Wallpaper Rolls Out Design Awards, Mark Newson Both Judges and Accepts

One of the year-end “best of” lists we always look forward to is Wallpaper‘s annual Design Awards. They’ve just unveiled their picks online, should you not have already picked up the latest print edition, and there’s a handful of interesting choices, some you’ll likely agree with and some you might not (why Paris was picked as “City of the Year” we’re not sure we’ll ever understand — other years, sure, but what’s going on there right now that makes it so dang special, as opposed to say London, or Beijing, or, ahem, Chicago or New York?).