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Beazley Designs of the Year 2019 In-Depth

In this collection of interviews and blog features, the Design Museum speaks to some of the designers featured in the Beazley Designs of the Year exhibition about their design stories, challenges and aspirations.

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Q&A with Tania Boler

To mark the Beazley Designs of the Year exhibition, the Designer Museum caught up with founder and CEO of Elvie, the world's first silent breast pump, which can be found in Beazley Designs of the Year.

Q&A with Michelle Millar Fisher (nominator)

The Design Museum speaks to curator and design historian, Michelle Millar Fisher, about the Lia Pregnancy Kit, which she nominated in this year's Beazley Designs of the Year exhibition.

Q&A – IKEA ThisABles

To mark this year’s Beazley Designs of the Year, the Design Museum caught up with IKEA, Milbat, Access Israel and McCann Tel Aviv, Israel, about their latest project - a hack to make IKEA furniture more accessible.

Q&A with Tommy Hilfiger

The Design Museum speaks to leading fashion designer, Tommy Hilfiger, about the inspiration and design process behind his Adaptive collection, featured in Beazley Designs of the Year.

Q&A with Ji Won Choi

The Design Museum speaks to Ji Won Choi about her collection for adidas originals, which is nominated in this year's Beazley Designs of the Year. Choi's garments draw on elements from traditional Korean clothing, known as hanbok, that uses exaggerated silhouettes and architectural forms.

Meet Q: The First Genderless Voice

The Design Museum speaks to Q, the worlds first genderless voice assistant, featured in this year's Beazley Designs of the Year exhibition.

Q&A with Chris Hildrey

The Design Museum speaks to designer and architect, Chris Hildrey, about his project, ProxyAddress. The system uses available records of more than half a million empty homes to create a 'proxy' address, which can be used to obtain identification for the homeless.

Q&A with Ghassan Jansiz

To mark this year’s Beazley Designs of the Year, the Design Museum caught up with architecture nominee, Ghassan Jansiz, about the inspiration behind his project, "Roof for the Old City of Homs Souk, Syria".

Q&A with Hans Ramzan

The Design Museum speaks to designer Hans Ramzan, about his simple and affordable HIV detection kit, CATCH. Potentially saving millions of lives, find out how this device, featured in Beazley Designs of the Year, is making a global impact.

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Beazley Designs of the Year 2019

Discover this year’s top picks of some of the most innovative and thought-provoking designs from the past 12 months – across fashion, architecture, digital, transport, product and graphic design.