Rigg Design Prize 2025

The Rigg Design Prize is Australia's most prestigious accolade for contemporary design.

Next in Design: 35 Under 35
19 Sep 25 - 1 Feb 26, free entry
The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Fed Square
Level 3

Since its inception in 1994, this triennial prize exhibition has featured over one hundred designers across a range of disciplines, celebrating their creative achievements and providing a valuable platform for visibility, recognition and impact.

For its landmark tenth edition in 2025, the $40,000 prize will be awarded to an early-career Australian design practice, drawing attention to the new generation of talent.

Bringing together thirty-five emerging designers under the age of 35, the exhibition spans ceramics, glass, furniture, woodwork, metalwork, textiles, lighting and contemporary jewellery, presenting ambitious works that reflect bold approaches to materiality, form and function.

Early-career practitioners play a crucial role in shaping Australia's design ecosystem and culture. They bring bold ideas and fresh perspectives that challenge conventions and expand the possibilities of design and making.

The Rigg Design Prize 2025 - Next in Design: 35 Under 35 - recognises the energy, ingenuity and vision of emerging designers who are making important contributions to their fields.

Selected from across Australia, the 2025 finalists include

Patrick Adeney
Studio Adeney
Kartika Laili Ahmad
Ella Badu
Walter Brooks
Dallissa Brown
Andrew Carvolth
Nicola Charlesworth & Kim Stanek
Object Density
Samantha Dennis
Carly Tarkari Dodd
Hamish Donaldson
Jack Fearon
FEARON
Olive Gill-Hille
Marcel Hoogstad Hay
Katherine Hubble
Jay Jermyn
Nicolette Johnson
Lavinia Ketchell
Zaiba Khan
Claudia Lau
Nicole Lawrence
Alfred Lowe
Marlo Lyda
Claire Markwick-Smith
Julian Leigh May
Simone Namunjdja
Nathan Nhan
Annie Paxton
Douglas Powell
Duzi Objects Studio
Amy Seo & Shahar Cohen
Second Edition
Emma Shepherd
Sundance Studio
Dalton Stewart
Shahn Stewart
Alchemy Orange
Georgie Szymanski
Kohl Tyler
Isaac Williams

About Rigg Design Prize
Now in its tenth edition, the Rigg Design Prize is Australia's highest national accolade for contemporary design bestowed by an Australian public gallery and seeks to profile a different field of design practice every three years. Past recipients include Neville Assad (1994); Robert Baines (1997); Louise Weaver (2003); Sally Marsland (2006); Simone LeAmon (2009); Marian Hosking (2012); Adam Goodrum (2015); Hecker Guthrie (2018); Leo Burnett Australia (2022).

The Rigg Design Prize is generously supported by the Cecily & Colin Rigg Bequest, managed by Equity Trustees.

As NGV prepares for the tenth edition of this prestigious prize, we recognise the legacy of its benefactor Colin G. Rigg (1895-1982).






 The Ian Potter Centre | NGV Australia View Venue
 Corner Flinders Street and Swanston Street, Melbourne Victoria 3000 Map

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