The Curry Stone Design Prize was created in the belief that designers can be an instrumental force for improving people’s lives and the state of the world. Our goal is to make the talents of leading designers available to broader segments of society and to inspire the next generation of designers to harness their ingenuity and craft for social good. The Curry Stone Design Prize was founded by Clifford Curry and Delight Stone. Cliff is an architect and recognized pioneer in senior housing. Delight is a historic archaeologist and social justice activist.
Curry Stone Design Prize
Awarding social design pioneers
The Curry Stone Design Prize
Emphasis is placed on emerging projects and ideas that may not have yet been taken to scale.
The project aspires to:
- support the influence and reach of design as a critical force for improving lives and strengthening communities
- make the talents of visionary designers available to broader segments of society
- inspire the next generation of designers to harness their ingenuity and craft for social good.
Curry Stone Design Festival
The jury will convene in New York City on June 15th to recommend a Grand Prize and two additional prize winners. Nominees for the Curry Stone Design Prize are selected by an anonymous, rotating group of leaders representing broad fields of design and humanitarian advocates from other disciplines.
Winners will be announced at the Harvard Graduate School of Design on November15th. This Curry Stone Design Festival will commence with an award ceremony and continue the following day with seminars led by the 2012 Curry Stone Design Prize winners and design industry leaders.
Organisation
Secretary: Emiliano Gandolfi, a Rotterdam-based architect and curator, and co-founder of Cohabitation StrategiesCurator: Chee Pearlman, a New York-based design editor and principal of Chee CompanySenior Advisor: Cameron Sinclair, an architect and co-founder of Architecture for HumanityNomination Research and Outreach: Satu Jackson, architect and former program manager at Architecture for HumanityPrize Advisor: Rahul Mehrotra, Chair of Urban Planning and Design, Harvard Graduate School of DesignAdministration: Taryn TurnerDesign: Pentagram, Michael Bierut and Katie BarcelonaVideo Production: Room 5 Films, Ramsey Fendall and Gregory Loser