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4 June 2010

AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL DESIGN AWARDS

The call for entries for the 2010 Australian International Design Awards, Australia’s most prestigious and diverse design awards program, is now closed.

By participating, manufacturers and designers have the opportunity to gain international exposure and a local marketing edge. Winners and finalists receive measurable outcomes including vast media exposure, print and online promotion, point-of-sale advantage, product exhibition opportunities, market credibility, peer recognition, and much more.

Enter online www.designawards.com.au

Eligibility

Entry is open to all professionally designed products available for sale in Australia and products professionally designed by Australians for overseas markets. For a full list of terms and conditions of entry, visit www.designawards.com.au

Accolades

Australian International Design Award of the Year
Presented to the top Design Award winning product that year

Australian International Design Award
Presented to products in recognition of design excellence

Australian International Design Mark
Presented to products in recognition of good design

For a full description, visit www.designawards.com.au

Other Accolades

Wheels Automotive Design Award
Award for Excellence in Sustainable Design
Powerhouse Museum Design Award and Selection
Australian Design Award – James Dyson Award

Assessment criteria

The following assessment criteria apply for the selection of Australian International Design Award (AIDA) and Australian International Design Mark (AIDM) recipients. Each assessment criterion is scored out of 10, resulting in a total score of 60 per product.
  • Innovation
  • Visual/Emotional Appeal
  • Functionality
  • Quality and Manufacture
  • Human Factors: Ergonomics, Semantics and Safety
  • Environmental Sustainability
A full list of assessment criteria can be found online www.designawards.com.au

Organisers

The Australian International Design Awards, a division of Standards Australia, is recognised by the Commonwealth Government and the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design 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.

Sponsors

Official Partnerships are listed online www.designawards.com.au

Corporate partnerships are available for this year's Australian International Design Awards.

Request a Partnership Prospectus via



For more information, please contact:

Australian International Design Awards
Level 10 / 20 Bridge St
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia
t: +61 2 9237 6090
f: +61 2 9237 6091
e: mail@designawards.com.au
w: www.designawards.com.au

Event updates

Winners announced in 2010 Australian International Design Awards [read more]

Environmentally-friendly concrete reinforcing system wins 2010 Award for Excellence in Sustainable Design
[read more]

Record number of finalists named in 2010 Australia International Design Awards
[read more]

2010 Australian International Design Awards Finalists Listing
[read more]

International designers set to storm Sydney next week for Design Awards judging
[read more]

2010 competition receives record number of submissions
A record 202 industry entries and a further 98 student entries have been received. [read more]

A YEAR IN DESIGN - the 2009 AIDA yearbook is now available.
[read more]



Key dates

Application period
15 September - 1 December 2009

First round shortlisting
7 December 2009 -
18 January 2010

First round shortlist notification
22 January 2010

Submission material due
12 February 2010

Final round assessments
22 February - 5 March 2010

Notification of finalists
12 March 2010

Presentation night in Sydney
4 June 2010

Downloads

2010 Call for Entries Poster
(PDF - 2.7KB)

2010 Call for Entries (PDF - 1.1MB)

Preview Application Questions
(PDF - 620KB)


2010 winners

See the winners of the 2010 competition in the Icsid Galleria.