Reece Davey Asks Dezeen Awards 2026 Master Jury Where Design Is Headed

Key facts

• Reece Davey interviewed the Dezeen Awards 2026 master jury for a video reel.
• Jury members were asked for one thing about the future of architecture or design that excited them and trends from this year's entries.
• The jury discussed changes in representing ideas, sketching, modelling and visualising, and how designers work today.
• Interviewees included architects Daniel Libeskind and Aziza Chaouni, architectural designer John Cummins, interior designers Jaime Hayon, Julien Sebban and Smita Thomas, and designers Jo Barnard and Martin Lotti.
• John Cummins is product marketing manager at 3D modelling software company Trimble SketchUp.
• Cummins said software should not be another problem for designers to solve and that SketchUp gives architects tools to take a project from idea to finished building.
• The jury met earlier this month at the One Hundred Shoreditch hotel in London to decide the winners of Dezeen Awards 2026.
• Winners will be revealed at this year's party on 16 November.
• The architecture shortlist was announced on Monday, the interiors shortlist on Tuesday and the design shortlist yesterday.
• The 2026 public vote opens next week, with winners announced on Dezeen and social media ahead of the 16 November party.
• Dezeen Awards party tickets are on sale, with discounted tickets at £249 for shortlisted studios.
• Dezeen Awards is in its ninth edition and is in partnership with global technology company Trimble.