Melbourne Design Awards
THE MELBOURNE DESIGN AWARDS ARE LAUNCHING SOON!
ENTRIES OPEN SEPTEMBER 10, 2010
Just as every great city is unique, so too are the new Melbourne Design Awards, the first city of the City Design Awards project, created in partnership with the Design Institute of Australia: with cities New York, Paris, Stockholm and Beijing to follow.
While entries to the Awards are open globally, each Awards event will celebrate and honour the unique design culture and identity of the city in which it is held – from the great cultural and design centres of the world to exciting, vibrant emerging hubs of technology and design.
The aim of the City Design Awards is, of course, to celebrate those who produce excellence and innovation in design across a broad range of categories from products and furnishings to architecture, interiors, landscape design, graphic design, fashion, photography and digital design. Importantly, however, the Awards also honour those who support and underpin the design industry, including educational institutions, publications, manufacturers, retailers and design events.
The City Design Awards also aim to promote and encourage participation and conversation in all aspects of design through online voting and interaction. All entries will first be vetted by a panel of experts from the host city, then online voting will open to both the public and design industry peers. Finalists will then once again be reviewed by the expert panel with winners announced at a gala Awards Night.
Why start with Melbourne? Simply because this Australian city is one of the great style capitals of the world, but doesn’t shout about it. The multicultural city’s broad avenues, fine buildings and winding hidden laneways quietly contain some of the world’s finest fashion, shopping, dining and nightlife experiences – all with an individual, very Melbourne twist.
Get ready to prepare your entry or vote for your favourite entrants when the inaugural Melbourne Design Awards launch at www.melbournedesignawards.com.au on September 10! The winners will be announced at a gala Awards Night in Melbourne on December 2. Keep up with all the news on the City Design Awards and become a follower at citydesignawards on Facebook and Twitter.
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INTRODUCTION
A Thinking Company in partnership with the Design Institute of Australia (DIA) proudly presents the impending launch of the Melbourne Design Awards (MDA), the first city in the inaugural City Design Awards project.
The MDA is the first design awards programme recognising a broad range of design categories open to any design professional or student globally.
The Awards are truly cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary, celebrating and honouring the role of design and the skills of designers around the planet, while recognising all aspects of the design process.
The aim of the Melbourne Design Awards is to:
Celebrate those who produce excellent design works.
Celebrate those who sponsor, fund or commission design projects.
Promote and encourage participation and conversation in all aspects of design.
WHO
The awards are open to anyone in the industry, locally or internationally, who are members of:
The Design Institute of Australia
Another approved design institute or association.
Provided they are:
Professional Design Individuals or Studios
Students or Educational Institutes.
ENTRY
All entries are submitted online, and reviewed by a Design Panel to ensure entries are credible and valid, i.e. not someone else’s work, a faux entry. Upon review, submissions are permitted entry online for public viewing.
Entries are viewable to anyone, public or design industry peers, for viral sharing and comments.
VOTING
Upon submissions being approved by the Design Panel for entry into the awards and available for public viewing, voting will commence.
Entries are voted for by the public and registered members of design institutes.
Public = One Point.
Industry Member = Five Points.
FINALISTS
Finalists in each category are determined by the Top 5 highest voted works at the end of the voting process, then reviewed by the finalist panel to ensure they fulfil award criteria. Votes aren’t visible to the public or finalists whilst in finalist voting stage, with the winners announced on Awards Night.
Entry Process
Open to Professionals and Educational Bodies Entries submitted online.
Voting Process
Voting is open to anyone, who is a member of an accredited design or educational institute.
Public Vote = 1 Vote.
Member of accredited body = 5 votes.
Votes per entry are visible to public.
Finalists
Top 5 per category upon closing of voting are category finalists. Votes per finalist are no longer visible.
Ranking
Upon closing of voting, votes are tallied and studios and educational bodies are ranked and awarded.
Categories
OBJECT
01 Product Design - Consumer
Products designed for consumer. Professional and Student Award.
