Design Awards

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.

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’.

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.

Established by IMG and the New South Wales Government in 2008, the Australian Fashion Laureate are Australian fashion’s highest accolades.

Since launching in 2016, APA has become an important space for the changing ways Australian photographers explore big ideas.

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.

The BETTER FUTURE Awards provide recognition across the design spectrum and are open to design professionals, as well as those who commission design.

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.

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.

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.