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Product of the Year Awards
The first issue of each year we spend some
time considering back over the
last twelve months and recognising those products which we remembered
with a special warmth.
We make no pretence about the fairness
or validity of these awards: they
aren't the outcome of some convoluted voting or jury process. Instead
they are (proudly) completely arbitrary, simply reflecting those products
that have most impressed our writers during the year.
If that seems harsh, consider this: committee
decisions simply reflect
the lowest common denominator that everyone can actually agree on. They
are a strategy for, and tend to reward, mediocrity. Instead, we'd rather
draw your attention to genuine excellence, those designs that stand out
from the crowd.
Here they are, the ones that impressed
us the most, we bought, or really
didn't want to give back. I hope you enjoy them as much as we did.
Roy Gregory |