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Design Show Australia plays host to Australia’s Next Top Designers (ANTD), shinning a spotlight on those leading the next generation of design.
We’re looking for emerging designers, makers and creatives, that have breakthrough products and concepts shaping the future of design.
This showcase and competition is a platform to generate maximum exposure for new designers, while celebrating sustainable and innovative design.
Applications for 2025 now open!
Maximise your exposure and spark new business ventures!
Design Show Australia is the proven and trusted trade event – bringing premium brands, manufacturers and suppliers together with designers, specifiers and buyers working across commercial, workplace, retail, hospitality, multi-res and residential interiors.
This annual event is the ultimate platform to showcase your work to thousands of architecture, design and built environment professionals, plus media, retailers and manufacturers.
In addition, gain pre and post-event exposure nationally via the Design Show Australia year-round marketing campaign.
Successful applicants (finalists) will need to pay $350 to secure their spot, and need to organise freight and logistics.
Australia's Next Top Designers Award
Finalists will be evaluated based on product quality, sustainability, and product innovation. Additionally, they will also receive:
- Opportunity to be named Australia’s Next Top Designer 2025
- Space within the showcase area to display product/series
- Free three-day access to the event, speaker series and award ceremony
- Opportunity to utilise a data capture device to generate contact details of attendees interested in their product (additional fee)
- Inclusion in printed event magazine
- Inclusion in digital event magazine
- Onsite branding and recognition of yourself and your product
- Social media awareness and recognition
- Media exposure through media attendance at the show
Criteria and Eligibility
Australia’s Next Top Designers Showcase is open to early stage and emerging designers to submit a product or series. Submissions can include conceptual designs on the priviso that they will be made for the event if the application is successful in becoming a finalist
Categories for applicants include:
- New - Studying
- Emerging - top to 5 years in practice
Categories represented include:
- Product: furniture & lighting
- Object + Art: object, accessories, textile, art & ceramics
Product must not display elsewhere in the show, and product must be produced within the last 12 months.
Terms & Conditions
Before you dive into unleashing your creativity and showcasing your talents, it’s important to familiarise yourself with the Terms and Conditions governing this exciting event. We encourage you to read through them carefully to ensure a rewarding and enjoyable experience for all involved.
Apply to Enter
Entries can be conceptual designs. If successful, you will have 3 months from confirmation to the show to bring your entries to life. If you have any further questions about ANTD, please contact Olaf.
Australia’s Next Top Designers is presented in collaboration with WORKSHOPPED
WORKSHOPPED is innovative Australian company that exhibits, manufactures and retails Australian and New Zealand design products, to commercial and residential markets. WORKSHOPPED exhibition has presented the work of over 450 Australian designers through 21 exhibitions and been viewed by over 750,000 people. The exhibition and retail store is a platform for emerging and established product, furniture and lighting designers.
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