Contemporary Culture

Best Awards, the entry countdown is on

Written by Sara Black

New Zealand’s Best Awards season is nigh and it’s time to show off your creative chops.

Since 1988, the Best Awards have showcased the finest design talent our shores have to offer. Graphic, spatial, product interactive and motion have come a long way (thankfully?) since the late 80s along with the advent of personal computers, internet and bucketloads of incredible talent.

Courtesy of the Designers Institute of New Zealand, the Best Awards crew tackle the unenviable task of whittling down our finest creators’ work to award them a purple or gold pin. A tangible, stationery-inspired symbol of excellence. Also up for grabs, are four highly coveted black pins, awarded to individuals deemed most outstanding in their achievements.

Take a look at the categories below and, if you haven’t yet entered, get hustling. Entries close 29 July.

Graphic Design—
Business Communication, Colour Awards Graphics, Design Communication, Design Craft, Editorial and Books, Environmental Graphics, Large Brand Identity, Packaging, Self Promotion, Small Brand Identity, Student Graphics.

SEE PAST WINNERS: HERE

Digital—
Digital Products, Digital Campaigns, Large Scale Websites, Small Scale Websites, Installation & Exhibition, User Experience, Student Digital.

SEE PAST WINNERS: HERE

Moving Image—
Interactive, Long Form, Short Form, Student Forming Image.

SEE PAST WINNERS: HERE

Product—
Colour Award Project, Concept/Experimental, Consumer, Designed Objects, Furniture, Lighting, Non-Consumer, Structural Packaging, Sustainable Product Design, Student Design.

SEE PAST WINNERS: HERE

Spatial—
Built Environment, Colour Award Spatial, Emerging Designer, Exhibition & Temporary Structures, Healthcare & Wellbeing, Hospitality, Lighting Design, Offices & Workplace Environments, Public & Institutional Spaces, Repurposed Spaces, Residential, Retail Environment, Spatial Design Communication, Student Special.