Design Award of the Year
Best in Category Winners
FLIP THE VAPE – A Community-Led Anti-Vaping Campaign
Mo Works / Mo Hamdouna / Tim van Irsel / Andres Herrera / Daniela AbrilJason Posada / Lidya Hartanto / Danish Khan / Victorian Aboriginal Health Service (VAHS) /Salomae Haselgrove / Lionel Austin
Plan for Victoria: Co-Designing the State’s Future with Young People
YLab / Victorian Department of Transport and Planning
Prescription Opioid Safety Toolkit
Action Lab, Monash University / Monash Addiction Research Centre
Highly Commended
Florence: Lighting the Way for Nurses
The Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association (APNA) / Liquorice
Northern Memorial Park Depot
Searle x Waldron Architecture / The Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust / Oculus / OPS Engineers / Buro North / Lucid
Finalists Architectural Design
Eva and Marc Besen Centre
Kerstin Thompson Architects / TarraWarra Museum of Art
Melbourne Place
Kennedy Nolan Architects / Longriver / Tracy Atherton (Hotel Consultant) / ADCO Constructions (Builder)
Pakenham Station
Genton / North Western Programme Alliance / John Holland / Metro Trains Melbourne / KBR / Level Crossing Removal Project
Kangan Institute Health and Community Centre of Excellence
Architectus / Bendigo Kangan Institute
Quiet Studio
Studiobird / Autex Acoustics / Universal Practice
Assemble, 15 Thompson Street, Kensington
Hayball / Assemble / Hacer Group / Oculus / Atelier Ten
Canopi Valley Lake - Niddrie Quarry Housing
Bird de la Coeur Architects / CDA Design Group / RedC / MAB
Auburn High School Senior Centre
WOWOWA Architecture
Gargarro Botanic Garden
TCL / Gargarro Botanic Garden Ltd / Brandrick Architects/Gargarro Botanic Garden Ltd
ECHO.1
C Street Projects / Neil Architecture / Speckel / Detail Green / Ascot Consulting Engineers / Structplan
Pascoe Vale Primary School Gymnasium and Performance Centre
Kosloff Architecture / GLAS Landscape Architects / Kent Morris (Artist)
Truganina Community Centre
Client - Wyndham City Council / Architect - Jasmax | Contractor - CICG | Landscape Architects - Outlines / Artist - Lisa Waup / ESD - Lucid Consulting
Munarra Centre for Regional Excellence
ARM Architecture / Munarra Limited / Department of Premier and Cabinet, First Peoples State Relations / The University of Melbourne | Victorian School Building Authority
Templeton Primary School
Kosloff Architecture / GLAS Landscape Architects
Finalists Communication Design
NCM — Signal to Noise
Commissioned by National Communication Museum / Creative Direction — Tim Kotsiakos / Design — Ben Beagley / Design — Nicki Wright / Creative Coding — Ben Beagley
Tinkertown: Imagine, Design, Create
Museums Victoria
Right Care, Right Time: Making it Easier to Navigate Our Health System
Studio Binocular / VML Melbourne / Victorian Department of Health
Melbourne Recital Centre
Melbourne Recital Centre / Tim Kotsiakos / Ash Leech / Ben Beagley / Nicki Wright / Ben Beagley / Cinzia Kotsiakos
Nike × Ultra Football Boot Finder
NIKE / Ultra Football / Liquorice
Flow Power
Self-titled / Flow Power
Silence Stops His Story | End Silence. End Suicide
Designed by 2 Dam Creative / Murray PHN
Australian Gender Equality Council (AGEC) — Strategic Branding
Merren Spink / Anita McArthur / Cassie Brock / Elise Lampe / Letterform / Alexandrena Parker
World Cancer Day
Motherbird / Richie Meldrum / UICC
Free Pads and Tampons. Period.
