U.K.'s First International Design Award Kicks off in London

LONDON—The U.K.'s first international design award, the Brit Insurance Designs of the Year, will be announced next week in London by the Design Museum, the Guardian reports. The 100 designs vying for the prize, intended as the design world's answer to the Turner Prize, include architect Thomas Heatherwick's East Beach Cafe in Littlehampton; Christoph Behling's solar-powered shuttle boat; a spring-summer clothing collection by Giles Deacon; 10,000 silver bicycles installed in Paris last summer and available to rent by the hour; and the Nintendo Wii game console. The shortlist spans seven categories including fashion, transport, and furniture, the winners of which will be announced on March 11. The overall winner will be announced a week later.