The Furniture Makers’ Company announces Design Guild Mark 2024 holders

Pictured: Re.Wrap Ric, Frampton and Sophie Cappe, The Collective 

Innovation of materials, creativity and sustainability are at the forefront of British design as 16 outstanding submissions, from three categories, are awarded the coveted Design Guild Mark in 2024, with three receiving the additional accolade the Jonathan Hindle Prize. 

The Design Guild Mark is a non-profit award programme that was established in 2008 by The Furniture Makers’ Company to raise the profile of British industrial design and to recognise excellence in this discipline. Over time the Mark has grown from just Furniture to include categories for Interior Design Elements, and Lighting. 

The presentation took place at Humanscale during Clerkenwell Design Week on 21st May at 11am, with presentations by Deyan Sudjic OBE, a British writer and broadcaster and former director of the Design Museum, London. 

The 2024 product selection is as follows: 

Furniture: 

OE1 Sit-Stand Table, Industrial Facility, Herman Miller  Aran, Morgan Studio, Morgan  Kitt, Mark Gabbertas, Gabbertas Studio  Maluma, Claesson Koivisto Rune, Modus Furniture  Element sofa system, Philippe Malouin, SCP  Laines, Craig Jones, Jones & Partners  Woodland Seat, Gaze Burvill Team, Gaze Burvill  Pirouette Coat Stand, Huw Evans and Campbell Thompson, The Conran Shop Bellingdon Table and Bellingdon sideboard, Lisa Gould Sandall, ercol

Interior Elements: 

MODERN FLOCK wallpaper collection, Erica Wakerly, Modern Surface Ltd Revolution, Jodie Padgett, Camira  Bronte British Lambswool Collection, Judith Coates, BRONTE BY MOON Re.Wrap Ric, Frampton and Sophie Cappe, The Collective 

Lighting: 

Tekiò, Anthony Dickens, Santa and Cole  Apex, John Tree, HAY Hotaru Mini, Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby, Ozeki & Co

In addition, three of the awarded winners have received the Jonathan Hindle Prize for outstanding design. Each receives a trophy made from solid surface Corian, and a £1,000 cash prize, the winners are: 

Aran, Morgan Studio, Morgan  Re.Wrap, Ric Frampton and Sophie Cappe, The Collective  Apex, John Tree, HAY 

“As the Founder of Design Guild Mark, it has been a joy to watch it develop and progress now being widely recognised as a stamp of design excellence in the sector," comments Jonathan Hindle, Founder of DGM and President of KI, EMEA. "Sustainability has always been an important factor for the awards but I am glad to see now that is the priority, and evident in the judges selection.”