2013 AGOTYA announced

Assessment board – AGOTYA Award for Excellence: Lillian Baker.

Assessment board – AGOTYA Award for Excellence: Lillian Baker.

Assessment board – AGOTYA Award for Excellence: Lillian Baker.

Assessment board – Interior Design First Prize: Oliver Blaire.

Assessment board – Interior Design First Prize: Oliver Blaire.

Assessment board – Interior Design First Prize: Oliver Blaire.

Assessment board – Interior Design First Prize: Sarah Tite.

Assessment board – Interior Design First Prize: Sarah Tite.

Assessment board – Interior Design First Prize: Sarah Tite.

Assessment board – Fashion & Textile Second Prize: Briedi McCrostie.

Assessment board – Fashion & Textile Second Prize: Briedi McCrostie.

Assessment board – Fashion & Textile Second Prize: Briedi McCrostie.

Assessment board – Object Design First Prize: Tristan Brega.

Assessment board – Object Design First Prize: Tristan Brega.

Assessment board – Object Design First Prize: Tristan Brega.

Assessment board – Object Design Second Prize: Joshua Munn.

Assessment board – Object Design Second Prize: Joshua Munn.

Assessment board – Object Design Second Prize: Joshua Munn.

Assessment board – Interior Decoration & Design First Prize: Amelia Williams.

Assessment board – Interior Decoration & Design First Prize: Amelia Williams.

Assessment board – Interior Decoration & Design First Prize: Amelia Williams.

Assessment board – Interior Decoration & Design Second Prize: Lauren Ross.

Assessment board – Interior Decoration & Design Second Prize: Lauren Ross.

Assessment board – Interior Decoration & Design Second Prize: Lauren Ross.

Assessment board – Visual Communication First Prize: Tomas Sabbatucci.

Assessment board – Visual Communication First Prize: Tomas Sabbatucci.

Assessment board – Visual Communication First Prize: Tomas Sabbatucci.

Assessment board – Visual Communication Second Prize: Gabrielle Lord.

Assessment board – Visual Communication Second Prize: Gabrielle Lord.

Assessment board – Visual Communication Second Prize: Gabrielle Lord.
The DIA picked its Australasian Graduate of the Year (AGOTYA) on 30 May at Designex in Melbourne. The top honour of Award for Excellence went to fashion & textile graduate Lillian Baker of Massey University, New Zealand.


AGOTYA is a portfolio-based awards program for final year design students and recent design graduates in Australia and New Zealand. On the 2013 judging panel of DIA members and design practitioners were: Geoff Fitzpatrick (DIA), Cameron Bruhn (Architecture Media), Ian Archibald (The SIDA Foundation), Sue Carr (Carr Design), Jeffrey Copolov (Bates Smart), Danielle Trippett (The SIDA Foundation), Geoff Fitzpatrick (DIA), Antony Stolfo (Stolfo Design), Gerry Mussett (Sprocket Design), Roger Simpson, Russell Kennedy (Icograda), Ute Ronacher (Camilion Designs), Christina Turner, Linda Jackson and Nikita Papas (Fashiontrend magazine).

AGOTYA Award for Excellence
Lillian Baker, Massey University, NZ
Category winners

Fashion & Textile Design
First Prize: Lilian Baker, Massey University, NZ
Second Prize: Briedi McCrostie, Massey University, NZ
Interior Design
First Prize: Oliver Blair, Massey University, NZ
First Prize: Sarah Tite, Queensland University of Technology, Qld
Object Design
First Prize: Tristan Brega, Swinburne University, Vic
Second Prize: Joshua Munn, Auckland University of Technology, NZ

Interior Decoration & Design
First Prize: Amelia Williams, RMIT University, Vic
Second Prize: Lauren Ross, Edith Cowan University, WA
Visual Communication
First Prize: Tomas Sabbatucci, Monash University, Vic
Second Prize: Gabrielle Lord, Billy Blue College of Design, NSW