Good Design Awards open

If you know of some brilliant design that deserves recognition, entries to the 2020 Good Design Awards are open until the end of next week (27 March 2020).

Now in its 62nd year, the Good Design Awards program has been recognising and rewarding excellence in cutting edge design and architecture since 1958.

The Architectural Design discipline includes three sub-categories: Interior Design, Commercial and Residential Architecture, and Urban Design and Public Spaces covering landscape design, special design, exhibition design, urban design and planning, public space design, playground design etc.

The 2020 program includes a new discipline, Precinct Design, which will recognise and celebrate the critical role of design in the planning and development of new precincts.

Entries are evaluated on three main design criteria – Good Design, Design Innovation and Design Impact – with the highest scoring projects to be honoured at the awards presentation.

According to Good Design Australia CEO Dr Brandon Gien, the program is respected globally for its high standard of design evaluation with more than 5,040 independent design and architecture experts participating in the judging process this year.

“As we transition to a world that is experiencing exponential advancements in science and technology and one that continues to grapple with big issues such as climate change and inequality, design-led innovation and creative thinking is now more important than ever”, Gien says.

The 2020 Good Design Awards will be presented in Sydney on 9 July 2020.