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2025 Australian Interior Design Awards Gala
Join us in celebrating the creativity and excellence of Australia’s interior design community at the 2025 Australian Interior Design Awards gala dinner. On Friday 6 June, the awarded and commended projects will be unveiled in an unforgettable evening hosted by award-winning comedian Tom Ballard, held in the Grand Ballroom at Sofitel Melbourne on Collins. Book your tickets now!

2024 Australian Interior Design Awards Gala
Take your seat at the table for the biggest night in Australian interior design. The awards gala dinner is a grand celebration, playing host to over 500 members of Australia’s interior design community. Join your peers, colleagues and friends on Friday 14 June at the Sofitel Sydney Wentworth to cheer on this year’s awarded and commended practices in an entertaining evening hosted by award-winning comedian Nath Valvo. Book your tickets now!

Melbourne — Live Trend Union Seminar
Join Philip Fimmano and David Clark for another inspiring trend seminar, presenting new colours, materials & concepts for fashion, textiles, interiors & lifestyle. Don’t miss this acclaimed annual workshop for creatives & retailers in all industries.

Sydney — Live Trend Union Seminar
Join Philip Fimmano and David Clark for another inspiring trend seminar, presenting new colours, materials & concepts for fashion, textiles, interiors & lifestyle. Don’t miss this acclaimed annual workshop for creatives & retailers in all industries.

Eat Drink Design Awards 2022 Presentation Party
The Eat Drink Design Awards celebrate Australia and New Zealand’s best hospitality projects will be announced on 10 November 2022. Entries – from high-end restaurants and bars to offbeat hole in-the-wall cafes and pop-ups – make the awards a unique opportunity for architects, designers and their clients to present their best new projects.

Design Show Australia
Design Show Australia is the trade event bringing premium brands, manufacturers and suppliers together with designers, specifiers and buyers working across commercial, workplace, retail, hospitality, multi-res and residential interiors.
The DIA is the proud CPD Partner. All professional designers bear a responsibility to maintain high practice standards. Earn CPD points at the Speaker Series and learn from the industry’s best as they share insights and opinions across multiple topics.

Design Thinking ‘Designer for a Day’
Part of Fremantle Design Week, Design Theory, in conjunction with the Design Institute of Australia, is hosting a ‘Designer for a Day’ workshop for Year 10 students with a keen interest in design. The day will include a series of collaborative activities focused on putting design-thinking into practice and an opportunity to explore great design in Fremantle.

Fremantle Design Week
In a celebration of design in all its forms, the inaugural Fremantle Design Week will take over the port city from 14 to 21 October with an engaging program of design-inspired events, conversations and open-studios which are set to inspire, entertain and challenge audiences. Immerse yourself in the port city. Meet local designers, explore Fremantle's design spaces and places and see the world through new eyes.