Good Design Australia is pleased to present the Australian International Design Awards, one of the longest standing and most prestigious design awards in the world.

With a proud heritage dating back to the Industrial Design Council of Australia established in 1958, the Australian International Design Awards is recognised by the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (ICSID) as Australia’s peak design endorsement scheme.

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First Australian to be named President-Elect of world design organisation Brandon Gien, Managing Director of Good Design Australia and Chair of the Australian International Design Awards has been elected President-Elect of the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (ICSID), the world organisation for Industrial Design. The announcement was made at the XXVII ICSID General Assembly in Taipei, Taiwan on Friday 28 October 2011. More Information.

Interactive outdoor playground combines computing with climbing to win Australia's top design award An interactive children's playground designed with the attraction of electronic gaming to draw kids outdoors has taken out the top prize in the 2011 Australian International Design Awards, awarded by Good Design Australia. More Information

Electrolux Ultrasilencer Green vacuum cleaner wins top design award for Sustainability An ultra-quiet vacuum cleaner made from 55 per cent recycled plastics and using a 35 per cent more efficient engine than the average 2000W vacuum cleaner has won the prestigious Design Award for Sustainability in this year's Australian International Design Awards. More Information

2011 Australian Design Award - James Dyson Award Prize Winners Announced A liquid nitrogen carrier improving workplace safety in medical and science laboratories has taken out the Gold Prize in the prestigious 2011 Australian Design Award - James Dyson Award, the student category of the Australian International Design Awards. More Information

47 design award winners announced in the 2011 Australian International Design Awards An interactive children's playground, finless surfboard, baby's bathtub, compact coffee machine, bathroom shower, sleep apnea device resembling a clock-radio, backpack bed and fold-up kids bike are among 47 winners announced last night in this year's Australian International Design Awards. More Information

See the best in Australian and International Design at Victoria's State of Design Festival Good Design Australia is proud to present the first ever Public Exhibition of Finalists in the 2011 Australian International Design Awards from 21 - 24 July 2011 in Melbourne. The public is invited to see a host of innovative products vying for a prestigious Design Award™. More Information

2011 Australian International Design Awards to showcase 127 Finalists in first ever public exhibition A staggering 127 products have made the Finals of the 2011 Australian International Design Awards and will be exhibited to the public for the first time in the history of the prestigious Awards. More Information

Surf culture, Science and Sustainability dominate the design-thinking of Australia's brightest young inventors Twelve of Australia’s most talented industrial design students have today been named Finalists in the 2011 Australian Design Award – James Dyson Award, Australia’s top student design award celebrating its 10th Anniversary this year. More Information

Australian International Design Awards records highest number of Entries in history Good Design Australia has today announced a record number of submissions to the Australian International Design Awards with a staggering 232 innovative products entering the 2011 program. More Information

2011 Australian International Design Awards now open for entry Good Design Australia has launched the 2011 Australian International Design Awards program to recognise excellence in design and innovation across a diverse range of sectors and categories. More Information

2011 Australian Design Award-James Dyson Award reveals next crop of potential Australian design heroes. The 2011 Australian Design Awards-James Dyson Award (ADA-JDA) has once again been inundated with entries, with 93 industrial design graduates submitting their product innovations into the prestigious annual program. More Information.

Introducing the World Design Impact Prize - a Prize honouring Designers dedicated to creating a better world. What would happen if design projects and initiatives with the potential to change the world were given the opportunity to tell their story? Good Design Australia is proud to support the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (Icsid) in launching the World Design Impact Prize. More Information.

Good Design Australia takes over Australian International Design Awards Good Design Australia, a new international design promotion organisation has been established to take over custodianship of the Australian International Design Awards, an historic milestone in the illustrious history of the program. More Information.

A new frontier for the Australian International Design Awards Standards Australia signed an agreement that will result in the transfer of the custodianship of the Australian International Design Awards (AIDA) to Good Design Australia, a new design promotion organisation. More Information.

Welcome to Good Design Australia A new frontier for the Australian International Design Awards. Good Design Australia is a new design promotion organisation that will operate the Australian International Design Awards. More Information

2011 Call For Entries Be in the running for Australia’s top design award. The Australian International Design Awards is calling for entries in the 2011 program. More Information