Winner – Eat Drink Design Awards 2015 – Best Restaurant Design (Beccafico)
Winner – Interior Design Excellence Awards 2011 - Designer Of The Year
“Designer Matt Woods has responded with accomplished clarity to a complex brief, melding modern Italian food, casual beachside architecture and a classic Scandinavian aesthetic. There's an approachability to the unfinished joinery of recycled and fire-charred hardwoods, a sculptural beauty to the circular neon tubes that line the walls, a resort-like feel to the slatted boardwalk that bisects the space with wire-brushed timber banquets to the side, and even the selection of plants in ceramic pots is just the right side of quirky. In many ways, Beccafico is the perfect embodiment of a relaxed but refined dining environment and an interior in which one could imagine spending many fine hours.” Jury Citation - Eat Drink Design Awards 2015
“The element that will become the hallmark of this designer is apparent in his ability to create volume within an envelope of intriguing parts. And while the materials he uses translate as textural, interesting & sustainable, his underlying appreciation of the materials’ innate qualities will be an interesting aspect to watch through his careers evolution.” (inside), Issue 65, March 2011
One of the 'top ten forces and faces in design for 2011' Design Quarterly, Issue 43, Spring 2011
Matt Woods Design work is regularly featured in local & international design journals including amongst others, Artichoke, DQ, Frame, Green, inside, InDesign, InsideOut, Urbis, DesignMilk, Dezeen & Yellowtrace.
Matt is also a contributing member of the editorial advisory board of industry magazine, Mezzanine, which puts him in regular contact with some of the most creative minds & companies within design.
