The 2021 Australian Good Design Awards will be announced over five days throughout the 2021 Good Design Awards Week from 11 to 15 October and we’re inviting you to be a part of the celebrations.
The Good Design Awards Week will be filled with good news and inspiring content to recognise, reward and celebrate the innovative minds behind this year’s Award winning projects.
Each day we will be revealing the Good Design Award Winners, Good Design Award Gold Winners and Good Design Award Best in Class Winners across 12 unique categories, as well as celebrating Good Design Australia’s Special Accolades including the coveted Good Design Award for Sustainability, the Good Design Team of the Year, the Australian Design Prize, our Women in Design Award, Indigenous Designer Award and of course, the Good Design Award of the Year, Australia’s highest design honour.
Different categories will be announced on different days, so please check the schedule to ensure you don’t miss anything.
DAY ONE – MONDAY 11 OCTOBER
Day One kicks off with the Good Design Award Winners, Good Design Award Gold Winners and Good Design Best in Class Winners in the Architectural Design, Precinct Design and Service Design categories.
We’ll also be celebrating a number of Good Design Australia’s Special Accolades, including the MAAS Design Award, the Greener Spaces Better Places Award and the Design Institute of Australia Award.
DAY TWO – TUESDAY 12 OCTOBER
On Day Two we will be revealing the Good Design Award Winners, Good Design Award Gold Winners and Good Design Best in Class Winners in the Design Research, Design Strategy, Digital Design, Fashion Impact and Next Gen category, proudly supported by RØDE Microphones.
We will also be announcing the Indigenous Designer Award, proudly supported by RMIT University. This special award recognises and celebrates the important contribution that Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander designers make to Australian Design across the spectrum of design disciplines and practice.
DAY THREE – WEDNESDAY 13 OCTOBER
Day Three is a BIG one as we announce Award Winners in the Product Design discipline – the largest and most diverse category in the Awards, covering everything from Consumer Electronics, Domestic Appliances, Furniture and Lighting, Automotive and Transport, Hardware and Building, Medical and Scientific, Commercial and Industrial, Sport and Lifestyle and Housewares and Objects.
Special Accolades announced include Good Design Australia’s Automotive Design Award – a special accolade within the Automotive and Transport Category to recognise excellence in automotive design and styling.
DAY FOUR – THURSDAY 14 OCTOBER
On Day Four we will be announcing Award Winners in our Communication Design, Social Impact, and EngineeringDesign discipline, proudly supported by Aurecon.
Special Accolades announced on this day include the Michael Bryce Patron’s Award andGood Design Australia’s Women in Design Award.
DAY FIVE – FRIDAY 15 OCTOBER
The final day of the 2021 Good Design Awards Week sees the announcement of the most prestigious Awards in the annual Australian Good Design Awards, the 2021 Good Design Award of the Year – the highest design honour in the country, the 2021 Good Design Award for Sustainability, the 2021 Good Design Team of the Year and the 2021 Australian Design Prize.
A huge congratulations to all the Award Winners announced throughout the week. We hope you will be inspired by the innovative and groundbreaking designs showcased and we look forward to sharing this success with you during the 2021 Good Design Awards Week.
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The 2021 Australian Good Design Awards attracted an incredible array of innovative design projects across 12 main design disciplines covering more than 35 categories.
Each year, the program brings together new and innovative design projects from around the world, celebrating the very best in all areas of design, architecture, engineering, fashion, communication, digital, research and social innovation. The next generation of designers and innovators are also represented through the Next Gen category.
“We are truly humbled by the high standard of design projects entered into this year’s Awards. The quantity and quality of design work represented is truly outstanding and a positive indicator that our design community is flourishing, even during these challenging times,” said Dr. Brandon Gien, CEO of Good Design Australia.
The record number of entries represents design projects across broad sectors and industries and cover everything from consumer electronics, domestic appliances, medical and scientific equipment right through to the design of systems and services, apps and websites, packaging, commercial and residential architecture, to new business models for the fashion sector, inspirational social impact projects for the NFP sector, high-end engineering design through to research design projects from the academic sector.
“After 25 years of running these Awards, I’ve never seen such a broad representation of innovative design come through. A quick look at some of these amazing entries reinforces the message that good design is not only good business, but it is also an essential ingredient to improve our overall quality of life and to make our world better, safer, and ultimately, more sustainable,” said Dr. Gien.
The overarching theme for the 2021 Australian Good Design Awards is “DESIGN FOR A BRIGHTER FUTURE” with numerous projects showcasing innovative design solutions aimed at addressing some of the more complex challenges facing our world. Examples include a revolutionary cloud brightening machine, designed to help prevent coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef, a new dollar coin designed to encourage charitable donations, innovative compostable plastic cling wrap designed to help reduce our reliance on plastic food wrap, and a new ceiling fan that purifies the air and kills up to 99.9 percent of airborne pathogens.
