Three years ago we launched our first ever Design Showcase with the intention of giving a bunch of independent designers, creatives and makers a really good soapbox from which to pitch their work. We also wanted to give them even more exposure and see if we could help to boost their careers to a whole new level. Guess what? It worked. In the past few years, our winners have had tremendous runs, getting picked up by major newspapers and magazines and watching their businesses skyrocket.

It's time to do it again. Join us this September.
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Congratulations to our amazing finalists this year! It has been an absolutely powerful matchup between six designers who are totally different from one another with remarkable personal styles and stories. We just announced the Judges' Award and it's time now to announce the crowd favorite, which ran away with this year's vote. And the winner is.... More

Thanks to Christiane Lemieux (DwellStudio), Rob Forbes (PUBLIC) and John Berg (BergDesign Architecture) for serving on our esteemed panel of judges. The readers' choice is here, and our judges' top pick is UNANIMOUS....
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Designer: David Pickett
Link: www.david-pickett.com
Location: Avon Lake, OH

Designers: Nicholas Pajerski & Justin Brouillette
Link: makecollab.com
Location: Lincoln, NE

Here they are! Our 2011 Design Showcase judges include some of our favorite people in the design world, and each one represents a different perspective from the field. I think you all know Rob (lower right), the founding genius of DWR and now deep into his second act with PUBLIC BIKES, which is putting design as transportation into everyone's life. More

Designer: Shilpa Rathi
Link: www.ShilpaRathi.com
Location: Fleming Island, FL

Designer: Andrew Lesko
Link: www.brawnycat.com
Location: Port Ludlow, WA

Designer: Shawn R. Sowers
Link: www.commonhousefurniture.com
Location: Perrysburg, OH

Designer: Ben Light
Link: blightdesign.com
Location: New York, NY