Record year for VIVID comp in 2025
Now in its third decade and 22nd consecutive year, Vibrant Visions in Design (VIVID) is Australia’s longest running awards program for emerging designers. Vivid is held at the Décor + Design show which showcases industry suppliers. The competition offers categories for market ready and prototype furniture, lighting and objects designed and made in Australia.
In 2025, a record number of entries were received – more than 140 , resulting in a record number of finalists – 82 across six categories. Vivid was curated by Daniel Dalla Riva and awards were judged by a jury of 12 design professionals.
Here are some examples of winning entries:
Winner Furniture: Jacob de Dassel, Folding Chair. ‘An exploration of simplicity and complexity - a design that tries to reinterpret this kind of elegantly minimal, yet thoughtfully detailed furniture.’
Commendation, Furniture: Jordan Conlan, Key Stool. ‘A functional piece of furniture, fitting into a multitude of environments and hard to fill spaces, inspired by the harshness and brutality of the surrounding natural environment.’
Commendation, Colour: Freddy Mata, Aeon Fox. ‘Inspired by the sighting of a red fox in North Melbourne (corner of Queensberry St and Laurens St) one night of 2021 during a lockdown. Colours represents the reflexion of cars headlights on the Fox's tale. Stealthy since the beginning of time.’
Winner, Student: Savannah Kelly, Where two Oceans Meet. Inspired by Cape Leeuwin’s oceanic confluence, this tambour cabinet is made from karri and jarrah.
Judges Choice: Maryam Moghadam, Gnawing [Knowing]. ‘Gnawing [Knowing] ashtray embodies the paradox between message and function, a cautionary object that also enables the very behaviour it critiques. Existing in the space between advocacy and complicity, Gnaw holds up a mirror to the complexity of human behaviour: our capacity to acknowledge harm while continuing to participate in it.’
Images by Peter Clarke Photography