Through the American Design Honors, WantedDesign aims to promote exceptional American Design in the broader international arena while providing a means of support for young designers seeking to amplify their impact and reach.

Previous honorees include New York-based Egg Collective (2015), Chicago based Steven Haulenbeek (2016), Portland-based Studio Gorm (2017), NY based Oliver Haslegrave, founder of Home Studios (2018) and Arielle Assouline Lichten (2019).

Every year to create our shortlist, we look for candidates across the US who already have a solid body of work, an original design language, beautiful sensibility, and also have a sense of entrepreneurship.

As part of the American Design Honors program, The award winner has been invited to create an installation at WantedDesign Manhattan to showcase their work.