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Your Luminaries and Prodigies of 2019

Your Luminaries and Prodigies of 2019

We’re thrilled to present your 2019 nominees for The Luminary and The Prodigy. Carefully selected by our regional board of editors, these eight incredible individuals are taking our region to new and exciting places.

Theirs are the studios that we aspire to, and the careers we’re crushing on. In 2019, the INDE.Awards is celebrating and recognising eight stand-out individuals and/or studios in its two nominee-only categories, The Luminary and The Prodigy.

It’s time to meet your nominees.


The story behind The Luminary

The Luminary recognises the lasting impact and ongoing contributions of four living design icons. Those nominated as Luminaries have well-established practices; through their architectural and/or design work they have made a lasting impact on their local community, and made a valuable contribution to their wider profession.

“For many years, Indesign magazine has featured the Indesign Luminary,” says INDE.Awards Judge, Paul McGillick. “This program pays tribute to the architects and designers who have made an outstanding and unique contribution to Australia’s design culture. Over the last three years we have extended this celebration to include our whole region, the Indo-Pacific, each year selecting four outstanding architects or designers from an extensive list of nominations, to celebrate their lifetime’s creative achievement and to be part of our annual INDE.Awards.”


Why does The Prodigy matter today?

Looking to the industry’s up-and-coming ‘wunderkinds’ is The Prodigy. This special category is devoted to individuals and/or studios who have been operating for approximately five years or less. And it puts the spotlight on trend-setters who take an innovative and experimental approach to architecture and design.

“Perhaps never before have the conditions for the practice and implementation of architecture and design been in greater flux,” says INDE.Awards program director and Cubes magazine editor, Narelle Yabuka. “The success and relevance of design requires a deep awareness of the changes happening in all aspects of life, and the ability to translate those shifts into physical outcomes that make sense for people today – matched with adaptability to tomorrow’s unknowns.

“The Prodigy is our way of acknowledging the new generation of architects and designers who are adept at making sense of the flux condition of today, and making new meaning from it.”

Have your say! Introducing the People’s Choice vote.

The INDE.Awards calls on you to get involved and vote for your number one Luminary of the year, and top 2019 Prodigy. “We’re incredibly excited about our 2019 Luminaries and Prodigies. Each nominee has a unique and special story. Through their practice, their design philosophy and their impressive body of work, we’ve come to see just how powerful their design contributions are to our design community and region at large,” says INDE.Awards program director and Indesign magazine editor, Alice Blackwood.

“While the INDE.Awards celebrates all eight of our nominees, there can only be one People’s Choice-voted Luminary and Prodigy on the night. We encourage you to meet our nominees, learn their stories and get invested! Who truly inspires you? Whose story fills you with energy? Whose work drives you to exceed your own expectations? Vote for them!”

People’s Choice voting opens Thursday 14 March.

Are you ready to have your say? Read more about your Luminaries and Prodigies before you make your vote. The Luminary is proudly supported by Wilkhahn, and The Prodigy is proudly supported by Cosentino. 



Author:

Alice Blackwood

Alice Blackwood is the Editorial Director at Indesign Media, and Editor of Indesign magazine and Indesignlive.com. She is a trained journalist and editor, with a background in branding and communications strategy. For more than 15 years Alice has been a passionate advocate of the architecture and design industry within Australia and the wider Indo-Pacific region. Through her work on international design festivals, regional awards programs including the INDE.Awards, as well as in print and digital media, she has helped establish numerous major platforms that recognise and celebrate the region’s most exciting architecture and design, and elevate those industry leaders into the global spotlight. “Our region’s design is defined by its fresh, yet hungry entrepreneurial spirit, its bold thought and brave actions, the flawless execution of complex ideas, and world-leading outcomes. I’m fascinated by all the moving parts of our architecture and design community – the businesses, the brands, the big-thinkers and everyday-doers.” Alice remains an active member of the Australian design and media industries as a Moderator, MC, Judge, Commentator, Mentor and Advisor. Among her main passions are workplace design, education design, healthcare design, wellness design, hospitality design and the business of design.