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From the editor

We are celebrating an incredible milestone: the twentieth year of the Australian Interior Design Awards, which is a partnership event of Artichoke and the Design Institute of Australia. The awards applaud innovation and excellence in our industry, and this year, we received a record-setting number of entries – nearly 670 – from across our country and around the world.

The program has yielded an amazingly rich archive that covers two decades of interior design in Australia. Reflecting on the winners from years past – as well as the thousands of shortlisted projects – gives us insight into our architecture and interior design benchmarks and what they have represented at various times. It also reminds us who we are, where we’ve been and where we’re going.

This year’s Premier Award recipient, workplace Campbell House by Tonkin Zulaikha Greer, reflects a time when design is about much more than aesthetics – it also addresses issues of waste, energy consumption and user wellbeing. Here, gardens are welcomed indoors, solar panels generate energy for the building, loose furniture pieces are recycled and sustainably made (some with ocean plastics), and carefully positioned glass louvres enable passive ventilation. This unexpected and uplifting office interior epitomizes innovation and excellence. The future of design relies on more projects like this one; we must all support, promote and celebrate work like it.

Congratulations to every project shortlisted, commended or awarded in 2023. The calibre gets higher every year.

Finally, this will be my last issue of Artichoke for a little while – I am taking some time off and will return in 2024. I’m delighted to announce that Amy Woodroffe has joined our team as acting editor. I can’t wait to see her issues in the coming year.

– Cassie Hansen, Editor, Artichoke

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