina Williams and Annia Prebensen
Christopher Bradley-Hole
Ecodesign
I & J Bannerman
James Alexander Sinclair
Lord Randle Kenilworth of Siddeley Landscape Design (winner)
Rupert Golby
Tom Stuart-Smith

The Artisan
We have canvassed opinions particularly widely for this category. It is open to any individual or business that practices a hands-on craft — bookbinding, furniture restoration, picture framing, creating everything from pots and pans to glassware, ornaments, stationery, cutlery, wallpapers, fabrics, carpets, rugs — which maintains excellence and adds grace to our everyday lives.

Andrew Pearson (winner)
Collis Bird & Withey
Felicity Aylieff
Steve Harrison
Susie Thompson

The Parmigiani Award for Excellence in Curating
For a private art dealer, adviser or gallerist who makes our lives picture-perfect.

David Gill
Elliot Macdonald
Harry Blain, Blain|Southern
Ivor Braka, Ivor Braka ltd
Johnny van Haeften, Johnny van Haeften Ltd
Kadee Robbins
Manfredi dell Gherardesca, MDG Fine Arts
Mollie Dent-Brocklehurst
Roger Bevan, Exhibition Circle (winner)
Simon Dickinson, Simon Dickinson Ltd
Simon Phillips
Tim Jefferies

Skin Deep
An award for an individual who contributes to wellbeing, making lives healthier and/or more beautiful.

Dr Gluck
Mary Greenwell
Nicki Caro
Susan Harmsworth, ESPA
Vicki Edgson (winner)

That’s Entertainment
This award will go to an individual or business that can be counted on to make things go with a swing. We will look at party and event organisers who, through innovative approaches, innate style and endless contacts, make a party unmissable.

Admirable Crichton
Dora Loewenstein Associates (winner)
Fait Accompli
Forbidden London
Lillingston & Co
Simon Liebel, Simon Liebel Ltd

Palate Pleaser
For an artisan foodmaker who delights our palate.

Ben Weatherall, Iron Age Pork
Greenwich Meantime brewery
Ian Hart, Sacred Gin (winner)
Patricia Michelson, La Fromagerie
Sam Galsworthy and Fairfax Hall, Sipsmith
Laverstoke Park buffalo mozzarella
Welbeck Estate stichelton

The Golden Dish
For a chef who serves pleasure on a plate.

Andy Needham, Zafferano
Anthony Demetre & Will Smith, Arbutus/Wild Honey
Antonin Bonnet, The Greenhouse
Brett Graham, The Ledbury (winner)
Harry Hensman, Harry’s Kitchen
Heston Blumenthal, The Fat Duck/Dinner
Jacob Kennedy, Bocca di Lupo
Shane Osborn, Pied a Terre
Stevie Parle, Dock Kitchen
Tom Kitchin, The Kitchin

The Vintner
For a wine merchant, auction house, dealer or supplier who consistently sources the best wines for private clients.

Andrew Bruce Fine Wines
Berry Bros & Rudd
Bibendum
Goedhuis & Co
HS Liquid Assets
Jeroboams
Lea & Sandeman (winner)
Roberson Wine
Sarment

First Resort
This award will be for those hotels and resorts (around the world) where design is applied to living on a grand scale but where god is in the details and where the details are fantastic, finicky and innumerable.

Castello di Casole, Italy (winner)
Claridge’s, UK
The Connaught, UK
The Corinthia, UK
Coworth Park, UK
Falaknuma Palace, India
Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc, France
Jumby Bay, Antigua
Le Sirenuse, Italy
Lime Wood, UK
Oberoi Rajvilas, India
Sandy Lane, Barbados
Soho House (Miami), USA

The Hippogriff
This is an award for someone, something or somewhere which embodies the spirit of the Spear’s Design for Living Awards: it must combine design, craft, culture, style, intelligence and innovation.

Masterpiece London (art fair)

The Spear’s Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Craft
This is an award for an influential figure in British design who has made an enduring contribution through their vision, style and emphasis on craft.

David Linley

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Background

Spear’s is regarded as the New Yorker of finance and was shortlisted for ‘Magazine of the Year’ in 2009 by the British Society of Magazine Editors (BSME). Spear’s editor-in-chief William Cash has twice won Editor of the Year at the Independent Publishers PPA awards.

The glossy magazine has always been a showcase for the sharpest and most entertaining writing, with leading talents such as Andrew Roberts, Antony Haden Guest, Martin Vander Weyer, Luke Johnson and Peter York establishing Spear’s as an authoritative voice on contemporary design and a discerning arbiter of style.

The Spear’s Design for Living Awards, launched this year, will join Spear’s fast- growing calendar of exclusive and influential events. The Spear’s Book Awards is now running in its third year, and has distinguished itself by picking future winners of the Man Booker Prize and FT/Goldman Sachs Prize.

Its sister event, the Spear’s Wealth Management Awards, has established itself as the Oscars of financial awards.

For more information, please contact Josh Spero, Editor, Spear’s, on 020 7936 6749 or at josh.spero@spearswms.com.

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