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Design Awards

For Australian designers

Here is a comprehensive list of design awards open to Australian designers. If you’re a designer looking to get recognition for your work, attract new clients or advance your design career, these are the awards you need to know about!

A’ Design Award and Competition
Est.
2009
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A' Design Award and Competition is one of the World’s largest, most prestigious and influential design accolades, one of the highest achievements in design.
AGDA Design Awards
Est.
1992
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The AGDA Design Awards recognise the best work in Australia across a wide range of disciplines every year. Our awards aim to further the discussion about design and to stimulate the creative progress of our industry.
AILA Landscape Architecture Awards
Est.
-
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The AILA Landscape Architecture Awards program provides a key vehicle for the promotion of the achievements and work of landscape architects in Australia.
Archibald Prize
Est.
1921
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The Archibald Prize is awarded annually to the best portrait, 'preferentially of some man or woman distinguished in art, letters, science or politics, painted by any artist resident in Australasia’.
Est.
2003
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Held every two years, the Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize attracts some of Australia’s most accomplished artists, awarding a generous acquisitive cash prize of $50,000.
Australian Book Design Awards
Est.
1952
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For more that 64 years the Australian Book Design Awards have celebrated the bravest, the most beautiful and most original books published in Australia, making it the longest running design awards in Australia.
Australian Effects & Animation Festival Awards
Est.
2000
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AEAF is an international competition and screening and speaker program, now in its 24th year with entries from around the world.
Australian Fashion Laureate
Est.
2008
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Established by IMG and the New South Wales Government in 2008, the Australian Fashion Laureate are Australian fashion’s highest accolades.
Australian Interior Design Awards
Est.
2004
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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.
Australian Photography Awards (APA)
Est.
2016
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Since launching in 2016, APA has become an important space for the changing ways Australian photographers explore big ideas.
Australian Timber Design Awards
Est.
2000
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The Australian Timber Design Awards is a national design competition created to promote and encourage outstanding timber design in the built environment professions. Established in 2000, the Awards are distinguished by a heritage of innovation and achievement.
Australian Web Awards (AWA)
Est.
2005
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The Australian Web Awards (AWA) was founded in Western Australia in 2005 by a group of dedicated web developers and became a national event in 2009. Their passion for supporting the industry (and each other) is the underlying principle of what the awards stands for.
Awwwards
Est.
2009
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The awards that recognize the talent and effort of the best web designers, developers and agencies in the world.
BETTER FUTURE Awards
Est.
-
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The BETTER FUTURE Awards provide recognition across the design spectrum and are open to design professionals, as well as those who commission design.
Bluethumb Art Prize
Est.
2017
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The Bluethumb Art Prize has been growing each year and we’re now in our fifth year of hosting this exciting prize. This year we’re back and bigger than ever with the largest and richest prize pool in Australian history – a whopping $250,000!
CSS Design Awards
Est.
2009
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Founded in 2009 and launched in 2010, CSSDA is an international web design and development award platform that honors and showcases freelance designers, studios and agencies for work that pushes the boundaries of UI, UX and innovative development.
CSS Winner
Est.
-
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CSS Winner is a unique global platform awarding and showcasing the best websites and promoting innovative web designers, developers and agencies.
D&AD Awards
Est.
1962
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D&AD is an education charity that promotes excellence in design and advertising. Each year, the D&AD Awards gather the world's best creative work from across the commercial design, advertising, production and craft disciplines to be judged by more than 400 global creative leaders, practitioners and innovators.
Designers Australia Awards
Est.
2021
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The Designers Australia Awards bring together Australia's broad design community to celebrate ethical, innovative, impactful design – highlighting and honouring work defined by quality.
Eat Drink Design Awards
Est.
2012
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The annual 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.