The Design Institute of Australia (DIA) released the shortlist for the Designers Australia Awards 2022 on 15 June. Entries are assessed across three cross-disciplinary categories – “place”, “use” and “interact” – and break away from traditional category distinctions towards a more multidisciplinary approach to problem-solving.
A shortlist of 82 designers and design teams have made the cut. The DIA said the awards are an industry first in emphasising the designers and their process as much as the outcome, to recognise the “most nuanced design thinking” across the three categories.
“The DIA’s awards value the designer’s influence over process and purchasing, which is integral to quality design outcomes that shape a better world,” said the Design Institute president Gavin Campbell. “We strive to highlight a designer/s ethics, conduct and capabilities, and processes. We believe that successful design outcomes embrace the circular economy and diversity and positively impact the environment and society.”
The jury for the 2022 Designers Australia Awards is made up of 18 jurors, including design experts, academics, writers and editors. The 2022 jurors are Cameron Bruhn, Gavin Campbell, Nathan James Crane, Penny Craswell, Adam de Guara, Emma Elizabeth, Kate Goodwin, Dale Hardiman, Tuba Kocaturk, Laura Kostanski, Shay McMahon, David Meagher, Liane Rossler, Andrew Scott, Tom Skeehan, Ellie Stathaki, Abdullah M I Syed and Karen Webster.
Winners will be announced at simultaneous events across five states in Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney, on Wednesday, 3 August. Tickets are available here.
Cumulus for Goulburn Street Housing was nominated for the “place” category.
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The award for “place” recognises designers whose projects expertly address the spaces in which we live, work and play. The nominees for this category are:
Anthology for Smith Street Bistrot
APS Design for Lucky Kwong
Architectus for Macquarie University 1 Central Courtyard
Bates Smart for Hilton Melbourne Little Queen Street
Brahman Perera for Entrecôte Prahran
Carole Whiting for Calabash Bay Lodge
Cox Architecture for Midtown Workplace
Cumulus for Goulburn Street Housing
Das Studio for Esca Blewitt Springs
de Fiddes for St Bernadette’s. Specialist Dementia Care Unit
Design Paper for South32 Singapore
Design Theory for Indigo Oscar
Design Theory for Level 23, Exchange Tower
Design Theory for Parley Bar
DesignOffice for The Grosvenor Business Lounge
Diadem for 180 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
Dot Dash for Logan Village to Yarrabilba Rail Trail
Edmiston Jones for Henry Brooks Estate Kanahooka
Foolscap Studio for The Commons South Yarra
Gensler for EY Melbourne Reimagined
Hither Consulting for Vermont Terrace
Hames Sharley for Hames Sharley studio WA
Kennedy Nolan for Always
Luchetti Krelle for Jane
Map Studio and Naomi Milgrom Foundation for MPavilion 2021, The Lightcatcher
Mata Design Studio Pty Ltd for Gage Roads Freo Brewery
Milieu Creative for Andrews Place II
Milieu Creative for Mineral Resources Headquarters, Osborne Park
Monash Urban Lab for RetroFit Kit: design tools for making our homes accessible
Neil Cownie Architect for 123 House
Plus Architecture for Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA (CCIWA)
RADS for Gladstone – The Cycad House
Rezen for IGO
Richards Stanisich for 9-15 Young Street
Richards Stanisich for The Woollahra Hotel
Russell & George for Society
Russell & George for Yakimono,
Simon Modra Design for Nihon Black
Simone Haag for Bassano
Simone Haag for The Whiskey Room
SITE Architecture Studio for Rockingham Youth Centre
SJB for Powerhouse Museum and Eucalyptusdom
Studio aem and Studio Gestalt for Harbour View House
Studio Nine Architects for The Calyx Project by Forage Built
Studio Quarters for Bondi Terrace
The Design Cupboard for King Tide Brewing
United Studio for St John Urgent Care Wayfinding
Whistle Design Group for Hemmings Street Dandenong Public Art Installation
Woods Bagot for ABN Group HQ Leederville
Woods Bagot for BDO Perth
Woods Bagot for Curtin Co-Working Space
Breville for ‘an Aboriginal Culinary Journey’ was nominated for the “use” category.
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The award for “use” acknowledges designers whose projects concern the objects we engage with in our daily lives. The nominees for this category are:
Advanced Navigation for Hydrus
Blackmagic Design for Blackmagic ATEM Mini Extreme
Blackmagic Design for Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K Pro
Blackmagic Design for Blackmagic Studio Camera
Blundstone Australia and Monash University (SensiLab and Design Health Collab) for Blundstone Intelligent Footwear
Breville for ‘an Aboriginal Culinary Journey’ by Breville
Charlwood Design for Dsmile
Cobalt Design for Cobalt – magAssist VAD Heart Pump
DesignByThem for Olio Armchair, design collaboration by Christina Bricknell, Sarah Gibson & Nicholas Karlovasitis
Edward Linacre Studio and Danielle Brustman for Meteorite
Foolscap Studio for Soufflé
grazia&co for Catch Light
JamFactory for Heli Pendant Light
Monash University for miEye – Wearable Light Sensor
Nüüd studio and Naomi Milgrom Foundation for MPavilion 2021 Dancer Chair
Returnr / Cumulo Group for Returnr Marketplace
David Kay for Roman Shower
Russell & George for Lil Chair
Simon Modra Design for Hexadeca
Sans-Arc for Bankston Architectural x Sans Arc: Super Collection
Street and Garden Furniture Co. For Street + Garden Studio
Monash University for Victorian Premier’s Design Awards Showcase was nominated for the “interact” category.
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The award for “interact” is given to projects that depict what or who we engage with. The nominees for this category are:
Balarinji for Nation Brand Mark
CO-architecture for CO-architecture & Australian Architecture Job Board
Culture as Creative for Say It Loud Naarm Melbourne 2022
Design IS: Port Melbourne Secondary School brand strategy and design
Ellis Jones for Worth Holding Onto
Exhibition Studios for Underground
Grumpy Sailor Creative for How To Move a Zoo
Ian Wong and Monash University for Victorian Premier’s Design Awards Showcase – celebrating 25 years of design excellence
Monash University XYX Lab for Keep Running
Monash University XYX Lab for YourGround
For more information visit the Design Institute of Australia’s website.
Source: Architecture - architectureau
