Queensland College of Art Design graduate Troy Baverstock has won the Design Institute of Australia‘s national prize for Industrial and Product Design.
The Australian Graduate of the Year Awards (AGOTYA) were held in Melbourne as part of the DENFAIR design fair.
The competition celebrates the best young design graduates in the country recognising Australia’s future designers.
Troy’s folio included a diverse range of cutting-edge designs, ranging from a 3D-printed customisable prosthetic limb to an ergonomic bike saddle and a sleek timber sound system.
The judges commented that Troy’s folio “addressed a broad range of issues and design problems”.
His music system offered “a magical solution to the disconnect between the digital and physical music experience”, the bike saddle was “innovative… may be part of addressing the concern around prostate cancer and cycling” and they noted that the prosthetic limb lent itself to rapid prototyping.
Troy won a cash prize and a mentorship program with a design