FINALISTS FOR LEXUS DESIGN AWARD 2020 ANNOUNCED - SIX INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR A BETTER TOMORROW

SUTHERLIN SANTOS - USA

Bio.Scales are biopolymer filters made from natural, ecologically engaged materials designed to remove carbon and other harmful compounds from the air. This modular, 3D printed system is reconfigurable and adaptable, providing improved air quality to any living space.

Paul and Garrett Sutherlin Santo are designers from Downtown Los Angeles. Their work seeks to project a future where design’s connection to nature and technology are symmetrical by exploring the relationship of emerging digital processes, ecologically engaged materials, and traditional craft.

THÉOPHILE PEJU & SALVATORE CICERO (THÉOPHILE PEJU (FRANCE), SALVATORE CICERO (ITALY)) - BASED IN UNITED KINGDOM

Feltscape is a breathing cloud made from felt and thermoplastic that captures noise and customizes interior acoustic and lighting qualities. Feltscape is the result of an innovative fabrication process that combines haute couture techniques and robotic additive manufacturing.

Théophile Peju & Salvatore Cicero are architectural designers based in London. They graduated from the Bartlett School of Architecture – UCL, where they pursued research on textile composite materials. Their design approach, through hands-on experience, combines traditional craftsmanship and innovative robotic fabrication techniques.

YAOKUN WU - CHINA / BASED IN USA

Flash Pak is a smart survival apparatus like a life jacket that guides students to safety in flash floods via a haptic navigation system with LED lights. It inflates to become a flotation device alone but also can be strapped to other Flash Paks to keep the group together like a raft.

Yaokun Wu is an industrial design student at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. He feels grateful for everything he has and wishes to use design to help people who need it most. He believes design is everywhere, but only that which brings people warmth will never be forgotten.

IRINA SAMOILOVA - RUSSIA

Lick is a portable body cleaner which will help people who are unable to use a bath. The device has a cleaning surface like a cat’s tongue similar to how cats clean their body from impurities.

Irina Samoilova is a product & furniture designer. She is currently studying for a master's degree at Moscow State Stroganov Academy of Design and Applied Art in the furniture design department. Before starting a new design, she first studies animal shapes and how such forms already work in nature.

BELTOWER - (JOHN BRIAN KAMAU, JOYCE WAIRIMU GACHIRI, IAN GITHEGI KAMAU, ESTHER WANJIKU KAMAU AND ARVIN BOOKER KAMAU)

Open Source Communities is a proposal outlining an efficient way of designing communities in developing countries based on using smart open-source plans. The designers endeavor to see how these designs may be refined for adaptability to create connected homes that are sustainable.

BellTower was established in 2014 with the vision of using open source systems and technologies to solve problems. They came together to create a team with skills in Risk Management, Information Technology, Design, Project Management and Strategy to build an open-source community model for personal, corporate and industrial needs.

AQSA AJMAL - PAKISTAN

The Pursewit has a sleek new design that just invites you to sew! By simplifying sewing machine use for the visually impaired, operation is made more intuitive and tactile, enhancing the cumbersome process of sewing.

Aqsa Ajmal, Industrial Designer, graduated from National University of Sciences and Technology. She is steered by her belief in design as a problem-solving tool, devising relationships between ideas and reality. Through her tangible interaction and firsthand experiments in design, she looks forward to improving connections between people and products.