Best of the Best: Congratulations to the 2019 Best Design Awards winners
DINZ Best Awards are a celebration of Aotearoa design, with over 1200 entries nominated from across nine categories from New Zealand and Australia.
The Black Pin is the Institute’s highest honour. Celebrating individuals who have made a significant achievement in the field of design both nationally and internationally; demonstrating a combination of leadership, vision, creativity and skill. This year saw three Black Pins awarded;
John Britten Black Pin – Clive Fugill
DINZ Black Pin for Outstanding Achievement – Annie Dow (Learn more about Annie in our podcast here).
Value of Design Black Pin – Fisher & Paykel Healthcare
DA wishes all the winners our heartfelt congratulations, below is a list of the Purple and Gold awards from the Graphic category, check out the full list of winners and finalists here.
Purple Pin Graphic Category
Supertrash — Turning trash around
Gold winners
Frost*collective OzHarvest Annual Report Van
Round The Paper — QICGRE’s Showcase Editorial Think Piece
David Trubridge & Think Packaging Steens Honey 27+ UMF
Universal Favourite Dimple Contacts
Studio South Aalto Colour Series
Studio South 246 Queen
Seachange Jervois Apartments
Dow Goodfolk Crombie Lockwood Kakapo
Round QICGRE— Orchestrating Living Ecosystems
Designwork Story of Steel
Alt Group Fingers
Studio South Aalto Brand Imagery
Designworks Pepeha Display
Seachange Worms Display
Klim Type Foundry Heldane
Round Hardware Societe — No Eggs on Toast
Stuart Geddes & Žiga Testen Studio Making Faces—A jewellery playbook
Stuart Geddes Mutual Assured Destruction
Seachange Supertrash — Make some noise
Designworks Tiaki – Care for New Zealand
Designworks VNZMA
Extended Whānau Tāmaki Makaurau UNESCO Pā Puoro Auckland UNESCO City of Music
Marx Design The True Honey Co – Rare Harvest
Studio South Aalto Packaging
Curious Amino Mantra
Marx Design Strangelove Lo Cal Sodas
Raydar Rope swings
Universal Favourite Dimple Contacts
Seachange We Compost — Feed the worms
Round Workaround — Women design action
Ken Khun Aupuni Mō‘ī o Hawai‘i / Kingdom of Hawai‘i
Hannah Small Patterns for Utopia
Jungie Choi Han
Wayne Shih New Zealand Mapping Service
Sonia Mijatov Sammie
Georgie Andrews, Mimi Seagar Objection
