Meet the Mixology22 Judges: Mark Simpson, BDP
Principal and Head of Workplace at global design practice BDP, Simpson has over 30-years’ experience in the field and is our judging panel chair.
As part of our ongoing Meet the Judges series, we introduce the industry leaders and sector experts deciding this year’s Mixology Awards winners.
Simpson is a designer with extensive experience gained from over 30 years in the design industry. He began his professional career at BDP in 1985 before co-founding Amalgam in 2003. He returned to BDP in 2011 and was appointed to the BDP board in 2017. He is the Chair of BDP’s Design division and Head of Workplace. Simpson writes regularly for the design press and has chaired the judging panel for the Mixology Awards since their inception in 2005.
This year we asked each of our judges what exceptional design means to them:
“To me, great design is what Dieter Rams said,” Simpson told us, nodding to Ram’s influential 10 pillars of ‘good design’, which include ‘good design is innovative’, ‘good design is honest’ and ‘good design is unobtrusive’.
Entries for Mixology22 are now open – submit your best projects and products by Friday 11 March.
