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A stylish design crowd mingled over hors d'oeuvres and wine at the Art Gallery of Calgary.
On September 29, Western Living hosted Alberta's brightest design talents for a celebration of Western Canada's best designers at the Art Gallery of Calgary. Wine flowed and dishes by Hotel Arts were delicious, but the biggest draw of the night was a display featuring work of the 2011 Designers of the Year finalists and winners. Model homes, innovative furniture, jewellery collections and more showed off an impressive pool of homegrown talent. The evening was capped off with an awards presentation by WL editor-in-Chief Anicka Quin to those named as Designers of the Year and Ones to Watch.
VIDEO
Watch a video from the Alberta event of top designers revealing the inspiration behind the work that got them nominated.
WINNERS
View the complete list of Designers of the Year winners and judges.
Our Vancouver event took place two weeks earlier—see the Designers of the Year Vancouver photos.
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Stylish partygoers raised a glass to the winners (left). Editor-in-Chief Anicka Quin presents the Architecture One to Watch award to Richard Davignon (right).
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Robert Faulkner's elegant chair earned him the title of One to Watch in the furniture design category (left). Calgarian interior designer Paul Lavoie enjoyed the night with friends (right).
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The unique earrings on Design & Conquer's Morgan Mallet (far left) show why she was a finalist in the category of Fashion and Jewellery Design (left). WL's editor-in-chief, Anicka Quin, and director of sales, Janet Macdonald celebrated a successful awards (right).
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Design aficionados from across the province took a night off to celebrate the amazing talent in Western Canada (left). Displays of the winning work—like this model of one of architect Richard Davignon's projects—fascinated guests (right).
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The finalists gather on the stage with editor-in-chief Anicka Quin (second from right) to receive their accolades (above).
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