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Tuesday, 16 January 2007 | Levent OZLER
Interior Design Awards 2007
Get your submissions ready! The Interior Design Awards (IDA), Australia's premiere awards program for interiors is calling for interior designers and architects to register for the 2007 program. The awards will be held Friday 20 April 2007.
Now in its fourth year, the Interior Design Awards promotes and rewards interior design excellence through this internationally recognised annual event. Entry submissions will be accepted from Monday 20 November 2006 to Friday 16 February 2007 for projects completed between 1 September 2005 and 31 December 2006.
The awards are open to any Australian-based designer including interior designers, interior decorators, architects and other design professionals. Designers are encouraged to register on-line at
http://www.interiordesignawards.com.au to ensure they receive an entry form.
"This is a fantastic opportunity to showcase the most innovative and exciting projects happening in Australia", said event manager for the Interior Design Awards Jacinta Reedy. "The overwhelming number of entries year on year is testimony to the prestige and value industry places of the awards."
The Interior Design Awards is a partnership event of the Design Institute of Australia (the professional body representing Australian designers), designEX (Australia's premier event for interior architecture and design) and ARTICHOKE (published by Architecture Media).
The 2006 Interior Design Awards attracted over 500 entries - a record number from individuals and companies from around Australia, large and small. Last year's winners include names such as CARR Design, Hassell, Lacoste + Stevenson, Francis Jones Morehen Thorp, Johnson Pilton Walker, John Henry Architects, ara Design Studio, Monash University Faculty of Art & Design and Marsh Cashman Koolloos.
"The Interior Design Awards are an opportunity for designers to be recognised at the highest level," Reedy said. "Working with the Design Institute of Australia and our collaboration with the National Conference of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects adds credibility to the program and its outcomes."
In response to demand from Australia's design community, a new Textile Design Award will be incorporated into the program from 2007. The award has been developed to reward excellence and innovation in the design, interior carpets, upholstery and soft furnishing fabrics including bed linen, napery and other homeware fabrics; and surface design including wallpaper, laminates and panel systems.
Awards in 2007 will be presented in the following categories:
1. Residential Interior Design
2. Residential Interior Decoration
3. Retail Interior Design
4. Hospitality Interior Design
5. Corporate Interior Design
6. Public/Institutional Interior Design
7. Interior Product Award
8. Textile Design Award
9. Award for Interior Design Excellence and Innovation
10. Best of State Awards for Commercial Interior Design
11. Best of State Awards for Residential Interior Design
12. Best International Interior Design Award
13. Colour in Commercial Interior Design
14. Colour in Residential Interior Design
15. Environmentally Sustainable Design
16. Emerging Practice
Judging is conducted under the supervision of the Design Institute of Australia, and observes the protocols set by the International Federation of Interior Architects/Interior Designers. Judges for the 2007 awards include renowned commercial interior designers, residential interior designers and architects:
- Sue Carr, CARR, VIC
- Jeffery Copolov, Bates Smart, VIC
- Meryl Hare, Hare & Klein, NSW
- Francesco Bonato, Tectvs, SA
- David Whittaker, Whittaker Hadenham & Openshaw, NSW
- Kevin Fitzgerald, HBO + EMTB, NSW
- David Hicks, David Hicks, VIC
- Jane Mackay, Daryl Jackson Interiors, VIC
A short list for the 2007 Interior Design Awards will be published on Tuesday 6, March 2007. The awards presentation ceremony and dinner held on Friday 20 April 2007, is the social highlight of designEX.
For more information, visit http://www.interiordesignawards.com.au
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