Wallpaper magazine has put together a world-savvy committee of judges to select it’s 2008 Design Award winners. But enough about that, on to some of the winners:

    Winners – International Judges’ Awards:
    Best New Hotel: Riva Lofts, Florence
    Best New Public Building: New Museum, New York, by SANAA
    Best Fashion Collection: Jil Sander, autumn/winter 2007
    Best New Grooming Product: TweezLight tweezers
    Best New Private House: Ring House, Karuizawa, by TNA
    Best Domestic Appliance: Katamari 01 speaker by Gyanze
    Furniture Designer of the Year: Tokujin Yoshioka
    Best New Restaurant; Mathias Dahlgren, Stockholm
    Best City: Los Angeles
    Most Life-Enhancing Item: $100 laptop, by Yves Béhar

There are 63 categories in this year’s ‘Best’. If you head over here you can see the full list. Why not review the shortlists and decided for yourself if the judge’s got things right (look for the short list links towards the right side of the screen).