rePlated Win Gold at the Prestigious Good Design Awards
We are thrilled to announce that our reusable Mealbox won a GOLD Award at the Good Design Awards 2022. Our Mealbox was one of only two gold winners in the homewares and objects product design category.
If you’ve been following us on our journey, you’ll know that it has been a long road to get here, in part because of choosing to be fully circular, recycled, and made in Australia, but also with the macro challenges of COVID, when reusables fell off a cliff and global supply chains slowed.
This accolade gives us confidence that our early choice to back good design as a priority for our Mealbox was the right one.
We’d particularly like to thank our design partners, the incredible team at Vert Design for their patience and dedication over the last few years. Together we have produced a beautiful product that has the power to radically reduce the amount of single-use waste we produce.
The Good Design Awards Jury commented:
“A well resolved and simple container with minimal parts that reduces ocean-bound plastics. There is no longer any reason plastic should not be recycled.”
Dr. Brandon Gien, CEO of Good Design Australia and Chair of the Australian Good Design Awards said:
“To be recognised with an Australian Good Design Award is a significant achievement, given the incredibly high standard of projects submitted in this year’s Awards. The Good Design Award is a valuable independent endorsement of professional design quality. It tells the world this project not only represents design excellence, but it also surpasses the criteria for design innovation and design impact.”
“We know that good design, when used effectively, can improve our quality of life and make the world around us better, safer, more efficient and more beautiful. It is clear from this year’s winning projects that investment in professional design delivers real impact – be it at a commercial, environmental or societal level. As our world transitions to a less-carbon intensive future, a design-led approach to solving problems and delivering meaningful impact is going to become more critical.” Dr. Gien went on to say.
“The Good Design Awards recognise and celebrate the transformative power of design thinking to find innovative, customer-centric solutions to local and global challenges and this year’s Award-winning projects reflect just that. My sincere congratulations to all the designers, engineers, architects and innovators recognised in this year’s Awards - you deserve to be celebrated at the highest level,” Dr. Gien concluded.