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identity Design Awards 2025 shortlist: Innovations in Design

Shortlist revealed for the Innovations in Design categories for identity Design Awards 2025

Product design

  • Peas In A Pod, Kidzink
  • Bee Hotel, Datecrete
  • The Formula, Agata Kurzela studio
  • Al-Mu’azzi Chair, In Detail Design Center
  • Ze+Met, Studio Aya Moug
  • Telad, One Third Studio
  • Divine Connection, Kahhal 1871 X Shaikha Al-Sulaiti
  • Interfered Table, High Sense Studio

Outdoor space

  • Marsa Boulevard Trio Pop Up, Metric Interior design
  • Abrahamic Family House Pop-Up, Metric Interior design
  • Covebeach, Prospect Design International
  • Layali Diriyah 2025, Designlab Experience
  • Shifting Sands, UT-R Studio
  • Satwa Beautification Project, E+A Studio
  • Abu Dhabi Maritime’s ‘Community Activation Programme’ Pilot Projects, LWK + PARTNERS
  • MountainTop – PoolSide, studiolibani

Project of the future (Big Scale)

  • NH Collection, B8 Architecture
  • 140, IDA
  • Burj Azizi, AE7
  • Verve City Walk, U+A
  • Phase 1 Landscape Of Sultan Haitham City, LWK + PARTNERS
  • Canopy By Hilton The Point, DLR Group
  • La Mer By Elie Saab, Dewan Architects + Engineers
  • Satwa Wave Residences, EMKAAN

Project of the future (Small Scale)

  • Retail Showroom, BMA Studio
  • Karl Lagerfeld Villas, RSP
  • Waldorf Astoria Residences Dubai Business Bay By NABNI Developers, Carlos Ott/ Hirsch Bedner Associates
  • Highgrove, XYZ Designers
  • Villa Mila, Nellis Architecture
  • Z Majlis, NIU
  • Creative House, Rumah Interiors
  • Bayt Al Nakhl, WOLFGANG REGNER ARCHITECTS

Featured above; Karl Lagerfeld Villas by RSP and Satwa Wave Residences by EMKAAN

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