ANU and NADC unveil Australian of the Year Award trophies

The multi-faceted form represents our multi-national population and we diffused it with sky blue as we are all united under the big Australian sky. The Australian National University and the National Australia Day Council (NADC) have unveiled a set of iconic glass trophies - designed and produced at ANU - to be awarded to the state territory recipients of the 2018 Australian of the Year Awards. The trophies were commissioned in a special partnership between the NADC and the ANU School of Art and Design for forthcoming Australian of the Year Awards, while the ANU School of Music was commissioned to compose the awards' fanfare and theme music. ANU Vice-Chancellor Professor Brian Schmidt AC said the University was delighted to help make awards which recognise Australian excellence. "ANU is thrilled to contribute to the Australian of the Year Awards, which embody the values of excellence and outstanding contributions to Australia," Professor Schmidt said. Students and lecturers from the School of Art and Design's glassworks studios designed the trophies, cast into solid slabs of shaped glass diffused with a blue colour to symbolise the Australian sky. Each trophy is hand-worked and polished.