Recognising design-led and human-centred innovation

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Johnson is proud to announce that it will reward innovative designers with the ‘Design Leader of the Year Award’ during its second Change by Design Conference taking place in February 2021. Their aim is to ultimately facilitate the interaction with peers and help individuals with their next breakthrough.

This prize allows the recognition of exceptional design-led innovation, and the opportunity to reward the most gifted individuals in the design industry. Johnson will honour professionals who make use of human-centred design to positively impact and transform how businesses operate, regardless of size and stance across a number of categories:

Young Design Leader
Culture Transformation
Design Inclusion Leader
Design for Good Initiative
Women Lead Initiative
Digital Transformation
Brand Transformation
Business Model Transformation

Noticing a gap in the market, Johnson wishes to reward findings and their innovators, whom have never been acknowledged before. It will achieved so through multiple and precise design categories.

The judges determining the winners are themselves design leaders and professionals, recognised for their careers and achievements:

Nicholas Skytland – Deputy Chief, Exploration Technology Office, NASA – National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Dan Makoski, Chief Design Officer, Lloyds Bank Group
Gianluca Brugnoli, Chief Design Officer, Huawei Milan Aesthetic Research Center
Milka Eskola, Vice President Art & Design, Legrand Group
Donn Ogilvie, Vice President, Product Strategy and Experience Design, Citi Bank
Hillel Cooperman – Senior Vice President, User Experience Design, Oracle
Jenny Lam – Senior Vice President, Brand User Experience, Oracle
Nicolas Petitjean – Group Vice President Design, Sodexo
Seiya Ohta, Vice President User Experience, Trustly
Anne-Marie Sargueil, Presidente, l’Institut Francais du Design
Dji-Ming Luk, Senior Designer, Wilmotte & Industries

The final nominees will be invited to participate to the Change by Design conference, an event encouraging collective thinking, and value co-creation through a number of workshops and talks.

The nomination deadline is 2th of November 2020

The finalists will be announced on the 2nd of December 2020 and the award ceremony will take place on the 2nd of February 2021 in Paris.

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Article by Maddyness

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