Relaunched as an annual event in 2012, the Victorian Premier’s Design Awards is calling for nominations, which will close on 20 August 2013.
Entries can be submitted under six categories – architectural design, service design, industrial and product design, communication design, digital design, and design strategy – and will be judged by an international and interstate judging panel led by Victorian designer, Ken Cato.
The Awards aim to celebrate and reward both designers and clients for excellence in the development and use of exemplar design effectively and sustainably.
It also seeks to provide an opportunity for businesses and the community to better understand the role of design in making products and services more functional, efficient and attractive, and ultimately increasing productivity and business outcomes.
The 2012 winner was the Edithvale Seafood Wetlands Discovery Centre designed by Minifie van Schaik Architects.
Perched above wetlands in Melbourne’s south-east, the Centre addresses sustainability through a range of different systems rendering it almost carbon neutral. It is now used to educate the community about the best sustainable practices for managing our wetlands and waterways.
Image courtesy of Premier's Design Awards.
One of the key initiatives forming part of Victoria’s Design Initiatives 2012-15, a $10 million commitment to support, foster and create awareness of best practice design in Victoria, the Premier’s Design Awards will be held in October 2013.
The design sector is a significant contributor to the Victorian economy, with more than 195,000 people employed in design related roles, and the sector generating a revenue of $7.3 billion annually for the state’s economy, including an estimated $204 million in design-related exports.
“The Premier’s Design Awards is a very important initiative for the design sector in Victoria and has the capacity to showcase the best of design, innovation and creatively coming out of Victoria,” says Brandon Gien, Managing Director of Good Design Australia.
For more information, please visit www.premiersdesignawards.org.au.
