2013 Melbourne Design Awards - Key Dates

1 May - Entries open
22 July - Rush Entries
1 August - Entries CLOSE
19 August - Judging
27 August - Finalists announced
23 September - Voting closes
23 October - Awards Night
2013 Melbourne Design Awards

Why Enter

Whether you are a design creator or a design commissioner you can make your mark on the Melbourne design scene by entering the Melbourne Design Awards.

Design creator

  • Gain recognition for your design achievement
  • Increase awareness of your work and gain design public and peer comment
  • Increased exposure to your potential customers and clients
  • Bench mark your work with your peers
  • Opportunity to gain national publicity and exposure

Design commissioner

  • Provides a mark of distinction for your product
  • Further evidence of excellence in product development
  • Bench mark your product with those of your peers
  • Increased exposure of your brand / product
  • Opportunity to gain national publicity and exposure

According to a study by the University of Leicester*, award winning companies experienced:

  • Higher growth in sales over non-award winning companies by an average of 77%
  • Higher increases in operating income over non-award winning companies by an average of 18%
  • Higher growth in assests over non-award winning companies by an average of 44%

*Source: University of Leicester, sponsored by the British Quality Foundation (BQF) and the European Foundation for Quality Management (http://www.quality-foundation.co.uk/pub_reports.htm), based over a period of 11 years.

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