Over $3.9B of economic activity recognized in the Melbourne Design Awards
Over $3.9B worth of design projects has been recognized as winners are announced in the 2017 Melbourne Design Awards.
“The growth in the demand for design services, and the resulting economic activity they represent, shows just how important design and innovation are to the Victorian economy” said Melbourne Design Awards Chair Mark Bergin.
“We’re now seeing big corporates and SMEs alike turn to design to strategically drive growth and this is again reflected in the 2017 cohort of Melbourne Design Award winners” Mr Bergin added.
Award winners were drawn from across of Melbourne’s diverse design economy and include large corporates through to boutique design studios. Household names such as utilities company AGL and developer Lendlease were both recognized as gold winners in branding and marketing categories respectively, and as was ANZ for a project collaboration with Deloitte Digital. In total 60 Gold and 88 Silver winners were announced in categories ranging from architecture and interior design to graphic and digital design.
Winners will receive their trophies at a cocktail event held at the Melbourne Design Award winning venue Higher Ground on 16 August. The Best of the Awards Categories will be announced and awarded at each presentation.
Now in its eighth year, the Melbourne Design Awards have recognised hundreds of outstanding design projects, and the quality of which continues to increase and challenge the status quo.
''Year on year we see a growing sophistication in the Melbourne design marketplace. This year is no exception” Mr Bergin said.
“The courage demonstrated by clients and creative teams is the powerhouse behind a strong pool of award winners.”
The Melbourne Design Awards is a member of the BETTER FUTURE awards program incorporating 9 global design centres.
Established in Melbourne, the BETTER FUTURE design awards also take place in New York, San Francisco, Chicago, London, Hong Kong, Berlin 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 the Melbourne Design Awards” added 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
mark@betterfutureawards.com
+61 418 565 848
Full Winners List:
betterfutureawards.com/MEL17/winners_list.asp
About BETTER FUTURE
BETTER FUTURE's mission is to celebrate the courage of those who commission design and those who create it. BETTER FUTURE 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 BETTER FUTURE 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. BETTER FUTURE'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. BETTER FUTURE's focus is to also accelerate the development of those who commission design.
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