Last night, The Australian Production Design Guild heralded the design talents of the stage and screen industries at the annual APDG Awards event and we’re thrilled to announce Will Colhoun, Big Kahuna Imagineering’s Founder and Managing Director, won the 2012 APDG Award for Stage and Screen Craft for his work on The Voice Australia!

The APDG Awards is an annual event gathering together a myriad of talents and associated professionals from the Australian film, television, stage and interactive multimedia industries to celebrate the art of visually captivating audiences around the world.

The Award for Stage and Screen Craft is designed to honour a non-head of department craftsperson who made a significant contribution to the design in a feature film, short film, television drama, event or theatrical production, screened or staged last financial year.  The category defines craftspersons as props makers, costume makers/ finishers/ hatters/ milliners, graphic designers, greenspersons, scenic artists/matte painters, model makers, set decorators, puppet makers and special effects artists.

Will was nominated for his work on The Voice Chairs by Production Designer Christopher Batson who was also a winner last night picking up the gong for Design on a Television Production alongside Art Director Paul Faure-Brac for their own work on The Voice. And a personal ‘thank you’ from Will to to Chris for accepting the award on his behalf as Will was gutted he couldn’t be there on the night because he was busily working on another tender.

Of course, Will credits the entire Big Kahuna team for this win. As Chris said when accepting the award on Will’s behalf, it’s a credit to the Big Kahuna craftsmanship that our design for the world-famous Voice Chairs is now to be replicated by versions of the highly-popular reality show around the world.

It’s an honour to be recognised for our work and wish our fellow 2012 APDG winners a hearty ‘Congratulations!’

Click here to read more about our work on The Voice here…

For the full list of winners for The 2012 APDG Awards for Excellence in Stage and Screen Design below or watch the winners clips at Showreel Finder.