Individuality, boldness and understated elegance were strong themes among the winners of the 2023 Australian Interior Design Awards, announced on 2 June.
“Projects […] also displayed sensitivity and a modesty that speaks to a revitalized sense of confidence,” said the jury. “This is a year where design was truly celebrated through projects, relationships and collaborations that were treated with a renewed lust for life.”
The jury unanimously awarded the Premier Award for Australian Interior Design to Campbell House by Tonkin Zulaikha Greer, which also won the awards for Workplace Design and Sustainability Advancement.
“It is timeless, elegant, unified and finely detailed and could very much work as a universal application – it could be a home, it could be a retail store, it could be a workplace,” said the jury.
The 2023 jury comprised: Melissa Bright (Studio Bright); Jeremy Bull (Alexander and Co); Maria Danos (Maria Danos Architecture); Brian Donovan (BVN); Georgie Shepherd (Georgie Shepherd Interior Design) and Aaron Wooster (formerly Smart Design Studio), with Stuart Krelle (Luchetti Krelle) and Rosie Morley (Fender Katsalidis) returning as jury chairs. The jury convenor was Geraldine Maher (Maher Design), and the sustainability advisor was John Gertsakis (Product Stewardship Centre of Excellence).
Premier Award for Australian Interior Design
Campbell House – Tonkin Zulaika Greer
Sustainability Advancement
Campbell House – Tonkin Zulaika Greer
Hospitality Design
Her Bar – Dion Hall
Workplace Design
Campbell House – Tonkin Zulaika Greer
Retail Design – joint awards
Sydney Modern Gallery Shop – Akin Atelier
Postal Hall – Trower Falvo Architects with Alessio Fini
Public Design
Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney Modern Building – SANAA (Design Architect) and Architectus (Executive Architect)
Residential Design
Nine-Square Bondi – Madeleine Blanchfield Architects
Residential Decoration
Piccolo Palazzo – JC HQ
Installation Design
Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse – National Gallery of Victoria
Emerging Interior Design Practice
J.AR Office
Best of State
See all the Best of State winners
Commendations
See all the commended projects
The Australian Interior Design Awards are co-presented by the Design Institute of Australia and Artichoke magazine and supported by Dulux, Space, Sub-zero and Wolf, Laminex, Elton Group, Roca and LightCo.
