Since 2003 the annual award has played an important role promoting the work of Australian designers. Winners over the past eight years including Jon Goulder, Adam Goodrum, Lucas Chirnside, Charles Wilson, bernabeifreeman, Rohan Nicol, Trent Jansen, Ilias Fotopoulos and Daniel Emma (pictured).

Of the ten finalists, the winner receives AU$30,000.00 to build their business, along with a trip to an international design fair. While four runners up each receive AU$2500.00 and the five finalists AU$1000.00 each.

Enter by 2 September 2011.

To enter visit the Bombay Sapphire Design Discovery Awards facebook page here.

2011 entrants will receive a warm white LED light from Osram, a braided cable and a lamp holder from Dean Philips. All entries will go on show at the LightCycle exhibition at the Donkey Wheel House during the State of Design Festival in Melbourne.

This year Electrolight has partnered with Donkey Wheel Charitable Trust and selected entries will go on permanent display at the Donkey Wheel House.

The LightCycle competition opens 5 July 2011. The total number of entries accepted is limited to 50 so be quick!

For more information and to register go to the Electrolight website here.

30under30 was launched by Anthill in 2008 to encourage and promote entrepreneurship among young Australians. It’s a fantastic program that each year recognises the outstanding endeavours of 30 young entrepreneurs.

If you are a young entrepreneur, self-nominate yourself here, or if you know a deserving young artistic innovator (yes, ADU wants to get as many designers in the competition as possible!), nominate them here.

More information can be found here. Applications close 14 July 2011.

Workshopped started in 2001 with five designers and a small but well-received exhibition. Ten years later and the event is a highly-anticipated part of the annual Sydney Design festival.

Workshopped features products that haven’t been exhibited before. Event organisers look for designers that have identified and considered the issues related to a piece’s production – whether limited or mass production and irrespective of the production method. Most important, they look for design that might be desired, taken home and lived with.

Applications for Workshopped 11 are due 15 April 2011.

For more information and to apply visit here.

The Clunes Ceramic Award is open to all Australian ceramic artists and all ceramic art forms are accepted, including mixed media works in which the dominant medium
is ceramic. Artworks submitted can be a single item or set.

Entries will be judged by a panel of three judges who will select fifty finalists to have their works exhibited in the historic town of Clune at a variety of venues in September and October 2010. All artworks exhibited must be available for sale.

The acquisitive Clunes Ceramics Award of $5,000 will be awarded to one artist and the public will vote to decide the winner of The People’s Choice Award prize of $1,000.

Entries close 23 July 2010.

For more information and to apply visit here.