AGDA Design Biennale Awards - Benchmarking Design Excellence

17th July, 2012

Awarding Creative Excellence

Establishd in 1992, the AGDA Design Bienniale Awards is Australia's proud barometer for creative excellence - honouring design innovation, culture and business.

Entries in this year's awards will be judged by a distinguished panel, representing the full breadth of the industry from employers, employees, solo designers to lsrger studio principals, irrespective of age, gender, specialisation, geography or politics..

Take this opportunity to showcase your work, profile your clients and contribute to new benchmarks in design excellence. Head over to www.awards.agda.com.au for more information.

Comments from Past AGDA Judges

Was the judging fun? Two days - sixteen hours - for all nine of us, but there is a reward for seeing the very best of Australian graphic design. Was it fair? Yes, given that the large number of entries were seen in relation to each other, rather than in a more individual context... I'm sure the subjective 'I wish I'd done that' or 'I'm glad I didn't' view permeated the judging. But the diversity of the judges would have ensured that most of the entries received the recognition they deserved.

- Brian Sadgrove

The team effort was magnificent ... the logistics of the whole judging event was mind blowing, it was so professional on the part of AGDA and all the students too, heaps of praise to all of you.

- Dianna Wells

It's that time again–awards time. Why, you might ask. Why are they important? Well, there's the orgy of backslapping and promise of instant fame. There's the ammunition behind your salary increase request. There's the opportunity to pit your work against that of your peers. And of course there's the big shindig at the end to celebrate it all.

But the most important reason for the AGDA Awards is to document and celebrate Australian graphic design every two years. It is a pertinent snapshot of where our industry has been and where it is headed. Without it there would be no dialogue, no history, no continuity, no critical analysis, no passing on of knowledge and no exchange of ideas."

- Matt Remphrey
 

Be part of the AGDA Design Biennale Awards: www.awards.agda.com.au