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Telfar wins Design Museum prize for its cult handbag
The Black-owned US brand has been credited with challenging the concept of luxury fashion Christian VierigGetty Images
It is without question one of the most cult accessories to have emerged in recent years and now, the Telfar shopping bag doesn t just boast a legion of A-list fans, but has also won itself a prestigious design award.
The US, Black-owned label s affordable designer handbag – a vegan-leather, gender-neutral shopping tote (which costs just over £100 for the smallest style) – has won the Fashion Design of 2020 award from London s Design Museum.
UC Berkeley professor Ronald Rael wins award for border wall project
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A project known as the Teeter-Totter Wall was designed by UC Berkeley professor Ronald Rael in collaboration with Omar Rios of Colectivo Chopeke, a Mexico-based art collective, and architect Virginia San Fratello. The project was temporarily installed within the U.S.-Mexican border wall and won the 2020 Beazley Design of the Year.
To unite children from both sides of the border wall, UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design professor Ronald Rael designed an art project that turned the wall into a play area, which was awarded best design of 2020.
Pink seesaws at US-Mexico border win Design of the Year award
24 Jan 2021
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Walls are usually meant to distance people. However, a novel seesaw installation at the US-Mexico border wall brought people on both sides of the border closer together.
The creation a set of bright pink seesaws that bridged the gap created by divisive forces, is a lesson in innovation and unity that caught the attention of London s Design Museum, which has given it the 2020 Beazley Design of the Year award.
The Teeter Totter Wall, which was installed across the border between El Paso in Texas and Ciudad Juárez in Mexico for 40 minutes in July 2019, allowed American and Mexican children to play together.
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