GIORGIO BORRUSO DESIGN is an award-winning multi-disciplinary design and architecture firm headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm has developed projects for clients like Caruso Affiliated, Macerich, C.J. Segerstrom & Sons, Lord & Taylor, FILA, WIRED, Paul Frank, Fornarina, Snaidero, and bebe.
Our work has been described as experiential, sculptural, and organic, with a focus on integrating unique materials and new technologies. Built projects have appeared in over a thousand publications and have been exhibited worldwide, with several becoming part of the collections of renowned design museums. The work has received over two hundred international design awards, including RedDot's Best of the Best, the German Design Prize, the International and American Architecture Awards, numerous AIA Awards, and the GOOD DESIGN AWARDS.
Giorgio Borruso lectures extensively on architecture, technology, and design at universities and conferences around the world and currently sits on the advisory board of DesignRetail. He has also been on the jury for notable design awards sponsored by groups like Architectural Record magazine, GOOD DESIGN, India's VM&RD, Contract Interiors, and IIDA. We were honored as Practice of the Year in London at the 2012 FX International Design Awards and in 2014, we received the IIDA Global Excellence Award in Paris.
2010
2010 GOOD DESIGN Award
2010 Design Week Award, Finalist
2010 American Architecture Award, winner
2010 American Architecture Award, Finalist
2010 International Architecture Award
2010 RDI International Store Design Award, First Place
2010 RDI International Store Design Award, First Place
2010 RDI International Store Design Award, Innovative Conceptual Award
2010 RDI International Store Design Award, Innovative Conceptual Award
2010 London International Creative Competition, Shortlist
2010 I.D. Annual Design Review, Honorable Mention
2010 Chain Store Age Retail Store of the Year Award
2010 A.R.E. Retail Design Award
2010 Contract's Interiors Award, First Prize
2009
2009 Red Dot: Product Design Award
2009 RDI International Store Design Award, First Place
2009 RDI International Store Design Award, First Place
2009 RDI International Store Design Award, Award of Merit
2009 RDI International Store Design Award, Innovative Conceptual Award
2009 RDI International Store Design Award, Innovative Conceptual Award
2009 DDI Portfolio Award, 'Retail Design Influencer'
2009 DDI Portfolio Award, 'Best Design Firms'
2009 DDI Portfolio Award, 'Best Designed New Store'
2009 IIDA Interior Design Award
2009 Interior Design Best of Year Award, Merit Award
2009 World Technology Award, Nomination
2009 Los Angeles Architecture Award (Los Angeles Business Council)
2009 A.R.E. Design Award, Grand Prize
2009 A.R.E. Design Award, Store Fixture of the Year
2009 A.R.E. Design Award, Store Fixture
2009 A.R.E. Design Award, Special Recognition
2008
2008 GOOD DESIGN Award
2008 Red Dot: Product Design Award
2008 Chain Store Age's Retail Store of the Year Award, Best International Store
2008 Chain Store Age's Retail Store of the Year Award, Best Store Fixture
2008 Chain Store Age's Retail Store of the Year Award, Honorable Mention, Showroom
2008 Designpreis Award, finalist
2008 International Architecture Award (Chicago Athenaeum)
2008 Interior Design Best of Year Award, First Prize
2008 Interior Design Best of Year Award, Merit Award
2008 Business Week/IDEA Design Awards, Finalist
2008 DDI Portfolio Award, 'Retail Design Influencer'
2008 DDI Portfolio Award, 'Most Exciting Design Firm'
2008 ContractWorld, Finalist
2008 World Retail Award, Finalist
2008 A.R.E. Design Award
2008 A.R.E. Design Award
2008 A.R.E. Design Awards, Special Installation Award
2007
2007 GOOD DESIGN Award
2007 GOOD DESIGN Award
2007 Red Dot: Product Design Award
2007 Red Dot: Product Design Award
2007 FX Retail Design Award, First Place
2007 Interior Design Best of Year Award, First Place
2007 Interior Design Best of Year Award, Merit Award
