Tapestry Design Prize History

The Tapestry Design Prize celebrates the intersection of architecture and tapestry design and fosters creative collaborations between architects and tapestry weavers. In 2025 the Tapestry Design Prize evolves to include interior designers for the first time. With past design sites at MONA, the National Gallery of Australia, and Bundanon Art Museum, the prize highlights the enduring connection between textiles and built environments. Globally recognized for contemporary tapestry, the Australian Tapestry Workshop sees the prize as a catalyst for pushing the boundaries of design, materiality, and spatial dialogue.

Two Tapestry Design Prize winners have been woven by the Australian Tapestry Workshop:  22 Temenggong Road, Twilight designed by Justin Hill, woven in 2018 and Perspectives on a Flat Surface designed by John Wardle Architects, commissioned by Judith Neilson AM, woven 2016, NGV Collection.

Justin Hill’s Tapestry Design Prize for Architects 2016 winning entry ‘22 Temenggong Road, Twilight’ woven by the Australian Tapestry Workshop in 2018. Woven by Sue Batten, Chris Cochius, Karlie Hawking, Pamela Joyce, Leith Maguire, Sophie Morris, Cheryl Thornton, 2.35 x 3.54 m, wool, cotton. Photograph: Jeremy Weihrauch.