Award of Merit:

Russell & George for Sarah & Sebastian

The jury felt this space was like a three-dimensional haiku - a beautiful, bespoke faceted spatial experience - comprising of three simple mirrored forms housing jewellery and point of sale displays.

Lighting is kept directly on the jewellery pieces & hand-blown smoke grey glass pendants with colour changing bulbs create colourful uplighting effects when the store is closed.

To amplify the store’s association with the ocean, a coral reef created by light is implied by this gesture. In addition, the interior additions to the store can be 100% recycled - the wall & ceiling treatments, joinery substrates and joinery cladding can be removed and recycled or re-used.

Category: Place

Designers: Ryan Russell, Byron George, Caitlin Ripper, Rimgaile Fletcher