The 2026 Australian Good Design Awards are now open for entry. This year, the Awards Design that Leads is celebrated.
Whether your work listens deeply, innovates boldly, cares responsibly or transforms systems, leadership in design takes many forms. What unites award-winning projects is not scale or sector – it is clarity of purpose and meaningful impact.
The Good Design Winner’s Package provides winners with the opportunity not only to celebrate and promote their success, but to gain recognition and exposure to a global audience.
The Australian Good Design Awards is an international awards program that accepts entries from all countries and regions.
From products and places to services, digital platforms and strategy, the Awards recognize design that improves lives, drives value, strengthens communities and advances industries.
If your project solved a real challenge, delivered measurable outcomes or raised the standard in your field, it belongs here.
Entering the Australian Good Design Awards offers independent recognition from leading experts, national and international visibility, and the opportunity to position your work among the best in design.
If your work demonstrates insight, innovation, responsibility or results, Good Design Australia want to see it.
The Australian Good Design Awards represent the country’s highest level of independent design recognition. For more than six decades, the Awards have championed excellence across design, architecture, engineering, digital innovation, service design, social impact and strategy.
Established in 1958 and endorsed by the World Design Organization (WDO), these Awards have been Australia’s highest international design accolade for over six decades. They honour the people, projects, and brands driving innovation and setting new global standards.
The 2026 Good Design Awards will be presented at the annual Good Design Awards Ceremony in Sydney, in October.
Australia’s Good Design Awards 2026 – Registration Fees
- Next Gen (Student) — Free to Enter
- Social Impact / Concept Design — $245 AUD per entry
- All Other Disciplines — $495 AUD per entry
An Early Bird Discount of 10% will automatically be applied to all entries submitted before midnight (AEST) Monday, 20 March 2026.