02 Product Design - Commercial/Business
Products designed for business and commercial use. Professional and Student Award.
03 Textile Design
Products designed for knitted, woven or printed fabrics. Professional and Student Award.
SPACE
04 Residential Architecture – Constructedv
Awarding architectural projects in residential housing and multiple housing (apartments, units etc); the space must be a complete, constructed project. Professional only.
05 Architecture Commercial – Constructed
Awarding domestic and international architectural projects in commercial architecture; the space must be a complete, constructed project. Professional only.
06 Residential Architecture - Proposed Space
Awarding residential architectural projects in best use of space and not limited to constructed projects; including landscape architecture, conceptual projects (does not need to be constructed). Professional and Student Award.
07 Commercial Architecture - Proposed Space
Projects in best use of space not limited to constructed projects; including landscape architecture, public spaces, and conceptual projects (does not need to be constructed). Professional and Student Award.
08 Interior Design – Domestic
Encompassing design of Domestic interiors, for Interior Designers, Interior Architects, Building Designers and Interior Decorators. Professional and Student Award.
09 Interior Design – Commercial
Encompassing design of Commercial interiors, for Interior Designers, Interior Architects, Building Designers and Interior Decorators. Professional and Student Award.
10 Interior Decoration
For furnishing of interior spaces including, but not limited to, lighting, colour, texture, paint, furniture and placement. Professional and Student Award.
FASHION
11 Accessories & Jewellery Design
Shoes, jewellery, millinery or accessories. Professional and Student Award.
12 Womenswear
For designers focusing on womenswear, including bridal, evening, casual, work-wear and display collections. Professional and Student Award.
13 Menswear
For designers focusing on menswear, including evening, casual, work-wear and display collections. Professional and Student Award.
EXPERIENCES
14 Digital Design
Communication through online media, including online ads, animation, 3d graphics, animation design, mobile applications, digital games and viral media. Professional and Student Award.
15 Events – Consumer
Rewarding design events catering to the consumer, such as State of Design, Sydney Design and Saturday in Design events. Professional and Student Award.
16 Events – Business
For event services to the design industry, such as Semi-Permanent, AGIdeas and ‘designtalks @ Energise Enterprise’. Professional and Student Award.
17 Radio
Including all commercials-to-radio campaigns that have been broadcast; re-edits or director’s cuts are not eligible to enter. Professional and Student Award.
VISUAL
18 Graphic Design
Branding (logo design, brand identity), packaging and print (commercial and creative). Professional and Student Award.
19 Corporate Identity/Branding
For branding of identity for items such as stationery, business cards, web, print and marketing collateral etc.
20 Illustration & Type
Traditional or digital illustration (including vector, bitmap, custom typefaces etc) that has been incorporated into advertising, point-of-sale display, editorial and corporate design. Professional and Student Award.
21 Photography
Encompassing all design-related photography, for e.g. architecture, interiors, fashion and products etc. Professional and Student Award.
22 Print
Advertisments, campaigns in press, magazines, outdoor or transit media. Professional and Student Award.
23 TV / Cinema
Commercials and campaigns that have been broadcast; re-edits or director’s cuts are not eligible to enter. Professional and Student Award.
SERVICES
24 Best Design Retailer
Open to design retailers such as Space Furniture, Poliform, Saba, Marcs clothing, Country Road etc.
25 Best Design Manufacturer
Open to manufacturers that specialise in the fabrication of design products.
26 Best Design Event
Open to any event that best represents any design principle, consumer or business.
27 Best Design Publication
Open to any publication that best represents their design industry, examples of entrants are Desktop, InDesign, Architectural Review, Artichoke etc.
Best Design Education
28 k – 6 (Primary School)
Open to any Primary Schools who participate in design, be it teaching or practicing. design.
29 7 – 12 (Secondary School)
Open to any Secondary Schools who participate in design, be it teaching or practicing. design.
30 University / TAFE
Open to any student participating in design related courses at accredited universities or TAFE institutions.
