Standards Australia invites you to become part of the Australian International Design Awards, Australia's foremost design assessment and promotion body.

Winners announced

This year, 154 Australian and internationally-designed entries were submitted with 115 products shortlisted for final round assessment. Judges awarded 30 Australian International Design Awards in recognition of superior design (including the recipient of the Award of the Year) and 43 Australian International Design Marks in recognition of good design.
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2009 Australian International Design Awards Yearbook

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For more information, contact:
Stephanie Watson
Program Director, Australian International Design Awards
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Competition details

Entry is open to all professionally designed products available for sale in Australia including products available for delivery to Australia through online retail outlets. Products professionally designed by Australians for overseas markets are also eligible to enter. The entry must be a manufactured product in full commercial production by the time of final round assessment.

Application to the student category is free of charge.

Categories

• Consumer
• Business and Technology
• Medical and Scientific
• Automotive and Transport
• Sport and Leisure
• Housing and Building
• Heavy Machinery
• Architectural and Interior Products
• Student

Assessment
All entries submitted to the Australian International Design Awards undergo First Round Internet Shortlisting. More than 600 design practitioners from around the world are invited to log onto the website as a judge and vote for entries to proceed to the next stage. Judges are asked to exercise their professional opinion as to whether an entry has sufficient merit to undergo further assessment. The result is an accurate industry ranking of the entries from which the First Round Shortlist is obtained.

All shortlisted applicants are required to submit two final production samples for a physical assessment of their entry. This stage involves a dedicated panel of local and international experts in the relevant design discipline.

The judges will nominate up to six of the highest scoring products in the final assessment ranking, and from these nominees, determine a suitable overall winner based on the assessment criteria.

Awards

Australian International Design Award of the Year
To win the Australian International Design Award of the Year is to receive the highest achievement of design excellence available through the Australian International Design Awards.

Australian International Design Award
A product may be presented with an Australian International Design Award in recognition of design excellence.

Australian International Design Mark
A product may be presented with an Australian International Design Mark in recognition of good design.

Other Awards and Selections

• Powerhouse Museum Design Award and Selection
• Award for Excellence in Sustainable Design
• Wheels Automotive Design Awards (WADA)

Educational Awards

• Australian Design Award - James Dyson Award
• WADA Young Designer of the Year
• DesignTECH Selection for Concept Design and Innovation Excellence

About the organiser

The Australian International Design Awards, a division of Standards Australia and Icsid Promotional Member, is recognised by the Commonwealth Government as Australia's peak design assessment and promotion body, and for its important role in fostering a culture of design and innovation in Australia.

In keeping with Standards Australia's peak status as the national standards body, the Australian International Design Awards sets an international benchmark of design excellence and quality in manufactured goods.

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For more information, please contact:

Australian International Design Awards
A division of Standards Australia Limited
Level 10, 20 Bridge Street
Sydney
NSW 2000 Australia

GPO Box 476
Sydney
NSW 2001 Australia

t: + 61 2 9237 6090
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