The Design Institute of Australia SA Awards were announced on 12 November 2011 at a ceremony at the Kerry Packer Civic Gallery at UniSA’s City West Campus in Adelaide. About sixty entries were submitted to the awards program across the categories of built environment, object and communication. Graduate of The Year Awards (GOTYAs) were introduced for the first time in the state.
Built Environment
Gold: University of Adelaide Learning Hub by Hassell; National Australia Bank South Australia head office by Woods Bagot
Silver: North Adelaide Residence by Williams Burton Architecture + Interior Design; Wayville Residence by Koush Design
Built Environment – Student
Gold and Graduate of the Year (GOTYA): Bite Bakery by Margrethe Johannsen, final-year interior architecture student at UniSA; Hotel 49 by Corina Cannell, final-year interior architecture student at UniSA
Gold: Flux by Sia Roussos, final-year interior architecture student at UniSA
Silver GOTYA runner-up: Where There’s a Wheel by Gemma Caon, final-year interior architecture student at UniSA
Silver: Bottle by Liana Ross, final-year interior architecture student at UniSA
Special mention: Velodrome by Gemma Caon, final-year interior architecture student at UniSA; Tea House by Beau Warren, second year interior architecture student at UniSA
Object
Silver: Mrs Peggs Handy-line Deluxe by Fingo; Matter and Memory by Michael Geissler
Object – Student
Gold and GOTYA: BiTronic Electronic Bicycle Gearbox System by James French, final-year industrial design student at UniSA
Silver: Clinical Infant Bathing Facility by Ron Langman, final-year industrial design student at UniSA
Special mention: Night Walker – Bent Ladder by Leigh Barnett, final-year interior architecture student at UniSA; Split by Bethany Koerner, final-year interior architecture student at UniSA; Distribution of Basic by Bradley Joseph, final-year interior architecture student at UniSA; A Fragment of One’s Imagination by Erin Depledge, interior architecture student
at UniSA
Communication
Gold: Tilly Devine wine label by Parallax. Silver: Bleasdale Powder Monkey wine label by Parallax; Vale/Ale, Vale/Dry and Vale/Drk beer labels by Parallax; The Big Picture interior graphic for Women’s and Children’s Hospital by Working Images; Laucke – Good Grains, Great Flour brand identity by Black Squid
Special mention: Creative Industries brand proposal by Tim Saunders and Associates; Sensorial Loop – First Tamworth Textile Triennial by Lyn Mitchell Design
Communication – Student
Gold: Art, Architecture and Design for UniSA by Alexander Mertzanidis, Master of Design (Visual Communication) student at UniSA
