Design Within Reach Announces Winners of 20th Annual Champagne Chair Contest
The contest, held in partnership with Champagne Pommery, drew in over 200 submissions from across the country, and generated a $20,000 donation to United States Artists.
Design Within Reach (DWR), the leading source for modern living, is thrilled to announce the winners of its 20th annual Champagne Chair contest. Every year for two decades, DWR invites participants to create and submit miniature DWR chairs made only using the foil, cap, cage and cork of a bottle of champagne, for the chance to win one of three prizes. On Wednesday, February 7th, the winners were revealed at a judging and celebration event in DWR's SoHo studio.
Participants entered to win one of three prizes worth up to $1,000 to spend at DWR. The categories were Most Original, Best Likeness (of any chair that DWR sells), and the Pommery Prize. The Grand Prize winners for Most Original and Best Likeness received a $1,000 gift card to DWR, and the runners-up received a $750 DWR gift card. One winner was selected for the Pommery Prize and awarded a $1,000 DWR gift card and Pommery Gift Set.
Best Likeness
The Thonet Loie Chair by Shannon DeCock (left) won the Best Likeness category this year. The runner up is the LC4 Chaise Lounge Chair by Stephen Neale (right).
Most Original
The judges selected the Gaudi Chair by Alexa Minc (left), as the winner of the Most Original category. The runner up is the Wintery Apple Tree with a swinging seat by Evan Lorenzen (right).
Pommery Prize
The Hand Chair by Aspen VanHooser was selected by Champagne Pommery as this year's Pommery Prize winner.
An esteemed group of DWR’s friends, partners and designers made up this year’s panel of judges:
- Ellen Van Dusen, Designer and Founder of Dusen Dusen
- Erica Choi, Creative Director and Founder of Superegg
- Daniel Rauchwerger, Co-Founder of BoND Architecture
- Tze Chun, Founder of Uprise Art
- Omar Nobil, VP of Product Design and Brand Creative for Design Within Reach
To commemorate the contest, the MillerKnoll Foundation donated $20,000 to United States Artists (USA), a nonprofit that supports artists and celebrates their essential role in society. Each year, USA extends generous fellowships to dozens of artists at all stages of their careers, providing unrestricted grants to help support their artistic practices and living expenses. More about USA can be found at unitedstatesartists.org.
About Design Within Reach:
Design Within Reach is your source for modern living. Founded in 1998 with a mission to provide access to the best in authentic design, the company curates classics from design icons and cultivates next generation talent to deliver an evolving breadth of product that can only be found at DWR. With a solution-oriented approach, the company offers the expertise and services needed to support the way people live today. Headquartered in Stamford, Conn., DWR sells its furniture and accessories to residential and commercial customers through retail Studios in North America, via the web at dwr.com, by phone at 1.800.944.2233. Design Within Reach, Inc., is part of the MillerKnoll collective.
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