identity Design Awards 2020 Virtual Ceremony now available online
Missed the virtual ceremony? You can now watch it online
For the first time since its launch six years ago, the identity Design Awards held a virtual ceremony to announce the winners of the 2020 edition. The ceremony was streamed live on 4 November 2020, awarding winners across 17 different categories.
For those who missed the virtual event, you can now watch it on Motivate Media Group’s YouTube channel.
The Awards honoured 13 projects and firms across 17 categories spanning the UAE, Bahrain, Lebanon and Iraq, including the new Design of the Year categories for Interior Design and Architecture.
This year’s Awards was judged by an international panel of designers and architects including Marco Piva, India Mahdavi, Gianluca Peluffo, Sanjay Puri and Corina Leung.
You can view the full list of winners here.
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