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| | | | Women&Design Awards 2025
Two female talents honoured: Elaine Yan Ling Ng and Sophie Salager Launched in 2025 during the Maison&Objet fair, the Women&Design Awards celebrate, for the first time, the women who shape contemporary design with boldness, commitment, and creativity.
This new award aims to highlight inspiring journeys and innovative approaches led by female designers from around the world. |
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| | | | Two awards to spotlight female-driven innovation Organised as part of the Women&Design by Maison&Objet network, the prize features two complementary distinctions: - The Women&Design Innovation Award Worldwide, awarded to an international designer selected by a network of ambassadors based in Dubai, Hong Kong, the United States and Germany.
- The Women&Design Innovation Award France, which recognises a French female entrepreneur in the field of design.
The goal is twofold: to honour pioneering initiatives led by women and to build bridges between cultures, disciplines, and visions of contemporary design. |
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| | | | Elaine Yan Ling Ng
Winner of the Women&Design Innovation Award Worldwide 2025 Designer, artist, and technologist, Elaine Yan Ling Ng is renowned for her biomimetic creations that blend traditional craftsmanship with technological innovation. Founder of The Fabrick Lab, she designs environmentally responsive textiles-reacting to light, humidity, and movement-pushing the boundaries of materials as storytelling tools. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work has been exhibited in prestigious institutions such as the Victoria & Albert Museum. She has collaborated with Kvadrat, Swarovski, and Nature Squared. At the crossroads of science and poetry, her practice explores our relationship with the living world and offers a vision of design deeply rooted in ecology, emotion, and innovation. |
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Winner of the Women&Design Innovation Award France 2025 An art historian by training, Sophie Salager has breathed new life into a gem of French industrial heritage: the Manufacture de Couleuvre, a porcelain factory founded in 1789. Captivated by this forgotten site, she undertook its revival in 2022-restoring the premises, reviving traditional craftsmanship, and repositioning the brand with a strong focus on cultural transmission. With a perspective that is both sensitive and entrepreneurial, she has transformed the manufacture into a laboratory of heritage innovation, blending reissued archival pieces with contemporary creations. Her project embodies a new approach to design-rooted, sustainable, and deeply human. |
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| | | | © Phantasmagoria - The Fabrick Lab - Elaine Yan Ling Ng |
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| | | | A committed panel of expert judges For this first edition, a prestigious jury-comprising Danièle Gerkens, Dorothée Meilichzon, Sylvie Adigard, Constance Guisset, Jérémy Pradier-Jauneau, Antoine Ménard, Julien Sebban, and Mélanie Leroy-was tasked with selecting the winners from a shortlist of 13 finalists, each with diverse yet exemplary profiles. |
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| | | | The 2025 Finalists International Scene: - Oriane Abézis - B&B Italia USA (United States)
- Joy Moyler (United States)
- Elaine Yan Ling Ng - The Fabrick Lab (Hong Kong)
- Ann Chan - Hero Design Group (Hong Kong)
- Leonie Deventer & Louisa-Marie Beyer - Within Mood (Germany)
- Sissi Pohle - Out of Use Berlin (Germany)
- Reema Al Mheiri (United Arab Emirates)
- Tamara Barrage (United Arab Emirates)
French Scene: - Leia Sfez - The Oblist
- Margaux Keller - Margaux Keller Collections
- Isabelle Dubern-Mallevays - The Invisible Collection
- Sophie Salager - Manufacture de Couleuvre
Each of these women brings a unique vision of design, shaped by strong cultural roots, a sense of community, and a deep commitment to creativity. |
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| | | | A Must-See Conference - September 6, 2025 The two award winners will be present at an exceptional Women&Design conference at the Maison&Objet trade fair on Saturday, September 6, 2025, at 3:00 PM, alongside Danièle Gerkens and Julien Sebban. A unique opportunity to delve into the world of these visionary creators, discover their approach, and engage in discussions on the major issues shaping contemporary design. |
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| | | | Margaux Keller, France Bocognani & Caroline Bartoli, Amandine Coquerel The Talks by Maison&Objet, january 2025 © aethion |
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