The 2025 Professional winner in Home & Living is Loka Chai Maker by Jon Marshall in collaboration with Chifen Cheng, Shing Lo, Amelia Kociolkowska, Vincent Fan, Harc Lee, Andrew Aitken, Nikhil Shah, and Anish Shonpal at Pentagram London. Their goal was to develop a device that makes chai quicker, cleaner and easier than anything on the market, and solve an array of issues: frequent boil over, constant monitoring, and messy clean-ups in the process. The design has met with success due to its functionality, ergonomics and aesthetics.

The Student Home & Living winner is Sirocco Hands-free Hairdryer by Yajurvi Haritwal from ArtCenter College of Design. Sirocco is a hands-free hair dryer designed to be easily accessible by everyone regardless of their level of upper limb mobility.

The jury team for Home & Living was led by Mitch Heinrich the principal designer at Copper. Heinrich was joined by Dierdre Shea who is Co-Founder and Principal Designer at Fun Stuff Design, Pushan Panda a Design engineer at CopperHome, and Gamal Prather the Minister of Culture at MTRL objects.

The 2025 Home & Living recognizes consumer products or services designed to enhance comfort, convenience, security, and sustainability in residential spaces. Products and services can integrate digital tools, smart devices, and automation systems, making everyday life more efficient and enjoyable from home management, entertainment to security and energy efficiency included are home accessories, appliances, home electronics, smart home products, and security systems.

Home & Living Award Honorees

See All The Honorees of the 2025 Core77 Design Awards Here:

Apps & Platforms | Built Environment | Branding | Commercial & Industrial Equipment | Consumer Technology | Design for Social Impact | Emerging Technologies | Furniture & Lighting | Home & Living | Interaction | Lifestyle Accessories | Medical & Healthcare | Packaging | Speculative Design | Sports & Outdoor | Sustainability | Tools | Toys & Play | Transportation | Visual Communication