The Design Institute of Australia (DIA) has announced the recipients of the Award of Merit honours for its Designers Australia Awards 2023 as well its 2023 fellow appointments.
Out of 230 awards submissions, 86 were shortlisted and 32 have been granted merit awards. The major category winners will be celebrated in Sydney on Thursday, November 2.
Jurors appointed to judge the three awards categories Place, Use and Interact, included Jam Factory’s CEO Brian Parkes; The Fulcrum Agency co-founder Emma Williamson; multicultural artist Grace Lilian Lee; Gene Bawden, communication designer and Head of Department (Design) at Monash University, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture; and Australian Tapestry Workshop’s CEO Sophie Travers.
Juror and CEO of Australian Tapestry Workshop Sophie Travers said “participation in the Designers Australia Awards 2023 has been an inspiration. It is fantastic to see the talent, innovation and acumen of these designers across all categories.”
The Award of Merit 2023 recipients are as follows:
Place
Australian Retirement Trust Workplace by Cox Architecture. Image:
Cox Architecture
Cox Architecture for 70 George Street, Cox Sydney Studio
Cox Architecture for Australian Retirement Trust Workplace
Cox Architecture in collaboration with H and E Architects for The Charles Grand Brasserie and Bar
Elenberg Fraser for Slattery Melbourne
Hammond Studio for SafetyCulture, Sydney Headquarters
JCHQ for Chestnut House
Kerstin Thompson Architects for Lothian Street Studio
Lahaus Studio for Upland Farm – Cabin Forest and Cabin Wren
Lucy Clemenger Architects for Delatite Cellar Door
Tonkin Zulaikha Greer for Campbell House, Private Offices
Walter Brooke for Arup Workplace Adelaide
Woods Bagot for Bassendean Hotel
Use
Pa collection by Nau. Image: Nau
Bankston Architectural and Edition Office for Casts by Bankston Architectural and Edition Office Canberra Design Lab – MPavilion’s “Re-pete” Chair
Design Health Collab for Palm – Breathing new life into asthma treatment
Desiree Ibinarriaga, MADA and Wominjeka Djeembana Indigenous Research Lab for Agave Edward
Linacre Studio with Kerstin Thompson Architects for Lothian Street Recycled Lighting Little
Wonder for Round Rhizome Rings
Monash Design Health Collab, SensiLab for PupilMetrix
Nau for Pa collection
Ross Gardam for Volant Chandelier
Ross Gardam for Vestige
SensiLab and Monash Art, Design and Architecture for Drawbotic DB-1: A Drawing Robots Platform
Interact
Fomo Public Art by Art Theory. Image:
Art Theory
BMW Group and Qut Design Academy for Digitalisation for Sustainability
Deepend Group for Reach Out – Peer Chat
Ellis Jones for Karrkad Kanjdji Trust – Brand ID and Digital
Monash University for Light Colour Humanity – Alastair Swayn Legacy Showcase
The University of Sydney CX Design Team for Sydney Uni App
The DIA Awards are proudly supported by major partners Dulux Venetian Plaster, Smeg, Wood Solutions, Brickworks and The Australian’s WISH magazine.
Following the announcement of merit winners comes the annoucement of the 2023 fellows, who are listed below:
Design Institute of Australia Fellows 2023
Anna Brown, lecturer in industrial and product design, University of South Australia
Brooke Lloyd, interior designer and director, Cox Architecture
Celina Clarke, founder and senior industrial designer, Ism Objects
Csilla Csabai, global technical team leader, Woods Bagot
Fiona Lynch, interior designer and founder, Fiona Lynch Office
Jonathan Tighe, head of industrial design, Intellidesign
Paul Turley, educator, TAFE Queensland and Griffith University, and designer at Home
ReThink Ross Gardam, lighting and furniture designer, founder, Ross Gardam
Simon Christopher, founder and senior industrial designer, ISM Objects
