wedirectory best projects & websites award 2026
WeDirectory is a global curated directory and discovery platform showcasing leading projects, independent brands, and creative practitioners across art, design, fashion, architecture, and visual culture. Operating as a bridge between creators, curators, collectors and industry leaders, the platform provides discoverability infrastructure and promotional media tools to help independent creative work connect with new audiences.
WeDirectory Best Websites & Projects Award 2026 celebrates the most inspiring creative projects in art, design, and culture worldwide. We review both individual talents and creative brands, evaluating visual impact, clarity and how effectively the digital portfolio represents the creator or project. Applicants must have a public digital portfolio – a website or social media account – that authentically represents their practice and body of work.
Jury
1. Adam Rindy: Korean American photographer in Los Angeles, known for clean conceptual work—from skate and graffiti culture as a teen to two decades alongside names like Lindbergh, Demarchelier, Teller, and Leibovitz. His images are dynamic and genre-spanning, with a steady focus on photography and visual storytelling.
2. Francesca Interlenghi: Italian art critic, author, and educator across art, fashion, and visual culture—essays, exhibition texts, and interviews for Italian and international outlets; books blending biography and critique; teaching that treats creative practice as relationships. She founded The Dummy's Tales (2014), on art, fashion, and design.
3. Laura Zalenga: German conceptual photographer who develops (self-) portraits in landscapes and urban spaces to explore the vulnerable relationship between humans and their environment.
4. Pavel Ripley: Artist, designer and art-director based in Lisbon, Portugal. Founder at oddworks.studio
5. Len Gordon: contributing writer at Art Plugged chronicling contemporary art's beautiful mess, when he can get there. Now edging behind the camera, making insightful documentaries about artists and the work that haunts them.