Biennial Clarence Prize 2025 call for entries
2023 Clarence Prize opening night at The Barn, Rosny Park, Tasmania. Photo courtesy Duncan Meerding (centre, in the red cap), the designer maker of the 1500mm Propeller Bloom pendant light shown.
It's two years since the last Clarence Prize winner was announced, and entries are now invited for the 2025 prize and exhibition.
The Clarence Prize celebrates innovative Australian furniture design and creation. Open nationally, the prize recognises furniture design that demonstrates aesthetic qualities, craftsmanship, ingenuity in function and purpose, material considerations and sustainability.
Patrick Adeney, designer and maker with his Winslow armchair, winner of the 2023 Clarence Prize.
It welcomes entries that interrogate issues around ethical and sustainable design. Designs can be experimental, speculative, exhibiting craftsmanship, or design for production.
Rotational views of Clarence Prize 2021 winning entry Unprecedented Growth by Ashley Eriksmoen. Made from salvaged wood.
One acquisitive prize of $20,000 will be awarded to the winner and become part of the Clarence Art Collection. A non-acquisitive prize of $1,500 will be awarded for a work that is highly commended and a non-acquisitive encouragement award of $1,500 will also be made to an emerging designer. Interstate finalists are eligible to receive up to $500 towards freighting their final entry to Rosny Farm, Tasmania.