The Design Files Design Awards

Great design doesn’t just look good – it adds value to the lives of the people who interact with it.

Great architecture improves neighbourhoods, expands the public realm and can change our experience of entire towns and cities. Sustainable design practices are literally changing the world, conjuring up new solutions for waste management, efficient energy consumption and more. Meanwhile, the minutiae of everyday life can be entirely transformed by clever, well designed interiors, furniture, lighting and handcrafted elements.

The inaugural Design Files Design Awards serve to document and celebrate the designers shaping Australian contemporary culture right now.

This is a diverse awards program which recognises the huge variety of creative fields thriving in modern Australia. It’s the only awards program which celebrates the best in residential architecture and interior design, alongside innovative new work by Australia’s most talented furniture designers, craft practitioners, floral designers, textile designers, stylists,  art directors and more.

Much like the wide reach of The Design Files website, these awards will inspire a broad audience, expanding the perception and understanding of Australian design and creativity – as well as demonstrating the power of great design, to enhance daily life, and to change the world around us.

Entries open April 15th

Entries close June 7th

Enter online at tdfdesignawards.com

Shortlisted entrants notified in August 2019 Awards ceremony at Deakin Edge, Federation Square September 19th 2019.

Judges

Residential Architecture

Graham Burrows

Clare Cousins

Albert Mo

Handcrafted

Chloe Powell

Louise Olsen

Maree Clarke

Interior Design

David Flack

Adriana Hanna

Yasmine Ghoniem

Collaboration

Amanda Henderson

Ken Done

Jeremy Wortsman

Landscape Design

Paul Bangay

Georgina Reid

Rick Eckersley

Textile Design

Bonnie Ashley

Lisa Gorman

Furniture Design

Richard Munao

Adam Goodrum

Grazia Materia

Emerging Designer

Lucy Feagins

Anne-Maree Sargent

Henry Wilson

Lighting Design

Christopher Boots Kate Stokes

Sustainable Design

Jeremy McLeod

Abigail Forsyth

Styling & Art Direction

Glen Proebstel

Megan Morton

Floral Design

Cherrie Miriklis-Pavlou

Joost Bakker

One winner in each category will receive a certificate, a handcrafted glass trophy, and a cash prize.

Applications will be assessed for their creativity, functionality, originality, innovation and visionary thinking. Bonus consideration will be awarded to pro bono and community-focused projects, and projects completed on an unusually tiny budget.