Follow the steps of 2025 ANTD winner Joe Fuchsen and APPLY NOW! $10,000 for the WINNER
WORKSHOPPED are delighted to collaborate with Design Show Australia in Australia’s Next Top Designer, shinning a spotlight on those leading the next generation of design.
We’re looking for emerging designers, makers and creatives, that have breakthrough products and concepts shaping the future of design.
This showcase and competition is a platform to generate maximum exposure for new designers, while celebrating sustainable and innovative design.
The details:
- Submissions can include conceptual designs. Successful applicants will have 3 months from confirmation of becoming a finalist to the show to bring their entries to life
- Products/objects/art displayed to have been produced within the last 12 months and not presented elsewhere on the show floor
- Categories represented include:
- Furniture
- Lighting
- Objects/Art (including but not limited to: homewares, accessories, textiles, glassware, ceramics, art)
Timeline: APPLY NOW!
Applicants must be available for the following dates:
- 3 November 2025 – Submissions open
- 27 March 2026 – Submission closes
- 30 March 2026 – Confirmation of successful submissions
- 13 April 2026 – Shortlists contacted
- 10 June 2026 – Event Bump In
- 11-13 June 2026 – Design Show Australia
*If selected as a finalist, you will be required to pay an entry fee of $350, cover the cost of delivery and be available for the listed dates.
What finalists receive:
- Opportunity to be named Australia’s Next Top Designer
- Space within the showcase area to display product/series
- Free three day access to the event, speaker series and award ceremony
- Opportunity to utilise a data capture device to generate contact details of attendees interested in their product (additional fee)
- Inclusion in printed event magazine
- Inclusion in digital event magazine
- Onsite branding and recognition of yourself and your product
- Social media awareness and recognition
- Media exposure through media attendance at the show
Criteria and Eligibility:
Australia’s Next Top Designers Showcase is open to early stage and emerging designers to submit a product or series. Submissions can include conceptual designs on the priviso that they will be made for the event if the application is successful in becoming a finalist
Categories for applicants include:
- New – Studying
- Emerging – up to 5 years in practice
Categories represented include:
- Product: furniture & lighting
- Object + Art: object, accessories, textile, art & ceramics
Product must not display elsewhere in the show, and product must be produced within the last 12 months.
Entries can be conceptual designs. If successful, you will have 3 months from confirmation to the show to bring your entries to life. If you have any further questions about ANTD, please email Olaf from Workshopped on olaf@workshopped.com.au .
About WORKSHOPPED
WORKSHOPPED is innovative Australian company that exhibits, manufactures and retails Australian and New Zealand design products, to commercial and residential markets. WORKSHOPPED exhibition has presented the work of over 450 Australian designers through 21 exhibitions and been viewed by over 750,000 people. The exhibition and retail store is a platform for emerging and established product, furniture and lighting designers.
