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Design Guild Mark 2025 holders announced
Sixteen excellent pieces of furniture, lighting and interior design elements have been awarded a coveted Design Guild Mark at a special ceremony during Clerkenwell Design Week, with design leader Sebastian Conran announcing the 2025 holders.
The ceremony took place on 20 May at 11.00am, with winners and guests packing out KI’s stunning new showroom in Clerkenwell to hear which pieces had been awarded the prestigious mark of excellence.
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 recognise excellence across three categories: Furniture, Interior Design Element and Lighting.
The Design Guild Mark is unique in that applicants are required to present their piece in person to the respective judging panels, to allow for a dialogue and any questions to take place. The panel of judges are world leaders in their field and bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the evaluation process.
The 2025 holders are:
| Name | Designer | Manufacturer |
| Furniture | ||
| Roxi Chair | David Colwell | David Colwell Design |
| Mindflow Chair | Charlie Fowler | TFH |
| Ringstead Chair and Footstall | Charlie Fowler | Another Country |
| Barricane Chair | Magnus Long | Morgan |
| Highmoor Large Extending Dining Table | Benjamin Stanton | Ercol Furniture |
| Cosi Laptop Table | Pearson Lloyd | Teknion |
| Ten-pin Side Table | Louis Barrett | The Conran Shop |
| Ox Stool/Side Table | Matthew Coules | TroubleStudio |
| Climb | Jones + Partners | Modus Furniture |
| Folding Surfaces | Jones + Partners | Howe |
| Mura Sideboard | Tom Rawlings | William Hands |
| Oleander Sideboard | Leonhard Pfeifer | Heal’s |
| Interior Elements: | ||
| Disorder of Stasis | Charlotte Raffo &Joel Weaver | The Monkey Puzzle Tree |
| ReSKU 2.0 | Jodie Padgett (lead designer) &Jane Marks-Yewdall | Camira |
| Lighting: | ||
| Current | Jones + Partners | Bachmann Group |
| Light Mass^ | Yael Mar & Shay Alkalay Raw-Edge Studio | Light Mass^ |
Alex Crofts, chairman of the Design Guild Mark, said: “This is my inaugural year as chairman and the 19th year of the Design Guild Mark programme, which relentlessly promotes UK design as a leading global creative force. Once again, a broad range of entries are demonstrative of this unique accolade, where designers of all level of experience are united in the quality of work to achieve the gold standard for British design. Each recipient of a Design Guild Mark has the unique opportunity to have their creativity and craftsmanship celebrated on a national stage.”
In addition to the announcement of the 16 holders, ReSKU 2.0 (pictured) by Jodie Padgett & Jane Marks-Yewdall and manufactured by Camira, was awarded the Jonathan Hindle Prize for outstanding design, which is presented to the product that is considered best in its category and includes a £1,000 cash prize.
Alex added: “The wonderful thing about the Design Guild Mark is having British designers and designs appraised and approved by such diverse and eminent judging panels. When these judges chose to elevate one exceptional design, from all the designs submitted, with the Jonathan Hindle Prize, this should be seen as an enormous honour and a source of immense pride to the winner.”