2017 Eat Drink Design Awards announced

Projects from New South Wales have dominated the 2017 Eat Drink Design Awards, an annual awards program which celebrates innovation and excellence in the design of hospitality venues.

From a shortlist of 94 Australian and New Zealand projects, six came out on top in their respective categories: Best Bar Design, Best Café Design, Best Identity Design, Best Restaurant Design, Best Retail Design, and Best Installation Design. An iconic hospitality venue was also inducted into the program’s Hall of Fame.

Four of these awarded projects were from New South Wales, and included Campos Barangaroo by Woods Bagot (Best Retail Design), Noma Australia by Foolscap Studio (Best Installation Design), The Dolphin Hotel by George Livissianis (Best Bar Design), and Fratelli Paradiso by the late Mike Murphy (Hall of Fame).

The other major winners at the awards consisted of Morris and Health by Ritz & Ghougassian (Best Café Design), Jackalope Hotel by Fabio Ongarato Design (Best Identity Design), and Viet Next Door by Genesin Studio (Best Restaurant Design).

“This year's entries were united by a sweeping sense of ambition across all categories – one focused on careful detail. Within the scope of such ambition we saw more genteel and conservative entries, and entries with irony, verve and wit. The winners in each category display multiple such qualities, combined with a sense of rigour in the application of detail and materials,” says Cassie Hansen, jury chair.

Full list of winners below:

BEST BAR DESIGN

The Dolphin Hotel by George Livissianis
Photography by Tom Ferguson

COMMENDATIONS

• The Buena by SJB + TRD
• The George on Collins by Hecker Guthrie
• Charlie Parker’s by ACME&Co.

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BEST CAFÉ DESIGN

Morris and Health by Ritz & Ghougassian
Photography by Tom Blachford

COMMENDATIONS

• Sensory Lab by Foolscap Studio
• Moby 3143 by Golden
• Workshop Brothers by Studio Esteta
• Pitch & Fork Café by Georgia Cannon

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BEST IDENTITY DESIGN

Jackalope Hotel by Fabio Ongarato Design
Photography by Sharyn Cairns

COMMENDATIONS

• The Garden by Sonnet
• Kisume by Fabio Ongarato Design

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BEST RESTAURANT DESIGN

Viet Next Door by Genesin Studio
Photography by Jonathan VDK

COMMENDATIONS

• Ume Burger by Amber Road
• Cutler & Co. by IF Architecture
• 12-Micron by SJB
• Workshop Brothers by Studio Esteta
• FRED’S by ACME&Co.
• The George on Collins by Hecker Guthrie

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BEST RETAIL DESIGN

Campos Barangaroo by Woods Bagot
Photography by Trevor Mein

COMMENDATIONS

• Handpicked Wines Cellar Door by DesignOffice
• The Kitchens by Landini Associates

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BEST INSTALLATION DESIGN

Noma Australia by Foolscap Studio
Photography by Paul Barbera

COMMENDATION

• Pizza Da Mario – Mobile Pop Up by Victoria Hampshire Design

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HALL OF FAME

Fratelli Paradiso by Mike Murphy, with later additions by Mike Hanna and Don Cameron
Image: Supplied