Good Design Award Winners!
October 20, 2025
We are proud to announce that AG Public Art and partner mili mili have been awarded a 2025 Good Design Gold Award in the Built Environment category, Powerhouse Design Award, Indigenous Design Award and received the Best in Class Award on the night for our contribution to Footprints on Gadigal Nura by Nicole Monks at Waterloo Metro Station.
The jury commented: “Footprints on Gadigal Nura reimagines Waterloo Metro Station through First Nations-led design as a culturally grounded public space. A wonderful series of spaces, thoroughly enhanced by the integration of artwork. The works have a portent quality, with the tone and identity lingering and providing the key identity of the facility. Good public art connects us and this is easy enough for both visitiors and locals to enjoy and interpret the expression of a deeper meaning. An outstanding piece of design that demonstrates how to meaningfully engage with First Nations people to create both meaningful and impactful placemaking. The design team is to be comended on the exemplar co-design process that has led to an enduring legacy of community-led design in the built environment and an extraordinary and powerful public place. Particularly compelling is the genuine collaboration process strengthening the trust between Aboriginal communities and government agencies, demonstrating the transformative impact of thoughtful, inclusive design. A brilliant showcase of innovation and impact. Well done”.
Site A - Street Level: 25m wide by 5m tall lenticular wall, made up of V shapes aluminium extrusions with nickel plated finish depicting handwriting by Elders embodying the title ‘Footprints on Gadigal Nura’. A challenge for this installation was the design and prototyping of three large ‘invisible’ service doors with hairline joins within the artwork each of these doors weighed 100kg and required a soft opening and closing action.
Site B - Escalators: A 23m by 17m tall wall acted as a canvas for 1000 individual cast aluminium feet in gold and silver plated finish. Depicting historic pathways marking locally significant sites and walking trails. Developed in a workshop with Community.
Site C - Concourse: 9.7 x 9.7 custom perforated aluminium panels depicting young dancer Roscoe standing proud and welcoming, created with Brolga Dance Academy and Aboriginal photographer, Wayne Quilliam. The challenge here was to provide a high-resolution solution for an otherwise ordinary metal punching process. We engaged a computational specialist to provide a solution and a machine file for the perforating of the metal to produce a truly photographic image.