Interior Design Competition

With our publishing partner, Interior Design magazine, IIDA’s Annual Interior Design Competition honors outstanding design in all areas of practice: Corporate, Education/Institutional, Government, Healthcare, Hospitality, Residential and Retail/Showroom.

PURPOSE | To recognize and reward outstanding interior design, and to encourage new ideas and techniques in the design and furnishing of interior spaces.

WHO SHOULD ENTER | Any design professional practicing legally in their jurisdiction may submit entries. Truly international in scope, this competition is open to participants worldwide.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS | Projects must have been completed after January 1, 2008.

JUDGING CRITERIA | Submissions will be judged for suitability of design to the project challenge, originality of the design solution, and the successful integration of interior finishes and furnishings.  The winner is determined by a jury of design professionals.  The jury reserves the right to not select a winner from the entries submitted for this competition.

AWARDS | All winners of the competition will be announced at IIDA’s NeoCon® celebration COOL. The winning projects may be published in the NeoCon issue of Interior Design magazine. In the event that a previously published entry is selected as a winner, Interior Design magazine reserves the right not to republish that project.

The 37th Annual Interior Design Competition is now closed.  Watch for an announcement of the winners in March 2010.

The Winners of the 2009 Annual Interior Design Competition

These six outstanding winners were chosen from nearly four hundred projects submitted. Judges for this years competition included Suzanne Tick – President, Suzanne Tick Inc., D.B. Kim – Principal Designer, D.B. Kim Inc., and Erla Dogg Ingjaldsdottir, Associate IIDA – Principal, Minarc. The winners included:

1. Project: Greenhouse Nightclub – New York, NY
    Firm: Bluarch Architecture + Interiors – New York, NY
2. Project: Nishimura Restaurant, Shangri-La Hotel – Beijing, CHINA
    Firm: CL3 Architects Limited – Hong Kong, CHINA
3. Project: Museum of Tolerance – Los Angeles, CA
    Firm: Yazdani Studio of Cannon Design – Los Angeles, CA
4. Project: Fornari Headquarters – Milan, ITALY
    Firm: Giorgio Borruso Design – Marina Del Rey, CA
5. Project: Wing Luke Asian Museum – Seattle, WA
    Firm: Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects – Seattle, WA
6. Project: Cathedral of Christ the Light – Oakland, CA
    Firm: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP – San Francisco, CA

The Best of Competition Award was given to Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP for the Cathedral of Christ the Light.

Winners are featured in the NeoCon issue of Interior Design magazine, the publishing partner for the competition.

For more information, contact Jenny Palmer.