Designers Australia Awards 2022 – Final Jurors Announced

Apr 28

DIA – Awards

• Cameron Bruhn, Emma Elizabeth, Adam de Guara, Tuba Kocaturk, Laura Kostanski, Shay McMahon, Abdullah M.I. Syed, and Karen Webster

The Design Institute of Australia (DIA), Australia's peak national body representing Australia’s designers, today released the additional nine out of eighteen jurors invited to judge the Designers Australia Awards 2022. The DIA's awards are the benchmark for Australian design excellence endorsed by Australia's only national industry body representing all the design disciplines. The international and locally renowned jurors Cameron Bruhn, Emma Elizabeth, Adam de Guara, Tuba Kocaturk, Dr Laura Kostanski, Shay McMahon, Abdullah M.I. Syed, and Karen Webster.

With applications for the DIA - Awards program closed, the Institute received 311 record-breaking entries this year for the Designers Australia Awards and its Graduates of the Year Awards program, and judging is soon to commence. Also, as part of the program, Fellowships and Hall of Fame nominations for 2022 are soon to open.

“The DIA's Designers Awards advocate the widening domain of design and influence of designers by moving away from the traditional concept of a tangible product to a mix of products, services, communication and people, as an integrated approach to creating new solutions and experiences while responding to complexities of life. The awards advocate a new set of categories that differ according to the transformative value and experience created through a transdisciplinary approach to design. Hence, the introduction of—place, use and interact.”

Juror, Tuba Kocaturk, Professor of Integral Design, Deakin University, School of Architecture and Built Environment commented

The final list of jurors represents a broad cross-section of the international and local design community and includes:

• Professor Cameron Bruhn
The Dean and Head of School at The University of Queensland's School of Architecture. He is the former editorial director of Architecture Media, where his role included the custodianship of the centenarian magazine Architecture Australia.

• Gavin Campbell
DIA's president, and after working with Hassell, Gavin is a specialist design consultant.

• Dr Nathan James Crane
A design academic, writer and media consultant. Initially trained as an interior designer and stylist, Nathan is an award-winning writer and editor on Artichoke, The Adelaide Review, FORM Journal, LUXURY and Marmalade magazines. He is also Deputy Chair of the SA/NT DIA Council.

• Penny Craswell
A Sydney-based writer, specialising in design, interiors, architecture and craft, Penny is known for her blog, The Design Writer; she authored 'Design Lives Here’ and the forthcoming 'Reclaimed: New homes from old’.

• Emma Elizabeth
A highly innovative designer, stylist and creative director. Emma is the founder of Emma Elizabeth Designs and Local Design and has work with Designer Rugs, Debenhams, Amex, Dom Perignon. Included in Tent London by Elle Decoration, she was also part of Australian Now, celebrating Vogue Living's 50th Anniversary.

• Kate Goodwin
A curator, architect, cultural leader and educator. She is a Professor of Practice in Architecture at the University of Sydney and former Head of Architecture and Heinz Curator at the Royal Academy of Arts in London.

• Adam de Guara
Both an interior designer and lighting designer, Adam focuses on ensuring an understanding of energy conservation and ways it may be maximised as aspects of real design solutions.

• Dale Hardiman
A Melbourne based designer Dale is the co-founder of furniture and object brand Dowel Jones and collaborative project Friends & Associates. Hardiman explores materials' social, ecological and political life, and in 2021, Hardiman was named 1 of the 100 worldwide game-changers in design by Architectural Digest Italy.

• Tuba Kocaturk
A professor of Integral Design at Deakin University, School of Architecture and Built Environment. She is the MInD (Mediated Intelligence in Design) Lab's founding director and co-leads the DesignMind.

• Dr Laura Kostanski
A professor of Integral Design at Deakin University, School of Architecture and Built Environment. She is the MInD (Mediated Intelligence in Design) Lab's founding director and co-leads the DesignMind.

• Shay McMahon
A Eora woman, Shay is an architect and urban planner. She has worked in Mexico City for Team730 and has assisted in delivering design projects around La Condesa in the south of Mexico City.

• David Meagher
The editor of The Australian's monthly luxury lifestyle magazine, WISH. He is the author of three books and writes extensively on architecture and design.

• Liane Rossler
An artist, designer, curator, and creative advisor whose work and creative practice intersects art, design and the environment. Alongside her solo practice, she is the founder of Superlocalstudio, a space that enables the creation of thoughtful practices. Liane was co-founder of Dinosaur Designs, and established stores in Sydney, Melbourne and New York. She is a Climate Reality Leader, a 1 Million Women ambassador, and a member of The Voiceless Council.

• Andrew Scott
An educator in industrial design. Andrew has been advising on industrial design, ergonomics, corporate identity and entertainment concepts for clients such as World Expo 88, the Civil Aviation Authority, and Spectra Lighting. He is a senior lecturer at the School of Design, Queensland University of Technology and a Fellow of the DIA.

• Thomas Skeehan
The founder of awarded Skeehan Studio and produces commercial furniture, light and product design, adopting a uniquely considered, material-minded process. Tom is committed to education and regularly presents talks and events encouraging community participation, sharing of ideas, and enjoyment. He is the DIA’s ACT Chair.

• Ellie Stathaki
Based in London, is Architecture Editor at Wallpaper* magazine. She trained as an architect, and after a brief time in architecture practice, she focused on architecture journalism and curating. She has contributed to Blueprint, Financial Times and The Guardian; co-authored New Modern House: Redefining Functionalism, Todd Saunders: Architecture in Northern Landscapes, and The Contemporary House; authored the Wallpaper* City Guides for Antwerp and Athens; and curated exhibitions in London, Athens and Milan.

• Abdullah M.I. Syed
Lives and works between Gadigal Country (Sydney, Australia) and Karachi, Pakistan. An interdisciplinary artist, designer and scholar, his cross-cultural scholarly interest preserves heritage craft skills, sacred knowledge, Islamic art and architecture, and material culture history.

• Karen Webster
A design advocate and leading academic in Australia's creative industries for over four decades, Karen is currently the Dean and Principal of the internationally acclaimed LCI Melbourne.