Over 100 projects have been shortlisted for the 2015 Australian Interior Design Awards (AIDA), selected from a pool of over 400 entries from across seven primary categories.
The 151 finalists will now move on to the final judging stage for a chance to win the top prizes of this year’s program, including the new Award for Interior Design Impact, which recognises the significant influence a design has had on the business, social, human resource, environmental and cultural outcomes of a project.
“Leading organisations recognise that design is an investment. Good design is good for business. The role of the Australian Interior Design Awards has always been to champion the value of good design,” said event manager, Jacinta Reedy.
“The Award for Interior Design Impact will be the most prestigious and respected accolade of its kind, relying on empirical data as a fundamental selection criteria.”
Winners will be announced at a gala dinner on Friday, 15 May 2015, at the Grand Ballroom at Sofitel on Collins in Melbourne.
This year’s jury comprises Dan Cox, Carr Design Group (Vic); Hamish Guthrie, Hecker Guthrie (Vic); Genevieve Lilley, Genevieve Lilley Architects (Tas); Robyn Lindsey, Geyer (Vic); Geraldine Maher, Jackson Interiors (Vic); Sarah‐Jane Pyke, Arent & Pyke (NSW); Brenton Smith, Bates Smart (NSW); and Hamilton Wilson, Wilson Architects (Qld).
John Gersakis, InfoActiv (Vic) joins the panel as Sustainability Advisor, and Joanne Cys, Associate Professor in Interior Architecture at the University of South Australia is the Jury Convenor.
Full shortlist:
Retail Design
Marais Melbourne – F2 Architecture
DUST – SIBLING
East Village Urban Marketplace – Koichi Takada Architects (Interior Architect) (Photography by Tom Ferguson)
Canberra Centre – Food Court – Cox Architecture in association with MBBD and Seventh Wave
Gewurzhaus – The Strand Arcade – Doherty Design Studio
Baccio Jewellers – loopcreative
Koko Black Queenstown – Russell & George
One Hundred Squared Retail Store – Aych Pty Ltd Innate Design
Roji Salon – Craig Tan Architects
Pavers Plus Showroom and Trade – Splinter Society Architecture
Joe Black – Mim Design
Seed Heritage – Mim Design
Napoleon Perdis Chapel – Studiobird
Alannah Hill Emporium – Travis Walton Architecture & Interior Design
Greene St Juice Co. – Travis Walton Architecture & Interior Design (Photography by Derek Swalwell)
T2 Soho – Landini Associates
Artedomus Show Room – Studio You Me
Cabinet Noir – Bremick Group
Living Edge Showroom – Woods Bagot
ACMI Shop – DesignOffice
Nutorious – Luchetti Krelle
Glassons – Landini Associates
Tea Drop – ZWEI Interiors Architecture
Workplace Design
JWT Sydney Headquarters – Geyer
The Cloud at Medibank – Russell & George
Unilever Sydney CBD – ODCM
BVN Brisbane Studio – BVN
Wolfdene – Larritt-Evans
Redchip Lawyers Office – Ellivo Architects (Photography by Scott Burrows)
Paspaley Pearls Corporate Offices – SJB Interiors
Kennards Self Storage – SJB Interiors
Pask Office – Mim Design
King & Wood Mallesons – Geyer
Interactive – Arnold Lane
Canon New Spaces – PTID
Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Brisbane – Bates Smart
TransGrid Sydney Office – Bates Smart
Architects Office – David Edelment Architects
Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Sydney – Bates Smart
Buildsafe – Marsden Collective (Photography by Scott Burrows)
Vicland Property Group – Travis Walton Architecture and Interior Design
Karara Capital – Molecule
SSFS – Futurespace
The Boston Consulting Group Perth – Carr Design Group (Photography by Ian Ten Seldam)
Australia Post – StarTrack House Sydney – Carr Design Group
Unit T2 for Goodman – MAKE Creative
Medibank Thrive – Chris Connell Design
Living Edge Showroom – Woods Bagot
T2 HQ – Landini Associates
Level 18, 127 Creek Street – WMK Architecture
Hospitality Design
9 Noodle House – Envision Design consultant with R. Kim
Bond – Hachem Australia (Photography by Shania Shegedyn)
Bondi’s Best – TomMarkHenry
The Kettle Black – Studio You Me
Parwana Kutchi Deli – studio-gram x mash
Heart Attack and Vine – designer Nicky Adams in collaboration with perarchitects
Catfish – Russell & George
Matisse Beach Club – Oldfield Knott Architects (Photography by Cado Lee)
Seans Kitchen – Alexander & CO.
The Nelson – Techne Architecture + Interior Design
Fonda Hawthorn – Techne Architecture + Interior Design
Drift House (‘The Ghost and Mrs Muir) – multiplicity
RamenYA + 1000wat Emporium Melbourne – WALA (Weian Lim Architects)
Fenix Events – Shareen Joel Design
Huntingdale Golf Club – Inarc Architects
Feast of Merit – Ewert Leaf Pty Ltd as part of Feast of Merit Design Team
Motto Motto Japanese Kitchen – VECA Group ACG Design Co.
