Leading Sydney-based interior design practice Arent&Pyke, led by Principals Juliette Arent and Sarah-Jane Pyke, has been selected by the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) for the shortlist of the prestigious Rigg Design Prize 2018, the highest accolade for contemporary design in Australia.

The triennial prize, established in 1994, is awarded to an Australian design practice displaying outstanding creative achievements in contemporary design.

Arent&Pyke is one ten of the nation’s leading interior designers invited to present a single room installation within NGV Australia for consideration for the $30,000 Prize. Participants must design and craft a 40m2 single room installation that showcases their design aesthetic and responds to this year’s theme of ‘Domestic Living’.

New York-based architect and designer Shashi Caan, President of the International Federation of Interior Architects/Designers, will travel to Melbourne to judge the winner of the Prize to be publicly announced on 12 October 2018.

The shortlisted design practices will have their single room installations – which should be capable of transcending design’s functional qualities – showcased at NGV Australia as part of a public exhibition running from 12 October until 24 February 2019.