The 2025 Good Design Awards span more than 30 categories across 11 design disciplines under the theme Rewarding, Defining, and Celebrating Better Design. This year’s program highlights projects that raise the standard for product design, sustainability, and user experience.
Each category includes three recognition levels: Best in Class as the top honour, Gold Tick for the highest-rated entries, and the Green Tick Good Design Award for outstanding achievements in their field.
Good Design Awards 2025: Furniture and Lighting Winners
Managed by our friends Good Design Australia, one of the oldest and most recognised design industry associations, the Authentic Design Alliance is proud to continue our partnership for the award program.
Within the Product Design discipline for Furniture, Lighting and Objects, several leading Australian designers and makers received recognition, including two valued Authentic Design Alliance members, FrancoCrea and South Drawn.
FURNITURE AND LIGHTING: Gold Winners
GATEWAY Airport Seating: Alexander Lotersztain
The GATEWAY modular airport seating system enhances comfort, space efficiency, and connectivity in modern travel hubs. Integrating ergonomic design, intuitive cable management, and built-in charging, it transforms airport spaces into flexible and user-centred environments.
This collection is designed by Argentinian-born Australian designer Alex Lotersztain and produced by his commercial brand Derlot.
PANDIA GLASS COLLECTION: Unios & Chris Connell Design
PANDIA presents a minimal glass lighting collection for hospitality spaces. Inspired by the harvest moon, each luminaire emits a soft, ambient glow that complements rather than dominates its surroundings.
REVOLVE TABLE: Mat & Kin
REVOLVE is a dual-sided dining table that rotates to reveal a second pristine surface. Solving the problem of surface wear on timber tables extends product lifespan and adapts to everyday use and formal occasions.
FURNITURE AND LIGHTING – Good Design Award Winners
ADHOC SEATING SYSTEM: Helen Kontouris Studio
Using intentional inconsistency, ADHOC is designed for commercial, institutional, and public environments, enabling spatial composition through multiple configuration possibilities.
BIG GLOW: Rakumba x Studio Truly Truly
Supported by Woolmark, BIG GLOW combines Australian wool with plant-derived bioplastic, bridging heritage and innovation to create a highly functional, sustainable, emotionally resonant luminaire.
Created by the Studio Truly Truly, aka Kate and Joel Booy, who are now based in the Netherlands but originally from Brisbane, this series is the second collaboration with Rakumba.
BOBBY COLLECTION: Daniel Tucker for DesignByThem
Friendly and tactile, the BOBBY COLLECTION sits at the junction of quality and casualness. The collection offers a versatile range from dining to bar seating in FSC-certified timber or lightweight, outdoor-suitable aluminium.
HUSK LIGHTING COLLECTION: South Drawn x Luke Mills
Husk, a cradle-to-cradle lighting range by South Drawn, is developed for architects, interior designers, and environmentally conscious consumers. The collection pairs refined aesthetics with circular principles, and the ability to disassemble, service, and return each piece was at the forefront.
Using locally sourced materials—from the biodegradable micropulp shade to artisan-formed glass—offering a sustainable lighting solution for contemporary interiors.
“Between its release, exclusive pop-up, and the documentation and celebration of its entire design process, the Husk Collection is now a Good Design Australia award winner.
Countless hours were dedicated to developing new in-house processes and arriving at a design that’s refined in both material and form.
The combination of artisan-formed slumped glass and Micro Pulp by Zeoform celebrates closed-loop materials and highlights the thoughtful consideration behind this collection.”
South Drawn
South Drawn is a proud member of the Authentic Design Alliance.
EASEL COLLECTION: Zenith Interiors x Tom Fereday
Designed in collaboration with Tom Fereday, EASEL for Zenith is a sculptural statement piece with its bold silhouette and meticulous detailing. It delivers high visual impact while offering comfort and poise.
CHLOE LOUNGE CHAIR: Harrison Condos & Nicholas Condos x Harbo
The CHLOE Lounge Chair reflects Harbour’s long-standing reputation for high-end outdoor furniture since 1975. Sculptural and contemporary, it brings refined comfort to global markets.
HUMILIS CHAIR: Franco Crea
FrancoCrea, an Authentic Design Alliance member, created the Humilis Chair after three years of design refinement and prototyping.
Crafted entirely in solid wood, the Humilis features a sculpted, curved back that supports the lumbar region and embodies the designer’s vision of heirloom-quality Australian craftsmanship.
After three years of extensive prototyping, we released our first solid wood chair called Humilis. Its curved back is meticulously sculpted to cup the lower lumbar for support, uniting comfort and striking design to deliver something undeniably unique.
The Humilis chair rejects the fast furniture paradigm by offering an heirloom-quality piece, crafted in Australia and accompanied by an authentication certificate and each piece is numbered and bears the FrancoCrea ‘maker’s mark’
Franco Crea
MASS: Dirk du Toit
MASS table lamp explores volume and material weight through an intersecting geometric lamp form. Designed by Dirk du Toit for Dutoit Studio, the lamp has received many accolades and has been widely exhibited.
Handcrafted in Australia from sustainable Walnut or 100% post-consumer recycled HDPE, it merges precision craftsmanship with sustainable design thinking.
OMRISS SEATING SYSTEM: Helen Kontouris Studio
Omriss, meaning “outline” in Norwegian, is a study in visual clarity and compositional balance. Intended for residential, commercial, and hospitality use, Omriss uses bold contour lines to explore how outlines shape not just objects but spatial identity.
Derived from the Norwegian word for “outline,” OMRISS studies form and contour to define space. Designed for residential, commercial, and hospitality environments, it blends sculptural clarity with functional adaptability.
Created by Melbourne-based designer Helen Kontouris for her brand LEN Furniture.
Explore all 2025 Winners
For all winners in the 2025 program, visit good-design.org
