Melbourne Design Awards Winners Announced
Winners announced 2015 Melbourne Design Awards
Tuesday 13 October 2015
Melbourne, AUS
Winners of the 2015 Melbourne Design Awards have been presented by design100 Founder Mark Bergin at RMIT Design Hub, Melbourne. 100 winning nominations (34 gold and 66 silver) were awarded across the disciplines of Space, Object, Visual and Experience
Over $2.5 billion of designed projects were recognised at the Melbourne Design Awards. In all programs there are stand out portfolios – the Design Champion award went to Lend Lease for the quality and volume of work in this year’s awards program. Along with the Design Champion, the Best Studio categories were announced, Best Studio Small – Brand by Design, Best Studio Medium – Evolution 7 and Best Studio Large – Hoyne Design; the best studio winner is an aggregate score across unique nominated projects in the awards.
13 October 2015
Winners announced 2015 Melbourne Design Awards
Tuesday 13 October 2015
Melbourne, AUS
Winners of the 2015 Melbourne Design Awards have been presented by design100 Founder Mark Bergin at RMIT Design Hub, Melbourne. 100 winning nominations (34 gold and 66 silver) were awarded across the disciplines of Space, Object, Visual and Experience
Over $2.5 billion of designed projects were recognised at the Melbourne Design Awards. In all programs there are stand out portfolios – the Design Champion award went to Lend Lease for the quality and volume of work in this year’s awards program. Along with the Design Champion, the Best Studio categories were announced, Best Studio Small – Brand by Name, Best Studio Medium – Evolution 7 and Best Studio Large – Hoyne Design; the best studio winner is an aggregate score across unique nominated projects in the awards.
Selected winning projects were also interviewed at the Design Summit [MEL] held at the RMIT Design Archives prior to the presentation. The Design Summit explored the winning projects across 4 themes - Design Courage, The Design Economy, Made for People and Next & Now. The summit was hosted by Fenella Kernebone assisted by panel members Grant Davidson, Mark Bergin and Greg Branson. The video interviews will be released in coming weeks.
''Year on year we see a growing sophistication in the Melbourne design marketplace. This year is no exception. The courage demonstrated by clients and creative teams is the powerhouse behind a strong pool of award winners.
We live in an age where technology is disrupting the status quo; design is the fast track for society to harness disruption, reconnecting the community, markets and transforming the economy.
There is no way a single statement can summarise the diversity of projects, innovation and disruption covered throughout the awards – those who attended the summit were able to immerse themselves with the inside stories and learn how others are creating award winning projects'' said Mr Bergin
Gold winners include - University of Melbourne Faculty of Architecture, Wayfinding - University of Melbourne/Büro North, Brightgreen's D700+ LED downlight, Product Design – Brightgreen, Studio D – Pop Up, Pop-Ups, Display, Exhibit & Set Design – Dulux/e2, Australia Post Rebrand - Australia Post/Principals, Premier Tower, Graphic Design Publication - Fragrance Group /Hoyne Design, Henry Bucks Autumn Winter Catalogue 2014, Advertising Print - Henry Bucks /Davidson Branding and Arbory Bar and Eatery, Architecture - Commercial - Constructed - HQ Group / Jackson Clements Burrows Architects.
Silver winners include - Worksafe Injury Hotspots, Digital Experience Website – Worksafe/Butterfly, Burnham Beeches, Wayfinding – Burnham Beeches/Best Group, Jewell of Brunswick, Urban Design – Moreland City Council, Deakin Flight DX3K, Branded Experience - Deakin University/Hardhat and Target, Interior Design Retail – Target/Dalziel & Powell.
Winners of the Best Studio awards and Design Champion will be announced at next Tuesday’s presentation. Mr Bergin thanked and commended Advisory Panel members for their ongoing support as ambassadors and curators in addition to their judging role.
The Melbourne Design Awards is a member of the [city] design awards program incorporating 7 global design capitals. Design100 is a global community of 65,000 design experts engaged in celebrating courage, recognising design excellence and growing demand for design. With a panel of 180 of the world’s leading design minds providing curatorial, judging and design summit direction.
Established in Melbourne, the [city] design awards are held in New York, San Francisco, Chicago, London, Hong Kong, Melbourne and Sydney, providing the design community critical links into global markets and an efficient method to gain recognition in export markets.
''We are extremely proud and excited about the success of our Melbourne program” said Mr Bergin “We look forward to its continuing growth and further involvement from leading design organisations, studios and brands as we work together to strengthen the design economy and increase awareness about the importance and unquestionable benefits of good design.''
For media enquiries contact:
Mark Bergin – Founder
+61 418 565848
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About design100
design100's mission is to celebrate the courage of those who commission design and those who create it. design100 provides a collaborative platform of award programs across three continents, supported by the world’s most creative minds and organisations. It prides itself on accelerating the transformation to a design-led marketplace; one that understands that tomorrow is the result of yesterday’s courage. Each design100 award program acknowledges that we live in a marketplace where the quality of our design choices should be a mix of sound commercial understanding and courageous, relevant design. design100's unique difference is to recognise the courage of both those who commission design and those who create it. Professional development of practitioners has been well catered for by industry bodies. design100's focus is to also accelerate the development of those who commission design.
Design Hub is a new kind of creative environment. It is a community of design researchers for collaborative, inter-disciplinary interaction and education, housed in a purpose-built 10-storey building by Sean Godsell and Peddle Thorp, Architects. Design Hub is open to everyone. It houses a series of spaces dedicated to researching, archiving, exhibiting, discussing and critiquing design in all its phases. Design Hub is also a place to do, learn and talk about design through our programs.
The RMIT Design Archives actively collects material relating to Melbourne design from the twentieth century onwards, and is an integral part of a vibrant research centre in the heart of the city.
Both digital and material, the collections represent historical and contemporary practices which tell the story of Melbourne as a design city, and provide the resources and support for research into Melbourne’s designed environment, design professions and practices. Located within the Design Hub, RMIT Design Archives publishes RDA Journal, develops exhibitions and publishes catalogues, papers.
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