Designers of the Year: Judges’ Spotlight

The all-star panel of judges continues to build with these three design superstars.

Three leaders in their fields have joined the 2016 Western Living Designers of the Year judging panels.Kelly Deck is the director of interior design firm Kelly Deck Design. Her ideas have had a wide reach through her HGTV series, Take It Outside, her national column in The Globe and Mail and ongoing contributions Canadian magazines.Richard Simons is the vice-president of merchandising for Simons department stores, the iconic Canadian brand that recently followed its first western Canadian store in Edmonton with another location in Vancouver.Japanese architect Kengo Kuma will make his mark on Vancouver—and in fact, it’s his first foray into North America—with his proposed “carved tower” project in the city’s West End, a Westbank development.Want to get your work in front of these design leaders? Just enter our 2016 Designers of the Year competition—submissions are now open!