Young Furniture Makers Awards – 2021 winners announced

Thank you to everyone who entered the 2021 Young Furniture Makers Awards, sponsored by Axminster Tools and supported by the January Furniture Show in partnership with Reveal.

The Young Furniture Makers Awards are the student equivalent of The Furniture Makers’ Company’s Guild Marks, recognising excellence in the fields of Bespoke and Design. Every year the Company receives a huge number of entries from students for the awards. The designs that impress the judges on paper are traditionally invited to show at the Young Furniture Makers exhibition so they can scrutinise them in person and pick winners.

This year a virtual exhibition featuring 55 shortlisted designs took place, so all the judging was done using the information and images provided in the application.

The judges for the 2021 Young Furniture Maker Awards were Zoe Bonser, portfolio director at Clarion Events; Chris Hyde, director of curriculum at Activate Learning; Peter Sharratt, technical support advisor at Blum; Alan Styles, managing director at Axminster Tools & Machinery; and Charles Vernon, Past Master and industry expert.

The winners were invited to a ceremony at Furniture Makers’ Hall in October where they were presented with their awards by David Woodward, Master of The Furniture Makers’ Company, and Zoë Bonser.

We are now very pleased to announce the winners of the awards:

Bespoke Award

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First place: Joe Geehan for Aero

Second place: Finn Timmins for Regenerated Kumkio

Third place: Charlie Teager-Neale for the Onyx Cabinet

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Design Award

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First place: Charlotte McGowan for Set Tee

Second place: Harry Peck for the Wave Cycle

Third place: Jack Buttling for HUDL

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School Design Award

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Joint first place: Noah Samson for Tambour Door Unit

Joint first place: Annabel Harris for the Spiral Seating Structure

Third place: Oliver Stiff for Bar Keeper

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Innovation Award

First place: Joe Geehan for Aero

Special Commendation: Harry Peck for the Wave Cycle

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Best in Show

Charlotte McGowan for Set Tee

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Congratulations to all our winners and thank you to our sponsors for their support in making this year’s awards possible. Watch the video below to see the highlights from the the awards ceremony.