Basis Wins Two Gold Pins at the Best Design Awards 2025 🎉

We’re incredibly proud to share that Basis has taken home two Gold Pins at the 2025 Best Design Awards, New Zealand’s most prestigious celebration of design excellence. Hosted by the Designers Institute of New Zealand, the awards recognise outstanding design across disciplines, from product and spatial design to graphics, digital, and motion.

This year, Basis was awarded Gold in both the Product Consumer and Product Non-Consumer categories, an exceptional achievement that highlights the impact and innovation of the Basis Smart Panel, a world-first reimagining of the traditional home switchboard.

Redefining What’s Possible in Electrical Design ⚡

The Basis Smart Panel transforms the way homes interact with energy. Unlike traditional switchboards, which are largely blind to what’s happening inside the home, the Basis Smart Panel provides real-time insights into energy use, enhances electrical safety, and prepares homes for a smarter, more sustainable future.

Winning across both Consumer and Non-consumer categories demonstrates the panel’s strength not just as a beautifully designed product for homeowners, but also as a technically advanced solution trusted by electricians.

The award recognises the Smart Panel’s clean, functional aesthetic, its meticulous attention to safety, and its integration of complex electrical intelligence into an intuitive, user-friendly form. It’s a product designed from the ground up to make energy safer, smarter, and more accessible, all while meeting rigorous international standards.

Why the Gold Pins Matter 🏆

The Best Design Awards are the highest honour in New Zealand design. Earning a Gold Pin means a product has been judged “best in category”, a mark of excellence that celebrates both creativity and technical mastery.

To win two Gold Pins in the same year is rare, underscoring Basis’s commitment to world-class design and innovation that bridges engineering precision with human-centred thinking.

This recognition places Basis among New Zealand’s most celebrated design leaders, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with the nation’s top innovators who are shaping how technology, sustainability, and design intersect in everyday life.

A Win for Smart, Sustainable Living 🌱

The dual Gold Pin win isn’t just a milestone for Basis, it’s a sign of how far New Zealand’s design and tech scene has come. It highlights the global potential of products born from Kiwi ingenuity and a drive to make homes safer, more efficient, and better prepared for a renewable future.

From early prototypes to field trials, the Basis Smart Panel has been years in the making, and these Gold Pins mark a defining moment in that journey.