Kate Masters wins DIA Australian Graduate of the Year 2023 and Gold at the International Design Awards
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We celebrated three creatives at the Design Institute of Australia’s Graduates of the Year Awards (GOTYA) 2023. Kate Masters won the top award for a vocational graduate, Sue Napoli took home the Highly Commended graduate and Laura Cordukes was a finalist. Kate also won three Gold awards at the International Design Awards 2023 for commercial, sustainable and workplace design.

Remie Collins wins Vocational Graduate of the Year 2024
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We were delighted to see Remie Collins win Vocational Student of the Year, Central & Northern Sydney Region, in the NSW Training Awards 2024. ⁠
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The award recognises outstanding achievement by a vocational student studying a nationally recognised qualification. Nominees come from all vocational institutions including independent providers and TAFE, and the award celebrates skill-based careers and skills excellence.⁠

Double joy at the Resene Colour Awards in 2022 for our pop cafe project
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We’re so proud of Sarah Straker-Williams (featured) and Jessica Rayment who have both been awarded the Resene Total Colour Rising Star Colour Maestro Award 2022.⁠ The projects, both pop up cafes, are a fantastic example of conceptual thinking and advanced colour application.

Four wins at the Built Design Awards 2021
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Advanced Diploma graduate Louise Mackay was surprised to win in four of the student categories at the Built Design Awards. She caught the eye of 40 professional judges to win the New Concepts, Workplace, Hospitality and Institutional design categories using her Sydney Design School projects.

Gold, Silver & Bronze at the International Design Awards
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2021 was a big year for Sydney Design School. Our incredible students took home gold, bronze and silver awards as well as honourable mentions at the prestigious International Design Awards. In 2019 Advanced Diploma graduate Vieri Landini also took home gold for the student interior design/conceptual category.

Design Institute of Australia NSW Graduate of the Year 2020 – Interior Design
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We were delighted to celebrate with Advanced Diploma of Interior Design graduate Darren Scott when he took the top prize for NSW / ACT at the GOTYA Awards in 2020. The Design Institute of Australia’s flagship program was created to support and celebrate exceptional emerging designers. ⁠

Aimee Munro wins Academy KAZA Tile Design Competition

While working as a Senior Interior Designer at Gray Puksand Architecture, graduate Aimee Munro submitted a unique 3D tile design and won the top prize in the KAZA Tile Design Competition! Her ‘Diverge’ collection has now been launched and distributed worldwide earning her royalties on every sale.

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Two years running! DIA NSW Graduate of the Year 2019 & 2020 – Interior Decoration
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We were delighted to see back to back graduates win this award from the Design Institute of Australia’s NSW Branch. Jed Murphy took out the prize in 2019 before finding his dream job at Tom Mark Henry and in 2020, James Guerrisi won the award!

Four finalists and a win at the Dulux Colour Awards 2020!
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Congratulations to the fabulously creative Louise Mackay, winner of the Dulux Colour Award 2020 – Student Category. We were so proud to have four finalists in the shortlist for this exclusive award chosen from universities and colleges nationwide.

Resene Total Colour Rising Star Award 2020
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Diploma graduate Anna McMillian became our second alumni to take out this prestigious New Zealand colour award using a Sydney Design School brief. She entered her dramatic ‘Fuel’ hospitality space which the judges described as “dark and cocooning, guests are encouraged to relax and linger longer.”