Hecker Guthrie awarded Rigg Design Prize

Melbourne design practice Hecker Guthrie has been awarded the prestigious Rigg Design Prize, the highest accolade for Australian contemporary design.
The $30,000 triennial prize was announced last night at the opening of the National Gallery of Victoria’s Rigg Design Prize 2018 exhibition, which features bespoke, purpose-built interior rooms by ten shortlisted Australian interior designers. It is the first major presentation of contemporary interior design in the NGV’s history.
The contenders were: Amber Road, Arent & Pyke, Flack Studio, David Hicks, Hecker Guthrie, Martyn Thompson Studio, Richards Stanisich, Scott Weston Architecture Design, Danielle Brastman and The Society Inc by Sibella Court.
The Rigg Design Prize 2018 exhibition, where visitors can see all ten entries to the prize, is open from tomorrow 12 October 2018 – 24 February 2019 at the Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia at Federation Square. Entry is FREE.
Creating a custom-made room in response to the theme of ‘domestic living’, lead designers Paul Hecker and Hamish Guthrie created an interior, The table is the base, which celebrates the table as a modest yet powerful object, often pulling and binding people together as they gather around it. By playing with the form and scale of the table, the installation prompts the spectator to question their relationship to and the aesthetics of the object.
Shashi Caan, International Judge of the Rigg Design Prize 2018 said: ‘Using only two elements – the simple form of the Parsons table and terracotta as material – the Hecker Guthrie project demonstrates the power of design restraint and curiosity at play. A testament to the potential and capacity of design, this project inherently addresses our societal need for smaller footprints for today’s responsibly designed domestic space.’
The Rigg Design Prize 2018 is generously supported by the Cicely and Colin Rigg Bequest, managed by Equity Trustees. The exhibition is FREE and on display from 12 October 2018 – 24 February 2019 at the Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia at Federation Square. Additional information is available from the NGV website: NGV.MELBOURNE

Hecker Guthrie – The table is the base Rigg Design Prize 2018

Hecker Guthrie – The table is the base Rigg Design Prize 2018

Amber Road – Take it outside Rigg Design Prize 2018

Amber Road – Take it outside Rigg Design Prize 2018

Arent&Pyke – Home: feast, bathe, rest Rigg Design Prize 2018

Arent&Pyke – Home: feast, bathe, rest Rigg Design Prize 2018

David Hicks – Panic room Rigg Design Prize 2018

David Hicks – Panic room Rigg Design Prize 2018

Flack Studio – We’ve boundless plains to share Rigg Design Prize 2018

Flack Studio – We’ve boundless plains to share Rigg Design Prize 2018

Martyn Thompson Studio – Atelier Rigg Design Prize 2018

The Society Inc by Sibella Court – Imaginarium Rigg Design Prize 2018

The Society Inc by Sibella Court – Imaginarium Rigg Design Prize 2018

Scott Weston Architecture Design – Wunderkammer Rigg Design Prize 2018

Richards Stanisich – Our natural needs in a digital world Rigg Design Prize 2018

Richards Stanisich – Our natural needs in a digital world Rigg Design Prize 2018

Inner Terior Danielle Brastman Rigg Design Prize 2018

All images – Shannon McGrath

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