(New Zealand) – Designers Institute of New Zealand announces its 2019 winners.

The Best Design Awards is an annual showcase of excellence in graphic, spatial, product, interactive and motion design along with four boutique awards.

The National Graphic Design Awards were established in the mid 70s to celebrate New Zealand’s best graphic design. Attracting 300 entries, the awards exhibited 130 works as part of a touring exhibition and lecture series.

In 1988 the name was changed to the New Zealand Best Design Awards and enabled a growing community to benefit from the experience of a jury of international peers.

In 1992 the awards were expanded to include Spatial and Product design and by 1998 the Best Design Awards became an annual awards programme.

In 2010, Interactive was established as a distinct discipline. The Ngā Aho Award and Best Effect Award were added in 2012 and Public Good along with Moving Image in 2015. In 2017 the User Experience Award was introduced.

The Gold Pin is coveted under each category as best in category, but its the very best piece of design in each discipline that is given the supreme Purple Pin and held up as work that raises the bar of New Zealand design.

Lighting brand David Trubridge has been awarded the following for 2019:

Maru Light: Gold

Baskets of Light: Bronze 

Kina Ottoman: Silver

Steens Honey Packaging:  Silver, Gold, Gold

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