Swine & Co – Melissa Collison Interior Design
PAVEL – Otto Design Interiors
Cho Cho San – George Livissianis (Photography by Tom Ferguson)
Sake, Double Bay – Melissa Collison Interior Design
Intercontinental Sydney Double Bay – Bates Smart
One Spa at RACV Royal Pines Resort – Joseph Pang Design Consultants (JPDC)
Baber Studio and D’Occhio for The Charming Squire – Collins and Turner
The Shed – Design Portfolio
East – Hecker Guthrie
Jury – Biasol: Design Studio (Photography by Martina Gemmola)
Polperro Winery – Hecker Guthrie
The Butler – Luchetti Krelle
Hotel Centennial – Luchetti Krelle
Move Yoga – Hecker Guthrie
Filter – DesignOffice
ACME – Luchetti Krelle (Photography by Michael Wee)
Gia – Hecker Guthrie
119 Howard Street – ZWEI Interiors
Public Design
The Channel – Clare Cousins Architects
Think Education Sydney Ultimo Campus – Moda Design Group
Think Education Brisbane Campus – Moda Design Group
The University of Melbourne – Melbourne School of Design – John Wardle Architects and NADAAA (Photography by John Gollings)
St Stephens Hospital – Conrad Gargett
Kalgoorlie Courthouse – HASSELL
Sensory Gallery Horsham – Smith+Tracey Architects
MUSE – Macquarie University Student Experience – Woods Bagot
The Elizabeth Blackburn School of Sciences – ClarkeHopkinsClarke Architects
Residential Design
KERFERD – Whiting Architects (Photography by Sharyn Cairns)
Dock Street Warehouse – Surroundings Architects
Theresa Street Residence – Sonelo Design Studio
Malvern House – Robson Park Architects
Local House – MAKE Architecture
Darlinghurst Apartment – Brad Swartz
Stepping House – Bower Architecture
Medindie Residence – Williams Burton Architecture + Interior Design
Lake Wendouree Residence – John Wardle Architects
Inner City Terrace, Melbourne – ‘True Blue Terrace’ – Pleysier Perkins & Nexus Designs Collaboration
Currawenna House – Hare + Klein
Beach Ave – Schulberg Demkiw Architects
The Strand – Whiting Architects
The Bride & Groom – Russell & George
Bridport Terrace – Matt Gibson Architecture + Design (Photography by Shannon McGrath)
Concrete House – Matt Gibson Architecture + Design
Courtyard House – Matt Gibson Architecture + Design
Abstract House – Matt Gibson Architecture + Design
Tower House – Andrew Maynard Architects
HORIZON Apartment – Stephen Collier Architects
The Man Cave – Allen Jack+Cottier (AJ+C Photography)
Tennyson Point House – Greg Natale Design
Planchonella House – Jesse Bennett Architect
Walsh Street South Yarra – Neometro and Carr Design Group collaboration
Jersey Rd – Smart Design Studio
West End Redevelopment – jenhands design
Doll’s House – BKK Architects
Alfred Street Residence – studiofour
Residential Decoration
KERFERD Place – Whiting Architects
Hall House – Sisalla Interior Design
Curraweena House – Hare + Klein
Cliff Top House – Hare + Klein
Kirribilli Apartment – Hare + Klein
The Strand – Whiting Architects
Victoria House – Brendan Wong Design (Photography by Maree Homer)
Darling Point Pied-á-terre – Sarah Davidson Interior Design
Figtree House – Arent&Pyke
Park view House – Arent&Pyke
True Blue Terrace – Nexus Designs
Annandale House – Greg Natale Design, Ian Moore Architects
Crescent Moon – Atticus & Milo
Courtyard House – Matt Gibson Architecture + Design
The Domain Residence – Travis Walton Architecture & Interior Design
Abstract House – Matt Gibson Architecture + Design
Lace House – Susi Leeton Architects + Interiors, with Allison Pye Interiors (Photography by Shannon McGrath)
Installation Design
Emporium Melbourne – ‘Upscaled’ – Gloss Creative
Roger Tait Man – loopcreative
WA Police Pavilion – Creative Spaces
A fine possession: jewellery & identity exhibition – Christina Carayanides architect and Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Sydney, NSW
‘Australia in the Great War’ First World War galleries redevelopment, Australian War Memorial – Cunningham Martyn Design
City of Trees cardboard enclosures – Cardboard design: Fold Theory Concept design: Jyll Bradley with Nagan Johnson Architects
Lexus Design Pavilion – Mim Design (Photography by Sean Fennessy)
National Anzac Centre, Albany – Thylacine Design
The Fox Hotel Heineken Installation – Design Clarity
Empty Coolamons: In Memoriam to the Stolen Generation – Museum Victoria Design Studio
Pop Down Bar – DesignOffice
Filter – DesignOffice
Contessa – D’Occhio (Photography by Shantanu Starick)
All images courtesy of AIDA
