Dezeen Awards wins trio of accolades

Dezeen Awards wins trio of accolades

Dezeen has won a pair of Professional Publishers Association trophies for its annual awards programme and partnership with Bentley, as well as being honoured at the Conference and Events Awards.

Dezeen Awards was named event of the year at the annual Professional Publishers Association (PPA) awards earlier this month, while our partnership with Bentley – of which headline sponsorship of Dezeen Awards is the core component – was named commercial partnership of the year.

The judges described the event as "oozing creativity", while the partnership with car brand Bentley was branded as "a truly unique and exciting partnership showing both scale and value".

"The judges admired this entry's ability to deliver more with less, while still ensuring quality," the PPA said.

Dezeen Awards wins trio of accolades
Dezeen co-CEO Benedict Hobson and head of Dezeen Awards Claire Barrett pictured with host Nish Kumar and Air Business CEO Adam Sherman at the presentation of the PPA Awards

Dezeen Awards 2023 received over 4,800 entries from over 90 countries, with the winners honoured at a spectacular ceremony in London attended by over 400 guests. The event featured a circular approach to the production design, with most of the set design going back into the supply chain to minimise waste from a one-off event.

With Bentley coming on board as headline sponsor, Dezeen Awards was a central part of a wider partnership with the car brand to champion pioneering design. The partnership also included the launch of Dezeen Awards China, as well as a series of talks and the Future Luxury Retail Design Competition.

Following the two PPA Awards wins, Dezeen Awards was also recognised at the annual Conference and Events Awards.

At the ceremony earlier this month, Dezeen Awards won silver in the category celebrating the best development of an existing awards programme.

Latest accolades follow success for Dezeen at other publishing awards

2024 has been a successful year for Dezeen so far, with nominations for 10 industry awards.

Earlier this year, Dezeen features editor Nat Barker was named best writer in the specialist category at the BSME Talent Awards for his "attention-grabbing yet intelligent" articles.

Dezeen's deputy editor Cajsa Carlson, Dezeen's creative studio Dezeen Studio and our newsletter Dezeen in Depth were also shortlisted at the same awards, while members of Dezeen's sales team were shortlisted for a pair of awards at the AOP Digital Publishing Awards.

The wins follow a successful 2023 when Dezeen's co-CEOs Benedict Hobson and Wai Shin Li were named leaders of the year for media and the digital industries at The Drum Awards 2023, Dezeen's editorial team was named Team of the Year at the PPA's annual awards and Dezeen's editor Tom Ravenscroft was named Editor of the Year at the Association of Online Publishers' annual awards.