Design awards

The Australian Good Design Awards continues a long and proud legacy of showcasing the very best in design and innovation to a global audience. The Awards are one of the longest-running international design awards in the world, promoting excellence in design and innovation since 1958. Each year, the Awards attract new and innovative design projects from around the world, celebrating the very best in all areas of design, architecture, engineering, research, fashion and social impact.

The Australian Interior Design Awards recognise and celebrate interior design excellence via a credible, industry-based program, which is backed by the Design Institute of Australia, the professional body representing Australian designers.

The Australian Timber Design Awards competition is open to build environment professionals and students who want to showcase their built design and/or building projects in residential and/or public or commercial buildings that feature timber structures or finishes. The aim of the Awards is to develop a timber design ethos through the encouragement and showcasing of superlative timber design in a variety of applications.

The intent and scope of the Australian Urban Design Awards is wide-ranging and attracts entries for initiatives, built projects and publications that will make a significant difference to the places, spaces, buildings and infrastructure of our cities and towns.

The AUSTRALAIN Design Awards is an open nomination program covering the whole of Australia and features Elevated winning projects from our Australia Award Capitals – Melbourne and Sydney. It’s time to recognise the courage, excellence and diversity of design lead projects that are transforming Australia into the future that we collectively imagine and want to create.

The Better Future Sydney Design Awards provides marketplace recognition across an extensive range of categories and celebrates the creativity and courage of those who are leading the way.

The Designers Australia Awards bring together Australia's broad design community to celebrate ethical, innovative, impactful design – highlighting and honouring work defined by quality. The Designers Australia Awards are presented by the Design Institute of Australia and are the ultimate industry recognition for Australian designers.

The Eat Drink Design Awards supports innovation and excellence in the design of hospitality premises of all scales and types, retail environments for the sale of food and beverages and visual identities for both. The program recognises and celebrates Australia and New Zealand’s best projects, rewarding design achievement in six categories. From high-end restaurants and bars to offbeat hole-in-the-wall cafes and pop-ups, the awards are a unique forum for architects, designers and their clients to present their best new projects. It is the only awards program in Australasia dedicated to this specialist area.

The GOOD DESIGN® Award, organized by The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design in collaboration with The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies, is one of the world's oldest and most prestigious design accolades. Established in 1950, it honors excellence across a broad spectrum of design disciplines, including industrial, product, graphic, and architectural design.

The GOV Design Awards celebrate the courage of both commissioners and creators design projects within the government, community and public sectors. Nominations are across space, object, visual and experience design categories, culminating in the best project, best transformation and best innovation awards.

The Green Good Design Awards was born back in 1950. It was the first time that an art museum and a wholesale merchandising center joined forces to present "the best new examples in modern design in home furnishings." By submitting your work and receiving a Green Good Design Award you prove your design excellency while joining a great community of professional designers, companies and talented people around the world who share the same ideas and dreams about design. Products awarded with Good Design easily take an advanced place on the market. Every Green Good Design awarded project is listed on a yearly basis, on our online platform which receives at least one million visits per year.

The International Architecture & Design Awards provide a platform for every unique creation to be recognised. A panel of distinguished new judges brings fresh perspectives to the forefront of architectural excellence. As we honour your dedication and innovation, we present the iconic 2025 trophy. This meticulously crafted emblem symbolises the evolution of your artistic journey. In this gathering of creativity and foresight, let your work do more than just be observed—let it set the standard and ignite the imagination of the future.

The LUXLife Home and Garden Awards (formerly BUILD) recognise and celebrate many hardworking companies in the interior design, home furnishings, and garden design sector. With the LUXlife rebrand, we will continue to honour and celebrate the pioneering companies and individuals who are taking their industry to new heights.

The Resene Total Colour Awards recognise outstanding use of colour. They celebrate the best of the best. Resene has a long history of colour with colours like Resene Spanish White and Resene Pearl Lusta created long ago still continuing to be top choices for decorators today. With thousands of Resene colours available, there's no point having all these colours if they aren't being used, which led to the creation of the Resene Total Colour Awards in 2011 to celebrate and encourage creative use of colour. It has run annually since then.

The Restaurant & Bar Design Awards is the most important and influential design competition for food and beverage spaces worldwide. It recognises and celebrates the world's most creative spaces and the people behind them.

We’re in exciting times, where tech and innovation are creating an infinite realm of possibilities. The key to making those possibilities reality is extraordinary design.  The Sydney Design Awards program provides marketplace recognition across an extensive range of categories and celebrates the creativity and courage of those who are leading the way.

The Design Files + Laminex Design Awards is an awards program designed to acknowledge the designers, architects and makers who contribute to Australia’s vibrant creative community. This is an awards program which recognises the diverse creative fields which make up modern Australia, from small scale, handcrafted practices, to Residential Architecture, Interior Design, and Landscape Design. From established to emerging creatives, home studios to globally recognised design firms, these awards bring together the very best in Australian design and creativity.

The annual TikTok Young Lions Competition for Australia, participation in this competition is not only a hugely rewarding experience for Australia’s young guns – it could change your career forever. Entries are open to teams of two young communications professionals across five categories: Design, Digital, Film, Marketing and Media.