The 2014 Design Awards party in San Francisco

Design Awards 2014 Party
For this year's party, we commandeered Design Awards partner Airbnb's brand new headquarters in the landmark 888 Brannan building in San Francisco
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For ten years we have cast our nets far and wide in our quest to uncover all that is excellent for our annual Design Awards. To wrap up the first decade in suitable style last month, we jetted over to San Francisco - the worthy joint winner of this year's Best City award - to throw a party inside Design Awards partner Airbnb's brand new headquarters.

A mariachi band serenaded guests - including the likes of Yves Béhar, the Haas brothers, Neri & Hu, Ambra Medda, and Johanna Grawunder – as they arrived en masse at the landmark 888 Brannan. Stepping through the doors, they were met by our gleaming Nendo-designed trophies, displayed on plinths, while pages from the Design Awards issued lined the walls.

Revellers then made their way into the building’s striking atrium, which was lit up in the prismatic colours of the cover of our February issue. Art director, illustrator and filmmaker Christian Borstlap’s eye-popping video of our Judges’ Awards was projected overhead, while shapes a-plenty were thrown on the dance floor below to beats provided by musician Adam Bainbridge of Kindness.

Bubbles flowed freely throughout the night thanks to Veuve Clicquot, while top local mixologist Rye on the Road offered up Caorunn Gin cocktails – including San Franciscos, of course. Guests enjoyed Asian-inspired nibbles with a twist, including steamed Berkshire pork buns and crispy panko-crumbed corn croquettes – a nod to our Best Bar Snacks victors. Our waiters, meanwhile, were clad head-to-toe in Levi's, winner of our Best Denim gong.

Not all good things must come to an end, however. Guests took home a bespoke tote bag containing a Wallpaper* City Guide to San Francisco, a miniature bottle of Caorunn Gin, chocolate from Pump Street Bakery (our Best Chocolate winner), a Levi's gift card, as well as a specially designed ‘Best of 10 Years’ commemorative supplement. Here's to another 10 years...

Design Awards 2014 Party

Revellers arrived en masse to celebrate the tenth edition of our Design Awards

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Gleaming Nendo-designed trophies, displayed on plinths

Stepping through the doors, they were met by our gleaming Nendo-designed trophies, displayed on plinths, while images of the standout winners from the last ten years were displayed on the walls

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Airbnb co-founder and chief product officer Joe Gebbia and L'ArcoBaleno co-founder and creative director Ambra Medda

Airbnb co-founder and chief product officer Joe Gebbia and L'ArcoBaleno co-founder and creative director Ambra Medda

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Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky, Zlot Buell + Associates art advisor Sabrina Buell, designer Yves Béhar, Wallpaper* Editor-in-Chief Tony Chambers

Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky, Zlot Buell + Associates art advisor Sabrina Buell, designer Yves Béhar, Wallpaper* Editor-in-Chief Tony Chambers

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Levi's global creative director Len Peltier and Levi's senior manager of brand environments Gregory Gordon

Levi's global creative director Len Peltier and Levi's senior manager of brand environments Gregory Gordon

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Designer Simon Haas, R & Company co-founder Zesty Meyers, designer Nikolai Haas and R & Company co-founder Evan Snyderman

Designer Simon Haas, R & Company co-founder Zesty Meyers, designer Nikolai Haas and R & Company co-founder Evan Snyderman

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Man holding six bottles of Veuve Clicquot

Bubbles came courtesy of Veuve Clicquot

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Five male waiters dressed head-to-toe in Levi's Denim

Our waiters were clad head-to-toe in Levi's, winner of our Best Denim gong

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Singer Bella Hunter and Restoration Hardware chairman and co-CEO Gary Friedman

Singer Bella Hunter and Restoration Hardware chairman and co-CEO Gary Friedman

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Hunt and Gather founder Jolie Hunt, Blogger in the Ballroom publisher Suzy Kellems Dominik, model and fashion journalist Tatiana Sorokko, property manager and real estate developer Luba Troyanovsky, The Lowline co-founder and executive director Dan Barasch and Ebay senior manager of corporate communications Amanda Miller

Hunt and Gather founder Jolie Hunt, Blogger in the Ballroom publisher Suzy Kellems Dominik, model and fashion journalist Tatiana Sorokko, property manager and real estate developer Luba Troyanovsky, The Lowline co-founder and executive director Dan Barasch and Ebay senior manager of corporate communications Amanda Miller