2007 American Architecture Award (Chicago Athenaeum)
2007 ContractWorld, Finalist
2007 AIA/LA Design Award
2007 LABC Los Angeles Architecture Award
2007 D&AD Design Award
2007 IIDA Interior Design Award
2007 Future Marketing Award, Finalist
2007 London International Creative Competition
2007 DDI Portfolio Award, 'Retail Design Influencer'
2007 DDI Portfolio Award, 'Most Exciting Design Firm'
2007 DDI Portfolio Award, 'Best-Designed New Store'
2007 Superior Achievement in Design and Imaging Award, Overall Grand Prize
2007 Superior Achievement in Design and Imaging Award, Grand Prize
2007 Digital Addressable Lighting Interface Award
2007 Chain Store Age's Retail Store of the Year Award, Best Store
2007 NASFM Retail Design Award
2007 NASFM Retail Design Award
2006
2006 GOOD DESIGN Award
2006 Institute of Store Planners/VM+SD Int'l Store Design Award, First Place
2006 Institute of Store Planners/VM+SD Int'l Store Design Award, First Place
2006 DDI Portfolio Award, 'Retail Design Luminary'
2006 DDI Portfolio Award, 'Best-Designed New Store'
2006 DDI Portfolio Award, 'Retail Design Innovator'
2006 DDI Portfolio Award, 'Most Exciting Design Firms'
2006 ContractWorld Award, Finalist
2006 Superior Achievement in Design and Imaging Award, Grand Prize
2006 Superior Achievement in Design and Imaging Award, Honorable Mention
2006 Design Week Award, Finalist
2006 Design Week Award, Finalist
2006 FX International Interior Design Award, Highly Commended
2006 FX International Interior Design Award, Finalist
2006 NASFM Retail Design Award, 'Store of the Year'
2006 NASFM Retail Design Award, Grand Prize
2006 NASFM Retail Design Award, Outstanding Merit
2006 NASFM Retail Design Award, Outstanding Merit
2006 Future Marketing Award, First Prize
2006 Future Marketing Award, Finalist
2006 Future Marketing Award, Finalist
2005
2005 GOOD DESIGN Award
2005 GOOD DESIGN Award
2005 GOOD DESIGN Award
2005 Contract's Annual Interiors Award, First Prize
2005 Robb Report's Best of the Best Design, Special Luxury Portfolio
2005 Institute of Store Planners/VM+SD Int'l Store Design Award, First Place
2005 Institute of Store Planners/VM+SD Int'l Store Design Award, First Place
2005 Institute of Store Planners/VM+SD Int'l Store Design Award, Merit Award
2005 Institute of Store Planners/VM+SD Int'l Store Design Award, First Place
2005 DDI Portfolio Award, 'Designer of the Year'
2005 DDI Portfolio Award, 'Industry's Most Influential People'
2005 DDI Portfolio Award, 'Most Exciting Design Firms'
2005 DDI Portfolio Award, 'Best New Retail Spaces'
2005 DDI Portfolio Award, 'Most Unique Stores'
2005 Superior Achievement in Design and Imaging Award, First Prize
2005 Superior Achievement in Design and Imaging Award, Honorable Mention
2005 NASFM Retail Design Award, Grand Prize
2005 NASFM Retail Design Award, Grand Prize
2005 NASFM Retail Design Award, Outstanding Merit
2005 idFX BIDA Award, Finalist
2005 Cooper-Hewitt Smithsonian National Design Museum, Nomination
2004
2004 Institute of Store Planners/VM+SD Int'l Store Design Award, 'Store of the Year'
2004 Institute of Store Planners/VM+SD Int'l Store Design Award, First Prize
2004 Institute of Store Planners/VM+SD Int'l Store Design Award, First Prize
2004 DDI Book of Lists, 'Most Unique Stores'
2004 DDI Book of Lists, 'Most Exciting Design Firms'
2003
2003 FX International Interior Design Award, Finalist
2003 FX International Interior Design Award, Finalist
2003 DDI Book of Lists, 'Industry's Most Influential People'
2003 DDI Book of Lists, 'Most Exciting Design Firms'
2003 DDI Book of Lists, 'Best New Retail Spaces'
2003 DDI Book of Lists, 'Best Designed Stores'
2003 DDI Book of Lists, 'Exciting Products'
2003 DDI Book of Lists, 'Colorful Stores'
2003 World Technology Award, Nomination
2003 Cooper-Hewitt Smithsonian National Design Museum, Nomination
2002
2002 Institute of Store Planners/VM+SD Int'l Store Design Award, First Prize
2002 I.D. Annual Design Review, Honorable Mention
2002 AIA Design Award, P&F Chapter, Merit Award