'Tis the season of awards and celebrations and conferences and any other reason people can think to get together. Via Archinect, we found out about another one: the European Centre for Architecture, Art, Design and Urban Studies and The Chicago Anthenaeum have announced their picks for Europe 40 Under 40, an award given to both young designers and architects plying their trades in Europe. Bustler has the whole list of names, as well as a ton of images of the various winners' work and it's all just spectacular. The only thing we're curious about is why this is a co-award with a Chicago-based organization and has a jury consisting entirely of people in New York, but is only about young designers and architects working in Europe. But maybe we're just suffering from too much patriotism. Excuse us while we straighten out our lapel flag pins and give it some serious thought.