“I am always in awe of the high level of design innovation that comes through these Awards. This year in particular, it is encouraging to see so many design solutions aimed at solving meaningful problems as we make the transition to a less carbon-intensive and circular economy – from electric cars and bikes, more sustainable packaging solutions, medical products and solutions aimed at helping address the ongoing impacts of Covid-19, to social impact projects aimed at helping to solve complex societal challenges – this year’s entries are a great showcase of the problem-solving capacity of design ,” Dr. Gien went on to say.
The Jury will convene in the coming weeks to evaluate these projects and decide which will go on to receive the coveted Australian Good Design Award accolade. Winners will be announced on the 17th of September at the annual Good Design Awards Ceremony in Sydney where the coveted Australian Good Design Award of the Year will also be announced as well as a host of industry awards and accolades.
Pictured Left to Right, Top to Bottom: Hyundai IONIQ 5 is a futuristic family EV designed to redefine mobility through its advanced long-range, rapid recharge battery-electric powertrain. Savic C-Series Electric Motorcycle is Australia’s first full-sized, high-performance electric motorcycle based on the classically beautiful café racers of the 1970s. UBCO’s Intelligent EV Platform includes 2X2 Work and Adventure Bikes, portable power, and subscription software. Hyundai IONIQ 5 cleverly packaged and spacious cabin aims to dramatically advance the user experience of EVs.
Pictured Left to Right: Spookedkooks is the world’s first and only soft-top surfboard containing recycled post-consumer plastic waste. To date, they have used over 7 tonnes of recycled plastic waste to make all the component parts of their surfboards. The Great Wraptakes food waste and ferments it down into feedstock to make cling wrap and pallet wrap that is home compostable. With more than 150 000 tonnes of cling wrap going into Australian landfills each year, this innovative solution could be a game-changer for petroleum-based plastic wrapping.
Pictured Left to Right: The Royal Australian Mint and Saatchi & Saatchi designed the world’s first Donation Dollar. They co-designed a coin and campaign to promote greater charitable giving and transform the way people think and use cash for the greater good. NZ COVID Tracer App: As New Zealand entered The pandemic lockdown in 2020, the Ministry of Health partnered with RUSH on a solution to help contact tracers break the chain of COVID-19 transmission. The NZ COVID Tracer App and QR code generator were launched in six weeks to stop new clusters and ultimately save lives.
Pictured Left to Right:Active Mask is a re-usable face mask specifically designed for sustained protection and optimal comfort. Targeted at corporate and institutional clients, it is a device built on agility, best-practice health learnings and offers bespoke specifications to meet changing disease control standards. Safe Leveris a universal hands-free door opener designed to stop the spread of surface contact germs in commercial settings.
Pictured Left to Right: One Barangaroo creates a new world-class tourist offering with a landmark attraction on Sydney Harbour. Designed by Wilkinson Eyre Architects and Meyer Davis, the design was conceived as an inhabited sculpture with three interwoven petals that twist as they rise to form a high-end residential tower (Image: Crown Resorts). Spotify Singapore designed by M. Moser Associates addresses the exponential growth in the Asia Pacific region for Spotify. The workplace explores new ways of working while enhancing Spotify’s identity, bringing together artists, creators and the wider creative community. (Image: Owen Raggett)
Pictured Left to Right: The Monty Smart Compost Monitor tracks your home compost data to your phone via an App-enabled management system. Easy-to-follow instructions about your compost is then delivered to your phone making it super easy to monitor the health of your compost and taking out the guesswork associated with home composting. The 360 Diffuserrethinks the way a diffuser disperses essential oils. By challenging the single-direction approach of most traditional diffusers, the design uses a three-sixty degree ring to disperse essential oils in a theatrical circular radius, increasing the reach and aroma of the product.
Pictured Left to Right: Designed for Cochlear implant recipients and their active lifestyles, the Cochlear™ Nucleus® Kanso® 2 Sound Processor is the latest off-the-ear cochlear implant sound processor, combining the latest smartphone connectivity features and proven hearing performance technology in a simple and durable all-in-one design. The MamaCoolpad provides a safe, effective and convenient method of delivering cooling therapy to women experiencing perineal trauma post vaginal childbirth. The pad has been ergonomically designed to provide a hygienic and comfortable pain management solution that supports mothers in their postpartum recovery.
Pictured Left to Right: The SiteHive Hexanode is a new world-first environmental monitoring device for the construction industry. Combining digital sensors with industry innovations to provide a compact device that is easy to use and low cost, the Hexanode measures multiple environmental factors and allows people to better manage environmental impact. The Kymeta™ U8 electronically steered satellite antenna platform and Kymeta Connect™ is a unique offering that provides satellite and cellular hybrid connectivity for first responders, military, businesses, and anyone else that needs constant connectivity to do their jobs safely and effectively while on the go.
