CHEERS TO THE 19TH ANNUAL
DWR Champagne Chair Contest™ Winners
Pop, fizz, clink! We’re thrilled to announce the winners of this year’s Champagne Chair Contest! Check out the exquisitely crafted mini modern designs that won prizes in every category.
Raise a glass to the chair champs
Most Original – Grand Prize
“Arinna Chair” by Alison Brummer
Most Original – Runner-Up
“Chairiot” by Angelo Czar Manzano
Best Likeness – Grand Prize
“Barcelona Sofa” by Ryan Cole
Best Likeness – Runner-Up
“Wassily Chair” by Britt Fleury
Slow Factory Prize
Made with contact lenses, Barbara Pschirer’s “Contact Chair” wins the new Slow Factory Prize for recycled materials.
Pommery Prize
“Sunball Chair” by Aspen Vanhooser wins the Pommery Prize from our official champagne partner.
DESIGN FOR GOOD
Uncork climate solutions
Thanks to this year’s champagne chair entries, MillerKnoll Foundation donated $25,000 to Slow Factory, a nonprofit climate innovation hub working to address environmental justice issues.
Through design programs such as Landfills as Museums and Waste Design Challenge, Slow Factory creates solutions that utilize waste as a resource, building community power through open education and regenerative design.
Through design programs such as Landfills as Museums and Waste Design Challenge, Slow Factory creates solutions that utilize waste as a resource, building community power through open education and regenerative design.
Prizes
All winning chairs will be featured on dwr.com.
Most Original
Grand prize: $1,000 DWR Gift Card
Runner-up: $750 DWR Gift Card
Best Likeness
Grand prize: $1,000 DWR Gift Card
Runner-up: $750 DWR Gift Card
Pommery Prize
Our official champagne partner will award a $1,000 DWR Gift Card and Pommery Gift Set to the creator of its favorite chair made using any or all of the materials (except glass) from no more than two (2) Pommery champagne bottles.
Slow Factory Prize
DWR will award an Eames Molded Plastic Armchair in recycled plastic to the creator of our favorite champagne chair made using recycled, recovered, or found plastic – in addition to any or all of the materials (except glass) from no more than two (2) bottles of champagne.
Most Original
Grand prize: $1,000 DWR Gift Card
Runner-up: $750 DWR Gift Card
Best Likeness
Grand prize: $1,000 DWR Gift Card
Runner-up: $750 DWR Gift Card
Pommery Prize
Our official champagne partner will award a $1,000 DWR Gift Card and Pommery Gift Set to the creator of its favorite chair made using any or all of the materials (except glass) from no more than two (2) Pommery champagne bottles.
Slow Factory Prize
DWR will award an Eames Molded Plastic Armchair in recycled plastic to the creator of our favorite champagne chair made using recycled, recovered, or found plastic – in addition to any or all of the materials (except glass) from no more than two (2) bottles of champagne.
View the entries