Announcing Our Designers of the Year 2017 Finalists!

Winners to be announced August 31 and profiled in our September issue!

Every September issue of Western Living celebrates the best in Western Canadian design with our Designers of the Year awards. We’re celebrating the 10th anniversary of the competition this fall, and were thrilled to see hundreds of entries flood in from B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba… and even the Yukon.Our editorial team and all-star judging panel had a big job to do, poring over all of the amazing submissions and narrowing the selections down to a shortlist of top contenders, but now we’re thrilled to announce our finalists in each of our nine categories below.Winners will be announced August 31, celebrated in our September issue, and honoured at our annual DOTY galas in Vancouver and Calgary. Keep connected with us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram or subscribe to our newsletter to follow all our #wldoty updates.Congratulations to all of this year’s incredible finalists, and thank you so much to everyone who entered: every year, the design talent here in Western Canada just blows us away.

ARCHITECTURE

Campos Studio, VancouverDeJong Design Associates, CalgaryFrits de Vries Architects + Associates, VancouverJWT Architecture, Bowen Island, B.C.RNDSQR, CalgaryRockwood Custom Homes and Dean Thomas Design Group, CalgaryRussell and Russell Design Studios, Canmore, ABVallely Architecture, Vancouver

ARTHUR ERICKSON MEMORIAL AWARD FOR AN EMERGING ARCHITECT

Arno Matis, VancouverCampos Studio, VancouverMoDA, CalgaryOne SEED Architecture and Interiors, VancouverPlatform Architecture, VictoriaRNDSQR, CalgaryStudio North, CalgaryVallely Architecture, Vancouver

FASHION

Andronyk, SaskatoonClaudia Schulz, VancouverDina Gonzalez Mascaro, VancouverDsign Step, CalgaryGrey by Becki Chan, VancouverJoanna Baxter (Lover Fighter), VancouverNicole Bridger Design, VancouverShannon Munro, VictoriaShelley MacDonald Jewellery, YukonStittgen Fine Jewelry, VancouverWesterly Handmade Shoes, Vancouver

FURNITURE

AdrianMartinus Designs, CalgaryArostegui Studio, VictoriaDesign-Built, WinnipegIzm, EdmontonJeff Martin Joinery, VancouverJudson Beaumont, VancouverKate Duncan, VancouverSholto Design Studio, VancouverStudio Brovhn, Vancouver

INDUSTRIAL

AdrianMartinus Designs, CalgaryAnnie Tung, VancouverKo Júbilo, VancouverLandon Dix Design Studio, VancouverMaurice Laurent Dery, VancouverShipway Living Design, VancouverSolus Décor, VancouverWillow and Stump, Vancouver

INTERIORS

Alykhan Velji Designs, CalgaryAmanda Hamilton Interior Design, CalgaryCabin Fever Interiors, Whistler, B.C.Enviable Designs, VancouverHeffel Balagno Design Consultants, VancouverMāK Interiors, VancouverMeasured Architecture, VancouverProject 22 Design, VancouverRNDSQR, CalgaryRockwood Custom Homes, CalgarySophie Burke Design, VancouverStephanie Brown Inc., Vancouver

LANDSCAPE

Aloe Designs, VancouverBotanica Design, VancouverClaire Kennedy Design, VancouverHaven Garden Design, VancouverStraub Thurmayr Landscape Architects, Winnipeg

MAKER

Andrea Wong, VancouverAnnie Tung, VancouverBéton Brut, EdmontonKalika Bowlby, Nelson, B.C.Mezzaluna Studio, EdmontonRachel Saunders Ceramics, VictoriaStudio Brovhn, VancouverUlla Clark, Pemberton, B.C.

ROBERT LEDINGHAM MEMORIAL AWARD FOR AN EMERGING INTERIOR DESIGNER

Alykhan Velji Designs, CalgaryAndrea McLean Design Office, VancouverAngela Robinson and Tanya Schoenroth, VancouverGillian Segal Design, VancouverHazel and Brown Design Company, VancouverProject 22 Design, VancouverRNDSQR, CalgaryShipway Living Design, VancouverStephanie Brown Inc., VancouverWinners will be announced August 31! Sign up for our newsletter so you don’t miss a thing.Meet this year’s judging panel.

Check out previous DOTY winners by category or by year.