About the awards
Established by the Victorian Government in 1996, the Victorian Premier’s Design Awards are an opportunity to highlight and celebrate local design capability.
Established by the Victorian Government in 1996, the Victorian Premier’s Design Awards are an opportunity to highlight and celebrate local design capability.
People directly employed in design-related roles
Annual revenue generated
In design-related exports
The Awards provide an opportunity for businesses and the community to better understand the role of design in creating functional, safe and efficient, products, services and spaces. They also showcase the depth of design talent in Victoria and the capability and capacity of the Victorian design industry.
Bound by three principles, the Awards seek to:
The Awards recognise and celebrate both the Client / Commissioner of the project as well as the Designer / Design Team behind the project.
Good design is good for all of us. And from the Black Box flight recorder, polymer bank notes to the iconic Aussie ute – Victorian designers have a reputation for innovation and excellence.
This year’s nominees are no exception: offering up awe-inspiring architecture, clever communications, and fashion that’ll turn heads. Devices that will keep us safe and deliver better care.
On behalf of all Victorians, I am so proud to help support and celebrate innovative design and the designers who create them. I know there must have been plenty of hard work to get here, so I’d like to extend my congratulations to all the finalists. From idea to reality, your work is making a real difference.
Enjoy the highlights of the 2022 Victorian Premier's Design Awards evening.
View images from the 2022 Awards night
Images by Kit Haselden Photography
Enjoy the highlights of the 2021 Victorian Premier's Design Awards evening.
Design has an impact on productivity and business outcomes and plays an important role in helping shape a better environment and society.
According to analysis by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and others, businesses that use design are more innovative, productive, profitable, grow faster and export more than their competitors. Research by the UK Design Council found that for every £1 a business invests in design, it can expect over £20 in increased revenues, over £4 in increased net operating profit, and over £5 in increased exports.
Entries that demonstrate and exceed all four criteria for Design Process + Design Excellence + Design Innovation + Design Impact will be considered for the highest design accolade in Victoria – the coveted Victorian Premier’s Design Award of the Year. This accolade is awarded to only one project that, in the opinion of the Jury, establishes a new benchmark for design excellence and showcases Victoria’s design and creative culture.
This accolade is awarded at the discretion of the Jury to only one project that, in the opinion of the Jury, demonstrates excellence in Circular Design and Sustainability principles.
Entries that demonstrate the criteria for Design Excellence + Design Innovation + Design Impact will be considered for a Victorian Premier’s Design Award Best in Category accolade – limited to eight (8) accolades.
Entries that demonstrate the criteria for Design Excellence + Design Innovation (or other attributes deemed worthy of note by the jury) will be considered for a Victorian Premier’s Design Award Highly Commended accolade – there is no limit to the number of Highly Commended accolades presented each year.
Entries that demonstrate the criterion of Design Excellence will be considered for the Victorian Premier’s Design Award Finalist accolade – there is no limit to the number of Finalists presented each year. If in the opinion of the Jury, a project fails to meet this criterion and does not satisfy the basic criteria for good design, it will not proceed for further evaluation.
Entries are accepted under the following categories.
Entries in the Victorian Premier's Design Awards are judged by an eminent jury of national and international design, architecture and business experts, representing the diverse range of design disciplines showcased by the awards.
View the Awards Jury
The Awards are free to enter for eligible Victorian designers, architects and businesses. To be eligible, designers and architects must be based in Victoria and the majority of the design work on a project must have been done in Victoria.
Learn more about the guidelines and process
The Victorian Premier’s Design Awards are administered by Good Design Australia on behalf of the Premier of Victoria.
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