Mycelium Studios receives Award of Merit at the Designers Australia 2021 Awards, and co-founder Edward Linacre, the President’s Award.
More about the awards program here.
Designers Australia 2021 Awards
“ We aim to redefine the perception of what an awards program is, can and should be. The Designers Australia Awards value considered design. We promote diversity and equality. Design that contributes positively to our social, cultural and environmental needs and issues. Design that is collaborative and respectful across communities and cultures. We aim to stimulate ambitious innovation and creativity by focusing on the highest level of expertise and professionalism in design practice. ”
DIA President, Gavin Campbell FDIA
The Designers Australia Awards brings together Australia's broad design community to celebrate ethical, innovative, impactful design – highlighting and honouring work defined by quality. Focusing on the design process as much as the outcome, each accolade considers how the designer's work responds to authenticity, diversity, equality, inclusivity, community and the environment. Underpinned by the core values and purpose of the Design Institute of Australia, The Designers Australia Awards is an opportunity to support our emerging and established design community, to cultivate collaboration, conversation and deep listening and to recognise our collective commitment to Australian design and its influence on culture and society.
Award of Merit: Mycelium Studios
Category: Place
Designers: Edward Linacre, Viktor Legin, Jeremy Taylor, Raelle Kelly, Thomas Honeyman, Marisa Taylor, Astra La Vista, Gillian Lee, Dean Noonan, Philippa Abbott, Davin Alexander
The Jury admired Mycelium Studio as it delivered an environment unique to the DNA and purpose of the studio itself - creating a space that evolves, iterates and improves ideas around well being, workflow, and creativity. In addition, the intent of the design enables the studio to build relationships with multi-space co-tenancies.
An agile and creative environment that successfully responds to the unique needs of the multitude of communities and collaborators that inhabit this space.
More about the awards program here.
President’s Award: Edward Linacre
The President’s Award is presented to multidisciplinary designer Edward Linacre for his design career and leading work within the design community . Edward is an industrial designer and artist by profession. He is a partner at multi-award winning design company Copper, which resides within Mycelium Studios, of which he is also a co-founder and co-director.
Edward also operates a self-titled studio with an experimental focus and is co-founder of Mycelium’s own bio-material research and development laboratory, Symbiosis Lab. He is a student mentor, has taught at Swinburne and RMIT Universities, and manages the Industry Partnership between Mycelium Studios and RMIT. For three consecutive years, selected as a Victorian Delegate of Design by Creative Victoria.
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