Judges | Design Awards

OUR JUDGES

Rebecca Burk

REGIONAL MANAGER, RETAIL DESIGN & DELIVERY, SCENTRE GROUP

Currently the national head of retail design account management at Scentre Group (the owner and operator of Westfield in Australia), Rebecca was previously the head of design and innovation at Coles. An architect whose early work was retail and small home extensions, Rebecca spent eighteen years in the USA working for firms in Chicago and Seattle prior to joining Starbucks in her role as director of architecture, global design.

Selena Atkinson

DIRECTOR, DOVETAIL DESIGN GROUP

With over 20 years experience working on interior design and graphic design projects in Australia and Internationally, Selena is a founding director of Dovetail Design Group.

Dovetail Design Group is a dynamic design company that offers specialist interior design, graphic design and signage design services to suit a wide range of retail and commercial clients.
Our dedicated team has a diverse set of skills that enables us to produce unique and creative design solutions. We also collaborate with other like minded and experienced industry professionals to offer our clients the best possible outcomes.

Louise Sidgreaves

MANAGING DIRECTOR, SIDGREAVES & CO

For over 105 years, the Sidgreaves name has been synonymous with exceptional retail spaces and shopfitting throughout Australia. As a fifth generation of the Sidgreaves family involved in shopfitting, Louise leads this family-owned company. With over 30 years personal experience in design and implementation of retail fitout, Louise has a wealth of knowledge and expertise that allows Sidgreaves & Co to partner with many of the best retailers in Australia and around the world, bringing their fitout projects to fruition.

The Sydney based team at Sidgreaves & Co is responsible for providing brands with expert design documentation and project management. Sidgreaves & Co’s local team are active in every aspect of the fitout process and have built some of the most detailed stores seen in Australia. At the same time, their team in Hong Kong and China is responsible for delivering the highest quality custom-made fittings and fixtures.

Anthony Hoffman

DIRECTOR, ACRD

Anthony is the founder of ACRD and the principal director for the group, having over 25 years of experience in brand experience and retail design, and obtaining a reputation for establishing some of the most iconic Australian brands.

This reputation has enabled Anthony and ACRD to develop a unique formula that captures all customer touch points in retail – from establishing the brand, logo design and packaging to creating the store design that combines the entire brand promise.

This approach to design has been applied with outstanding results to multiple brands in the ACRD portfolio and continues to form a large part of Anthony’s responsibility when consulting retail clients today.