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The Arts Foundation Futures Awards 2025: Design Jury Announced

Each year we invite established professionals, subject experts, artists and creatives from across the UK to form part of the independent Jury that will select this year’s Shortlisted Designers and Fellow.

We are thrilled to share that the Arts Foundation Futures Awards 2025 for Design Jury Members are:

Sarah Douglas 

Sarah Douglas is a consultant at the Steve Jobs Archive, an agent for Martino Gamper, and an advisor to brands and cultural institutions. She was previously at Wallpaper* for 16 years as Editor-in-Chief and Creative Director, and prior to that Art Editor at The Architects’ Journal. Sarah is committed to supporting the next generation of creative talent, has hosted talks and panel discussions around the world, and judged numerous international design competitions including the London Design Medal. 

Satoshi Isono

Satoshi is Creative Director of Universal Design Studio, an architecture and interior design studio based in London and New York.  Satoshi heads up Universal Design Studio’s New York studio and has overseen award-winning projects in the retail, innovation and cultural realm. Satoshi has over a decade of teaching experience, and was most recently shaping the next generation  of the Architecture Masters Programme at the Royal College of Art.

Prof. Adrian Lahoud

Prof. Adrian Lahoud is Dean, School of Architecture and Fellow at the Royal College of Art. He sits on the board of the Architecture Foundation, Design Museum Future Observatory, New Architecture Writers, the Arabic cultural platform Ma3azef, and was Convenor and Co-Chair of the Rights of Future Generation Working Group. Prior to his role at RCA, he was director of the MA programme at the Centre for Research Architecture, Goldsmiths and Studio Master in the Projective Cities MPhil in Architecture and Urban Design at the Architectural Association. In 2019 he curated the inaugural Sharjah Architecture Triennial, the first major international platform for architecture and urbanism in the global south. His research work is focused on architecture and urbanism in the global south.

The Arts Foundation Futures Awards support the UK’s most promising artists and creatives at a pivotal moment in their careers with £20,000 unconditional Fellowships.

The Design Award Shortlist will be revealed in January 2025, and the recipient of the £20,000 Fellowship will be announced at a live Award Ceremony in February 2025, with all Shortlisted Artists awarded £1,000.

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