The 2014 Eat Drink Design Awards were announced at a cocktail party on 18 November 2014 at Melbourne’s Ormond Hall, where Australia and New Zealand’s design elite and their clients gathered to celebrate the best in hospitality design. From a shortlist of sixty-eight projects, six projects were awarded best design in their categories, and twenty-one received high commendations.
The quality and record number of entries (more than 150 entries over six categories) in this year’s awards is testament to the design excellence and innovation being applied to the Australian and New Zealand hospitality industries. The 2014 jury noted in its awards overview that the projects incorporated all parts of the venue – “the history of the business and the site, the menu, the owners, the visual identity.” This “results in businesses that are multi-layered, interesting to spend time in and highly functional … Australasian hospitality design is in fine shape. It’s good to be able to celebrate its success.”
And the winners are:
Best Cafe Design: A.Baker by DesignOffice.
Image: Scottie Cameron
Best Bar Design
Clever Little Tailor – Xtra Shiny
Best Restaurant Design
Rockpool Est. 1989 – Grant Cheyne
Best Cafe Design
A. Baker – DesignOffice
Best Temporary Design
Coffee Peddlr – Ruined City
Best Temporary Design: Coffee Peddlr by Ruined City.
Image: Breeana Dunbar
Best Retail Design: The Standard Market Company Newstead by Richards & Spence.
Image: Toby Scott
Best Retail Design
The Standard Market Company Newstead – Richards & Spence
Best Identity Design
Seafarers/Ostro – Inhouse
Hall of Fame
Inducted into the Hall of Fame – an award given each year to an establishment of enduring cultural and design value – was Meyers Place by Six Degrees. Meyers Place one of the first bars opened in the laneways of Melbourne when liquor licensing laws changed in the mid-1990s.
High Commendations
On the 2014 awards jury were: Simon Denton (co-owner and managing director of Izakaya Den, Nama Nama and Hihou), Tina Engelen (principal of CO-AP Architects), Michael Harden (food writer and critic), Kirsti Simpson (director of Hassell), Cameron Bruhn (editorial director of Architecture Media).
Winners, highly commended projects and the shortlist are all featured in Artichoke 49, along with a full jury overview. View all the entries and more images at the Eat Drink Design Awards gallery.
The 2014 Eat Drink Design Awards are presented in partnership with BPM, Planned Cover, Space, American Hardwood Export Council, Mt Difficulty, South South West, Tanqueray Gin, and Taubmans.
