Brandon Gien
Brandon Gien
Founder and Chair | Good Design Australia
Brandon is the Founder and Chair of Good Design Australia, Chair of the Australian Good Design Awards, and Executive Director of the Australian Design Council.
About
Brandon has dedicated his life to making the world a better place through good design. He is the Founder and Chair of Good Design Australia, Chair of the Australian Good Design Awards, and Executive Director of the Australian Design Council.
Brandon has spent the past 25 years passionately advocating for the value of good design to improve our social, economic, cultural and environmental quality of life.
Backed by a PhD in Environmental Design and a Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Design, his dedication to sustainability led him to becoming the first Australian Senator of the World Design Organization. In the years that followed, he inspired designers around the globe through the establishment of awards like the World Design Impact Prize and the World Design Medal.
Today, he leads Good Design Australia with an unwavering respect for the value design brings to our people and planet and a commitment to encouraging future generations of designers.