Top Designs 2026

Explore what it means to be human now and into the future through ideas and design solutions from emerging creatives in Top Designs. 

Flat lay of 'Dear Crumb' branding materials including green packaging box, brown paper bags, branded stickers, a napkin, and a loaf of bread with a green paper banded wrap.
Dear Crumb Bakery by Cate Eimutis. Top Designs 2026 / Source: Courtesy of the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority. / Photo: Nicole Cleary

Engaging with new developments in technology, materiality, sustainability and community practice, the works featured in this exhibition showcase the imagination and creativity of senior secondary students from across Victoria.

In 2026, panels of expert educators selected 81 works from eight study designs. This exhibition highlights a selection of outstanding responses to assessment criteria within Media, Product Design and Technologies, System Engineering and Visual Communication Design, Creative and Digital Media, Furnishing, Engineering Studies and Music (Sound Production).

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Folio pages annotated by the Curriculum Manager for each study are available upon request. To access this educational resource please complete the form below.

 

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Use these resources to prepare for your visit and during your visit to Top Designs at Melbourne Museum.

Top Designs is presented as part of the VCE Season of Excellence, a five-month annual festival showcasing outstanding works across art, design, technology, multimedia, film, dance, theatre, drama, music, literature and research – all created by exceptional VCE students. 

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