Good Design Awards 2026: Australian Winners Include Sensory Lamp, Honey Harvester, and Pregnancy Loss Vessel
The 2026 Good Design Awards in Australia celebrated a range of innovative creations. Notably, Whipshaw's Resonance, a lamp that emits light pulses synchronized with heart rhythms for relaxation, secured the top honor in medical design. Katapult Design's Hivekeepers Micro Honey Harvester earned gold in commercial design, streamlining beekeeping with its cassette system. Ellyn Wong Wan Wen was honored with the under-30 award for Ovi, a vessel designed for early pregnancy loss. Bound's Looplock took gold in housewares, while Terrain's Groundworks was recognized for built environment design. Heirloom's Yoto Mini excelled in consumer electronics, and Studiobird's Quiet Studio won for built environment installation. Ennova Design's Oasis Shower Chair was awarded best in class for furniture, and Tony Harrison's Rescope received gold for under-30 designers.
Key facts
- Resonance by Whipshaw won best in class for medical and scientific product design at the 2026 Good Design Awards.
- Hivekeepers Micro Honey Harvester by Katapult Design won gold for commercial and industrial product.
- Ellyn Wong Wan Wen won the good design award for designers under 30 for Ovi, a porcelain cooling vessel for early pregnancy loss.
- Looplock by Bound, Default Office and Purpose Design Lab won gold for housewares and objects design.
- Groundworks by Terrain won gold for built environment installation design for Bizarro’s Mode music festival on Wareamah/Cockatoo Island.
- Yoto Mini by Heirloom won best-in-class for consumer electronics design.
- Quiet Studio by Studiobird with Autex Acoustics & Universal Practice won a good design award for built environment installation design, presented during Melbourne Design Week in 2025.
- The Oasis Shower Chair by Ennova Design won best-in-class for furniture and lighting design.
- Rescope by Tony Harrison won gold for designers under 30 for a modular endoscope.
Entities
Artists
- Ellyn Wong Wan Wen
- Tony Harrison
Institutions
- Good Design Australia
- Whipshaw
- Katapult Design
- Bound
- Default Office
- Purpose Design Lab
- Terrain
- Bizarro’s Mode
- Heirloom
- Studiobird
- Autex Acoustics
- Universal Practice
- Ennova Design
Locations
- Australia
- Wareamah
- Cockatoo Island
- Melbourne
- Collingwood