Dezeen Awards 2026 public vote names 16 design winners

Dezeen readers have selected 16 winning designs in the Dezeen Awards 2026 public vote, the publication announced this week. The vote drew on a 392-strong shortlist across the awards' three main category sectors and ran from 28 September to 16 October.

Among the projects readers chose as their favourites: a temporary festival venue built from an eclectic mix of salvaged materials, including fabric from hot air balloons and sheep's wool, and a set of jacquard textiles composed like music to create layered spatial compositions.

The salvaged-materials venue is Bouwurk by Overtreders W, which took the installation design category. The musical textiles are The Inverted Earth: Fugue for Windows by Aya Kawabata, winner in collectible design.

What does the public vote actually decide?

Nothing that affects the official trophies. The public vote runs separately from the main judging process, in which entries are assessed by Dezeen's panel of industry-leading judges. The overall winners of this year's programme will be announced at the Dezeen Awards 2026 party on 16 November at the Royal Opera House in London. Readers' choices signal audience enthusiasm; they do not guarantee judging outcomes.

Dezeen Awards 2026, in partnership with the global technology company Trimble, is the ninth edition of the annual awards. According to the sponsor, Trimble's connected hardware and software help designers transform how they shape spaces and buildings.

The full list of design public vote winners

• Furniture design of the year 2026: Dado Series by Allen Kaufmann Objects
• Seating design of the year 2026: Lijn Seating by Carole Baijings for Geiger
• Collectible design of the year 2026: The Inverted Earth: Fugue for Windows by Aya Kawabata
• Bespoke design of the year 2026: Freeze Frame 82.2 by Unfold
• Lighting design of the year 2026: Nova by Esben Bala Skouboe for Frandsen
• Architectural lighting design of the year 2026: Cologne Cathedral by Licht Kunst Licht
• Surface design of the year 2026: 3D-Printed Ceramic Tiles by IOUS Studio
• Textile design of the year 2026: Room by Lidewij Edelkoort for El Espartano
• Workplace design of the year 2026: Work Series Three by Another Country
• Product design (consumer design) of the year 2026: Yoto Mini by Heirloom
• Product design (health, wellbeing and wearables) of the year 2026: Aiora by DavidHugh
• Product design (bathroom) of the year 2026: The Tembo Collection by Apaiser
• Graphic design of the year 2026: The Whale by Schnitler&Co
• Installation design of the year 2026: Bouwurk by Overtreders W
• Sustainable design of the year 2026: Buoy by The New Raw
• Material innovation of the year 2026: Datecrete by Datecrete Studio

Each winning project has a dedicated page on the Dezeen Awards website with an image and further information.

A week of staged reveals

Dezeen is releasing the public vote results across the week. The architecture winners were announced on Monday, and the interiors shortlist was announced yesterday, with the interiors public vote winners still to come.

The pattern of this year's reader choices tilts toward reuse and material experimentation. Overtreders W's Bouwurk, The New Raw's Buoy in sustainable design and Datecrete Studio's Datecrete in material innovation all sit in that vein — though Dezeen has not published vote counts, so the margins behind each win remain unknown.

The judge-assessed overall winners will be named at the Royal Opera House on 16 November.