2020 WINNERS
GRAND PRIZE Winner
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Canyon Equity, the owner of the iconic Amangiri, charged Luxury Frontiers with designing North America’s first all-weather, year-round tented camp, at a level of luxury unprecedented in the West.
The result: 10 beautifully appointed one- or two-bedroom tented pavilions—bespoke architectural statements which offer discerning guests the ultimate luxury Amangiri is known for and adventurous back-to-nature experiences in Utah's desert landscape. Given the site conditions of sun, wind, snow and extreme temperatures from 20° to 105° F, these unrivaled guestrooms thrive on performance and aesthetics.
Luxury Frontiers’ architectural and interior design is a contextual tribute. It captivates the senses with thoughtfully positioned tents which bow toward monumental sandstone formations, while welcoming guests inside with the soft intimacy of a natural canvas tent. Clean lines, natural color schemes and canvas work, distinguished by stitching and fixing details, cultivate a refined camp feel.
Jamie Rose Briones, Anomien Smith, Graeme Labe and Idalina Silva of Luxury Frontiers
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2020 1st Runner Up
The Modern Monastery is a unique destination for sophisticated traveler in search of a transformative experience. Quarries are perceived as large lacerations in the landscape that alter the image of the location in an irreversible manner. Our project is based on the desire to embrace rather than conceal. The process of excavation and extraction of stone has created a dramatic open space with imposing sculptural quality and unique scale that should be celebrated.
The design showcases the vertical quality of this involuntary structure creating breathtaking interior views with a concept focused on reconnecting the quarry with its natural setting, reestablishing a sense of calm and grounded energy. The guest journey will be one of the same. The imposing scale and solemn quality communicate a deep energy: dynamic yet motionless. Capturing this magnetic stillness becomes the foundation of the design process. The intent is to translate such essential quality and feeling into a deep physical experience so powerful that it will promote a sense of inner wellbeing and spiritual wellness.
Beatrice Girelli, Indidesign
2020 2nd Runner Up
With the Dream Pod, "head in the clouds" and to be "on cloud nine" are not just expressions, they are reality. A traveling experience like no other.
The customer’s demands from the hotel and tourism industries have changed dramatically. Consumer satisfaction, the single most important metric in the industry has taken on a whole new meaning in a world where customers are constantly seeking more personal and new experience that they can in return share with the rest of the world. Especially with the rise of COVID-19 and the “new normal” that is to follow after it, the cookie cutter approach to hospitality, especially in hotels is becoming more and more archaic.
In a world where tourist and travelers have mounting ways of traveling to new locations, navigating while they’re there and places to stay, Dream Pod aims to be a brand new experience like none available in the market. A truly radical concept that takes the idea of traveling and hoteling to the skies. With the Dream Pod, having your head in the clouds, and being on cloud nine are not just expressions, they’re a reality.
Joel Mbala-Nkanga, Populous
2020 Student Project Winner
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Moment Hotel helps hard-working people to refocus on their own wellbeing, by celebrating the small beauties in their everyday lives.
Moment Hotel is a new project type that blurs the boundary between “work” and “life”, enabling entrepreneurs to have productive work life while enjoying their journey to wellbeing. It is designed to be the one-of-its-kind environment that promotes the new lifestyle of living in dignity with a focus on users’ wellbeings. The final interior design is the joint of three approaches, give users the “sense of being in nature”, prompt users to “notice the small moment in lives”, and help them feel pride in themself by “helping them being productive and accomplished”.
2020 Product Design Winner
In today’s environment where hygiene is a primary concern, Belstone has engineered a modular glass shower that inspires your guest’s confidence and leaves them with a transformative shower experience.
The Bruskin Modular Shower is an innovative modular commercial shower designed to work in both new build and renovations especially tub to shower conversions. Comprehensive yet customizable, the Bruskin is delivered with pre-cut glass surround walls ready for assembly. The glass shower components feature precut glass panels, chrome finish metal trims, ultra-low-profile shower pan, shower door and a range of LED lighting features. These components are shipped to site ready for installation and can be installed by a two-man installation team in about 5 hours. This time and labor-saving shower can be installed over existing tile or shower alcove conditions. While aesthetically mesmerizing the glass surfaces with water-repellant technology are super easy to clean addressing hygienic issues in showers today. The shower is a technological leap into the future.
2020 Student Product Design Winner
Mio: A Smart Wellness Mirror
Arda genc
Istanbul Technical University
Mio is a smart mirror that has air purification and white noise generating functions for helping guest to sleep in a healthier, calmer environment.
Mio aims to overcome guest's concerns about health by improving air quality, improve sleep by enabling the guests to experience new sleeping methods and try to wake them up in a more subtle way. Personalization is also essential in these processes. By personalization of the sounds, Mio tries to overcome the discomfort caused by the unfamiliar environment of hotel rooms or with personalization of air filters it tries to make the guests feel that their health issues or concern are taking care of the hotel management. This way it can create a bond between guests and hotels. Mio can be controlled from its interface or an app. App integration is for enabling the guests to have easier access to Mio, especially guests with disabilities.