The Wallpaper* Design Awards: Apple Watch Hermes wins 'Life Enhancer of the Year' award

The 'Designers of the Year'?were the Brittany-born brothers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec

Ian Burrell

Media Editor

Thursday 14 January 2016 08:10 EST

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Brothers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec (MIRA OBERMAN/AFP/Getty Images)

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The Apple Watch Hermes, described as a combination of chic and tech geek, has been chosen as “Life Enhancer of the Year” in Wallpaper* magazine’s annual design awards.

The “Designers of the Year” were the Brittany-born brothers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, who also won the “Best Domestic Design” category for the Samsung Serif television. The awards were judged by a panel that included the architect David Adjaye and the actor Eddie Redmayne.

**The Wallpaper* Design Awards 2016 winners of the judges’ awards**

Best Domestic Design

‘Serif ’ TV, by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, for Samsung

Designers of the Year

Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec

Best New Restaurant

Juana La Loca, Bogotá

Best New Hotel

Aman, Tokyo

Best New Private House

Lattice House, India, by Sameep Padora & Associates

Best New Public Building

Fondazione Prada, Italy, by OMA

Best City

Copenhagen

Best New Grooming Product

Misoka.ISM toothbrush, by Kosho Ueshima

Best Men’s Fashion Collection (Autumn/Winter 2015)

Ermenegildo Zegna Couture

Best Women’s Fashion Collection (Autumn/Winter 2015)

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Life Enhancer of the Year

Apple Watch Hermès, by Apple and Hermès

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