Prince Philip Designers Prize 2010

The Prince Philip Designers Prize, Britain’s longest-running design award, announced the nominees for this year’s prestigious prize aimed at recognising designers for raising the status of design and improving everyday life by turning ideas into

commercial reality. This year’s finalists include globally renowned fashion designer Dame Vivienne Westwood, designer of the futuristic London 2012 Aquatic Centre Zaha Hadid and Burberry’s chief Creative Director Christopher Bailey, who recently unveiled the brand’s new collection amid an industry buzz.
David Kester, Chief Executive of the Design Council, said: “This year’s nominees demonstrate the extraordinary breadth and versatility of Britain’s design talent, from the fearless avant-gardists to world-class technologists and engineers and those whose commercial genius drives our economic success.”

Marking its 50th anniversary last year, The Prince Philip Designers Prize was created by HRH as a response to post-war austerity and aimed to stimulate and reward elegant solutions to design problems. The prize also recognises an outstanding contribution to UK business and society through design.

The shortlist boasts a wide range of disciplines - from industrial and fashion design to engineering and graphics - and between them provide a snapshot of the creative and commercial strengths of the UK design industry.

The winner will be announced by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh at a ceremony at the Design Council on Tuesday 9th November.

The full list of nominees is:

• Christopher Bailey MBE - Chief Creative Director of Burberry who has transformed this traditional British clothes manufacturer into one of the world’s hottest fashion labels.
• Neville Brody - one of Britain’s most revered and influential graphic designers.
• Margaret Calvert - graphic designer and creator of Britain’s signage systems for motorways and airports.
• Zaha Hadid CBE - visionary architect known worldwide for her boldly innovative ‘deconstructivism’.
• Eva Jiricna CBE RA - renowned architect and designer known for interiors and architectural projects at the V&A, Prague Castle and the Lloyds Building.
• John Makepeace OBE - celebrated designer of quintessentially English furniture.
• Bill Moggridge RDI - pioneer of interaction design and responsible for the world’s first laptop computer.
• Adrian Newey - Formula 1’s most respected engineering designer and aerodynamicist.
• Dame Vivienne Westwood RDI - fashion designer whose journey from rebellious queen of punk to doyenne of immaculate tailoring has raised the international profile of British fashion design.