Polar Shelves by Zeoform: Longlisted for Dezeen Awards 2025

Harry Ashton
Sep 12
2 min read

Polar Shelves longlisted in Dezeen Awards 2025

The Dezeen Awards are among design’s most influential honours, a global stage where ideas are measured not just for aesthetics but for how they move the culture forward.

This year, Zeoform’s Polar Shelves has been longlisted, placing a piece of sustainable Australian design in conversation with the world’s most exciting innovations.

Congratulations to Zeoform for this achievement. It’s a milestone that not only celebrates the Polar Shelves, but also shines a light on the future of design built on material innovation and ecological intelligence.

Why the Longlist Matters

Dezeen’s recognition is no small moment.

Each year, the awards spotlight projects that challenge convention, where design pushes past surface and into substance. For Polar Shelves, the longlist signals validation of something vital: that the future of design will be built on material innovation and ecological intelligence.

Design That Demands Recognition

Design integrity: It’s not flash. It’s disciplines between lines, material, texture, structure, all working in unison.
Material honesty: You see what it’s made of. You feel what it represents, waste reclaimed, potential fulfilled.
Presence with purpose: It defines a room without dominating it. It invites interaction without needing applause.

Recognition Beyond Function

Being longlisted for the Dezeen Awards affirms that the Polar Shelving System is more than storage, it’s part of a wider design conversation.

They speak to sustainability, showing how waste can be transformed into a material of choice; to form, demonstrating that minimal geometry can carry depth and resonance; and to responsibility, proving that design can be sculptural and ethical in the same gesture.

Looking Forward

For Zeoform, this longlisting is just the beginning. It’s an introduction of their Iceberg Collection to a global audience. For design culture more broadly, it’s a reminder that recognition now extends beyond form and function, to include the ethics of making.