Department of Families / Fairness and Housing
Antopia: Explore a World of Secret Senses
Museums Victoria
pitt&sherry – To Build Big, We Start Small
Mo Works / Mo Hamdouna / Andres Herrera / Clemence Vandame / Jason Posada / Lidya Hartanto / David Atchison / Tahlia Petyanszki / Lauren Toulet / pitt&sherry / David Atchison / Tahlia Petyanszki / Lauren Toulet
Finalists Design Strategy
Maximizing the Adoption of AI for Plain Language Across Government
Melanie Leggiero / Danielle Joughin / Dave Stephens / Aimee Miller
Holding Space
Jirra Harvey / Apryl Day / Garuwa / YIRRAMBOI Festival / Cummeragunja Housing and Development Aboriginal Corporation / Moth Design
Connected Experience
Department of Education | Digital Design and Innovation Branch
Victorian Suicide Prevention and Response Strategy 2024-34
Department of Health, Victorian Government / Nous Group
Co-Creating Space: Transforming Paediatric Hospital Play Through Interactive HCI Technologies
Starlight Children's Foundation / Kirsten Ellis / Jacqueline Johnstone / Madhuka Koralalage Dona / Xuan You (Shen) Tan / Troy Mcgee
Finalists Digital Design
Alannah & Madeline Foundation’s New eSmart Digital Licence
The Alannah & Madeline Foundation / Designed by Conduct / Bubbleship
IND Technology - Revolutionising Bushfire Prevention
Storyfolk / IND Technology / Andersen Lab
Luke Howard & Simon Burgin | Immersive A/V Performance
Simon Burgin / Luke Howard / Melbourne Recital Centre
Service Victoria Savings Finder 2.0
Department of Government Services / Department of Premier and Cabinet
Trauma-Informed Training on Forced Adoption
Beth Hyland, Lead Design Strategist / Willhemina Wahlin, Senior Design Strategist / Adam Corcoran, Principal Design Strategist / Tess Waterhouse, Senior Producer / PUR Production / Department of Social Services
National Communication Museum - The Blades
National Communication Museum / Studio Peter King / Grumpy Sailor / Show Works
Getmee AI App- Interview Ready, Soft Skills Ready, Communication Ready
Getmee / Ominio AI
444.2 | Fashion XR
Nirma Madhoo / Electric South / Meta / The Southern African Large Telescope (SALT)
The Creek | Bluey's World | Interactive Immersive Experience
Sensory Pixel / Option 2 Design & Management / Ludo Studio / BBC Studios
Future Naarm: First Light
Superscale / RMIT A&UD Immersive Futures Lab
Mouthful of Dust
Creative Studio, State Library Victoria
Finalists Fashion Design
Chantelle Lucyl
Chantelle Lucyl / Shannon Stephens / Animated Lookbook SS25 / Lily Chadwick
Finalists Product Design
ZERO PLASTIC LUNCHWARE
Nicholas Bow / Smash Enterprises
Aura Water
Aura Water / Katapult Design
Catapult Vector 8 - Elite Athlete Monitoring System
Catapult Sports / Capgemini Australia
Blackmagic PYXIS Broadcast Kit
Blackmagic Design
The New Eros Pro
Scott Wilkinson
ABEL Microsampler
Diag-Nose Medical Pty Ltd / Jonathan Limpah / Brian Occhipinti
Kino Storage Drawer
Eva / Tom Shaw
HiveKeepers Micro Honey Harvester
HiveKeepers / Katapult Designs / HFS Design
Sasha: Connected Medication Management Device
Hark Medical
The Husk Collection
South Drawn
CaseSafe™ Trackable Luggage
July / René Walk
SwannBuddy4K Video Doorbell with SwannShield AI Voice Assistant
Swann Communications
Oxide Collection
Locki Humphrey
Shingleback Moto Rack
Shingleback Off Road
Scarlet Rae
Scarlet / Xentronics / Trike
Bumper Sleeve
b.box for kids design team / Miroslav Egorov / Brad Sobol
Finalists Service Design
WHO Principles and Tools to Improve Use and Impact of WHO Guidelines
Monash University Art, Design and Architecture (MADA) / Science Division, World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva
Finalists Student Design
FLOJO: Responding to Gaps in Menstruation Education
Monash University / Lucy Corcoran
Enhancing Urban Tree Resilience
RMIT University / Wanhui Tang
Moody & Friends
Swinburne University of Technology / Gayathri Krishna
Nimbus Inhaler
Swinburne University of Technology / Robin Vale Peralta Alvear
Holo: Passively Cooled Artificial Habitat
RMIT University / Fergus Davidson
Multisensory Quest
Swinburne University of Technology / Birochan Malla / Dr Erica Tandori / Dr Stu Favilla
The Accessible Stay-book
Monash University / Sarah Al-Sarai / Zarmeena Taizai / Ayoola Sholola
The Podiatry EduKit
Monash University / Naruncheng Yevan Ye / Monash Automation
Grounds for Grounds
RMIT University / Shan D'Cruz
No Bull Cause
RMIT University / Felix Toohey
Love Your Hearing: Campaign Encouraging Wearing Hearing Protection at Music Events
Swinburne University of Technology / Gael Franklin
The Paramedic Equipment Trolley (P.E.T)
Monash University / Anja Johansen
@THE INTER[SECTION] _Our Perspectives of Experiencing the World Around Us
RMIT University / Lucy Liu / Dr. James Carey
DIGNITY Collar – A Bespoke Neck Support for ALS
Monash University / Yash Bohre / Rowan Page / Purba Joshi
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