Flow Hive takes out 2016’s Good Design Award of the Year.

A groundbreaking start-up company from Byron Bay in NSW, Flow Hive, has been awarded the most prestigious award for design and innovation in Australia, winning the 2016 Good Design Award of the Year.

“Winning Australia’s Good Design Award of the Year came as a thrilling surprise because the entries are of such a high calibre. We are so very grateful to the many people who have helped and supported us along the way and very proud that the Flow Hive is designed and manufactured in Australia,” said the father and son team behind the Flow Hive.

Commenting on this year’s overall winner, Dr Brandon Gien, CEO of Good Design Australia said, “Good design has always been about ideas whose time has come – a showcase of the way that design creates value, and improves our quality of life – our jury could not have selected a better project to reflect these values.”

Mr. Ty Hermans from the Evolve Group, who were commissioned to help design the Flow Hive, said “Winning the Good Design Award of the Year is such an amazing opportunity to shine a spotlight on what great design can do for Australia.”

The Good Design Awards Ceremony coincided with the launch of Vivid Sydney, now the world’s largest festival of light, music and ideas. Winners were announced at a gala night at the Overseas Passenger Terminal in Sydney, attended by more than 600 industry guests. More than 25 Best in Category Awards were handed out across seven main design disciplines.

Nevhouse took out the coveted Good Design Award for Sustainability. Designed by Ken McBryde, Kacey Bridge, Interior Life and Dindas, the Nevhouse is a highly affordable cyclone-rated structure used for homes, schools and medical clinics made from recycled plastic and other waste products. Each structure is architect designed and able to withstand a Category 5 cyclone, operates on solar power and is assembled from kits in only a few days.

View all the finalists and winners here.