Extract from The Guardian
Electric motorcycle, an ankle brace that grows as children age and a town hall among winners.
The state awards showcase products and businesses creating cutting-edge and innovative designs.
The Savic C-Series electric motorcycle series are emission-free, full sized and high-performance vehicles.
The series was created by former Ford worker and company chief executive, Dennis Savic, and concept designer David Hendroff.
The vehicle also won the product design category. The judges praised the design for combining the power of a traditional motorcycle with electric technology.
Creative industries minister, Danny Pearson, said the awards celebrated Victorian designers whose products and processes used “design thinking to reshape and improve the way we live, work and interact”.
“Design is about finding new, innovative and more sustainable ways of doing things. This year’s winners demonstrate the impact of the Victorian design sector, creating jobs across the state and touching all of our lives,” he said.
An ankle brace that grows with young children with hereditary spastic paraplegia – inherited disorders that cause weakness and stiffness in the leg muscles – was recognised in the student design category.
The Luna Modular AFO (ankle foot orthosis), designed by Aaron Nguyen, Darren Tan, Jarrod Cahir, Dr Giuliano De Antonis and Emma Luke. Photograph: supplied
The design was created by a team of RMIT students.
The Broadmeadows town hall won the architectural design category and an audio accessibility service for sports broadcast was awarded the digital design prize.
The design awards are spread across eight categories: architectural, communication, digital, product, fashion, service, student and design strategy.
The awards are part of the 2022 Melbourne Design Week.
It is estimated Victoria’s design industry contributes about $6m to the state’s economy each year.
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