Deadline for entries is March 30, 2012.

Good Design Australia is responsible for one of the oldest, most prestigious design awards in the world: the Australian International Design Awards. AIDA offers an independent, trusted and credible awards program to provide the best possible experience to companies looking to differentiate their innovative products and services.

Professionally designed products and services available in Australia and designed anywhere in the world are eligible to enter.

• Entry is open to all professionally designed products or services available in Australia (including those available to Australians via the internet)
• Products or services professionally designed by Australians for overseas markets are also eligible
• The entry must be in full commercial production and available on the market by the time of assessment. Product samples must be in full commercial packaging with accompanying documentation (user manuals and warranties)
• Prototypes, off-tool samples or products still undergoing trials are not eligible to enter
• Therapeutic goods available for sale in Australia that have not gained Therapeutic Goods Administration approval are not eligible to enter
• Product entries must be complete products, not parts thereof. Products sold within a range (not for individual sale) are not eligible to enter on their own. The full range must be provided for assessment. A system or component of a product is not eligible to enter on its own unless it is sold separately
• The entry must comply with all applicable Australian and International Standards for the intended marketplace. All entries must be accompanied with evidence of Standards compliance where applicable.