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Saint Laurent San Francisco general manager Carissa Barrett, Alchemy Networks CEO Peter Griffith, blogger Cori Taylor and d.school Institute of Design at Stanford instructor Mathias Crawford

Saint Laurent San Francisco general manager Carissa Barrett, Alchemy Networks CEO Peter Griffith, blogger Cori Taylor and d.school Institute of Design at Stanford instructor Mathias Crawford

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Time Inc chief content officer Norman Pearlstine and his wife Jane Boon

Time Inc chief content officer Norman Pearlstine and his wife Jane Boon

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Designers Rossana Hu (left) and Lyndon Neri (right) of design studio Neri & Hu celebrate winning Wallpaper* Designer of the Year with Wallpaper* Editor-in-Chief Tony Chambers

Designers Rossana Hu (left) and Lyndon Neri (right) of design studio Neri & Hu celebrate winning Wallpaper* Designer of the Year with Wallpaper* Editor-in-Chief Tony Chambers

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Eames Office archivist and sculptor Llisa Demetrios and designer Yves Béhar

Eames Office archivist and sculptor Llisa Demetrios and designer Yves Béhar check out his 2008 WAWA* winner: the 'XO' laptop for the One Laptop per Child project

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The teeming atrium of Airbnb's headquarters

The teeming atrium of Airbnb's headquarters

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Guests enjoyed Asian-inspired nibbles with a twist - a nod to our Best Bar Snacks victors - while top local mixologist Rye on the Road served up Caorunn Gin cocktails

Guests enjoyed Asian-inspired nibbles with a twist - a nod to our Best Bar Snacks victors - while top local mixologist Rye on the Road served up Caorunn Gin cocktails 

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Left image: lady enjoying a glass of champagne, right image: gentlemen guest flicking through our supplement of Airbnb's most desirable digs

Between glasses of champagne, guests flicked through our supplement of Airbnb's most desirable digs

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Guests viewing pages lined on the walls, from February issue

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Polly Collingridge, Safari Books Online VP of product development Peter Collingridge, and Wallpaper* marketing manager Caroline Sampson

Polly Collingridge, Safari Books Online VP of product development Peter Collingridge, and Wallpaper* marketing manager Caroline Sampson

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Left Image: Neal Feay president Alex Rasmussen; Right image: Apple VP product marketing Michael Tchao and Wallpaper* publishing director Gord Ray

Neal Feay president Alex Rasmussen; Apple VP product marketing Michael Tchao and Wallpaper* publishing director Gord Ray

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Two male guests explore the iPad edition of our Design Awards issue

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Adam Bainbridge of Kindness at a turntable, providing music for the guests at the event

Shapes a-plenty were thrown on the dance floor to beats provided by Adam Bainbridge of Kindness

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Drag queens Juanita More, Sister Roma, Honey Mahogany and Veronica Klaus

Drag queens Juanita More, Sister Roma, Honey Mahogany and Veronica Klaus 

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Bernhardt Design president and creative director Jerry Helling; Wallpaper* Bespoke art director Ben Jarvis and Volvo brand and product PR manager Henrik Harplinger

Bernhardt Design president and creative director Jerry Helling; Wallpaper* Bespoke art director Ben Jarvis and Volvo brand and product PR manager Henrik Harplinger

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Hotel Click Clack co-founders Tomás Beltrán and Juan Felipe Cruz Medina

Hotel Click Clack co-founders Tomás Beltrán and Juan Felipe Cruz Medina, whose retreat in Bogotá received a Best New Hotel nomination

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Designer Lily Albaisa

Designer Lily Albaisa 

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Bespoke tote bag containing a Wallpaper* City Guide to San Francisco, a miniature bottle of Caorunn Gin, chocolate from Pump Street Bakery (our Best Chocolate winner), a Levi's gift card, and a specially designed ‘Best of 10 Years’ commemorative supplement

Guests took home a bespoke tote bag containing a Wallpaper* City Guide to San Francisco, a miniature bottle of Caorunn Gin, chocolate from Pump Street Bakery (our Best Chocolate winner), a Levi's gift card, as well as a specially designed ‘Best of 10 Years’ commemorative supplement

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