We are proud to present the winners of the 21st annual EDIDA Awards, photographed in the the campus of Milan SDA Bocconi, sinuous architecture by SANAA. A total of 15 winners, as voted for by the Editors in Chief of the ELLE Decoration international network.
EDIDA Designer of the Year
Sabine Marcelis: From her workshop in Rotterdam, she’s grabbed the attention of design experts through her experimentation with materials, light and colour that she has transformed into captivating designs. Using resins, glass, marble and mirrors, each of her pieces creates a dynamic scenario through a careful play on transparency, refraction and iridescence that prompts a new relationship between the objects and the space that they occupy. Her design research focuses, in fact, on the continuous interaction between compositional elements, surfaces and colours. From domestic environments, with bespoke furniture and lamps in production for Natuzzi, Established & Sons, Cc-tapis and Hem to installations such as ‘ColoRush!’ for the Vitra Design Museum and even high-tech concepts such as the electric car charging column for Audi, her simple, minimalist but highly evocative style places the emphasis on neat, geometric forms that are almost indicative of a rudimentary but continually evolving alphabet. Her pieces are designed so as to ensure their longevity and from a perspective that places equal importance on functionality, attention to detail and emotion.