Premier's Design Awards 2008

Be recognised as a designer of excellence in Victoria.

The PREMIER’S DESIGN AWARDS are a biennial awards program developed by the Victorian Government to recognise excellence in design practice in Victoria. The awards will be a highlight of the State of Design Festival held in Melbourne and across Victoria from July 16-24, 2008.

Assessed by an international and local judging panel, the Premier’s Design Awards have been redeveloped in 2008 to set a new industry standard through the awarding of a series of PREMIER’S DESIGN MARKS. These Marks will reward designers and practices that have developed their skills and their creative processes to respond to the new more demanding market conditions, producing exemplary approaches and outcomes that are perceived by the profession, clients and the community as a contribution to a sustainable future.

The 2008 PREMIER’S DESIGN MARKS will be awarded in the following categories:

- Industrial / Product Design - Architecture - Interior Design - Graphic Design - Multimedia Design - Landscape Design - Exhibition Design - Set Design - Textile Design - Fashion Design - Hand Made Objects

Submissions for the PREMIER’S DESIGN AWARDS must be within one of the recognised categories of Commercial, Cultural or Self-initiated.

Nominations are also being called for the PREMIER’S AWARD FOR DESIGN LEADERSHIP. The recipient must be an individual who has led Victoria by design, profoundly influencing Victoria’s design industry. Nominations close 5pm WEDNESDAY 14 MAY 2008.

The recipients of the 2008 Premier’s Design Marks and the Premier’s Award for Design Leadership will be announced at the STATE OF DESIGN Festival opening, Wednesday July 16, 2008, at the Melbourne Museum. Winning projects will be published in the official 2008 Premier’s Design Awards Catalogue and exhibited at Melbourne Museum from July 17 - August 3, 2008 as both a physical record and a method of communicating the ideas and skills of the awarded designers. Opportunities to tour the Premier’s Design Awards internationally are being explored.

More Information:
http://www.stateofdesign.com.au/
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