The Top Ten entrants in the 2014 competition have been selected. All ten finalists will attend the PG Bison 1.618 Awards evening in October where the winners will be announced.
The judging for this year’s competition took place at Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG) – the location on which this year’s brief was based.
A record number of entries were received by the competition office from architecture and interior design institutions across the country.
Jason Wells, Marketing Manager at PG Bison, attributes the high number of submissions to the challenging (and exciting) task set out in the brief. Students were asked by JAG and the Johannesburg Municipality to redesign the modern extension, a part of the gallery rendered unusable for its intended purpose due to a lack of funding and maintenance.
A busy morning of judging was followed by a lunch hosted by PG Bison at the Clico Boutique Hotel in Rosebank, where the panel further discussed the merits of the winning entries.
Finalists
The entries that made the final ten are listed below in no particular order.
STUDENT | LECTURER | INSTITUTION | DEPARTMENT |
Carleen Conroy
| Anneke Allers
| Design School of South Africa (Pretoria) | Interior Design |
Claud LeMans Dexter Bosch
| Mizan Rambhoros
| Cape Peninsula University of Technology | Department of Architectural Technology and Interior Design |
Sandy Tsou
| Anneke Allers
| Design School of South Africa (Pretoria) | Interior Design |
Jeannie Sherwood
| Tharien Lotz
| Inscape Education Group (Pretoria) | Interior Design |
Adele Steynberg
| Anel Botha
| Design Time School of Interior Design | Interior Design |
Roberto Zambri
| Jason Wiggin/ Ivor Templar
| Greenside Design Center | Interior Design |
Ryan Draver
| Mizan Rambhoros
| Cape Peninsula University of Technology | Department of Architectural Technology and Interior Design |
James Mayer
| René van der Merwe
| Tshwane University of Technology | Interior Design |
Holly Hamlyn
| Anel Botha
| Design Time School of Interior Design | Interior Design |
Bernadine Pretorius
| Anneke Allers
| Design School of South Africa (Pretoria) | Interior Design |
The Judging Panel
The judging panel was made up of a vastly experienced group of professionals who gave generously of their time to assist in the judging process. Some were returning judges, while others were brand new to the panel in 2014.
Pat Henry – Partner at MDS Architecture and founder of Design Base at MDS.
Phill Mashabane – Principle partner at Mashabane Rose Associates.
Nthabi Taukobong – Owner of Ditau Interiors.
Callie van der Merwe – Founder partner of The Design Partnership.
And the new members welcomed to the panel in 2014 were:
Mokena Makeka – director of Makeka Design Lab.
Evan Wannerton – Executive Manager Store Design, Edcon.
And rounding off the panel (and playing host for judging day) was Antoinette Murdoch, Chief Curator and Head of JAG.
The Awards Evening
The winners will be announced at this year’s awards e vening being held in early October. The competition and lavish prizes are sponsored by PG Bison and the winners will be featured in Designing Ways.
For more information contact the PG Bison Competition and Awards Office on:
073 202 8308
011 781 0439
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