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Submissions

2021 Student Design Competition

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Honoring the talent and innovative thinking of interior design students and showcases emerging professionals in the interior design industry.

Winners

Jury

  • Edwin Beltran 464x464

    Edwin Beltran, FIIDA, Assoc. AIA

    Design Principal, NBBJ

  • Mays Amy464x464

    Amy Mays, IIDA

    Interior Design Practice Leader, HDR

  • Natalie Thomas 2020 464x464

    Natalie Thomas

    National Accounts Director—Healthcare, OFS and Carolina

Submission Requirements

All submissions will be done electronically, no hard copy submissions will be accepted. To enter a project into this competition, you will need to prepare and submit the following:

Written Component

  • Your contact information including participant name(s), member ID (if applicable), address, phone number, and email

  • Your design project's information including project title
  • Project description outlining why your concept demonstrates the best solutions possible for the design prompt (500 words)

Digital Presentation Board

Please submit two (2) 24” x 36” digital presentation boards in PDF format with a file size between 3MB and 10MB and containing the following:

  • One (1) dimensioned floor plan drawn to scale

  • One (1) furniture and materials plan (may be combined with dimensioned floor plan)
  • One (1) reflected ceiling plan, created with the assumption that the ceiling is a blank slate
  • Two (2) to four (4) renderings of the completed space
  • Two (2) additional drawings of the space, which can be elevation, perspective, isometric, axonometric, or orthographic.
  • Additional elements to convey the overall concept including, but not limited to, furniture and fixture specifications, color palettes, wall sections, electrical plans, schedules, additional renderings, etc.
  • Your board should NOT contain your name or any identifying information. Your file name should be: SDC + initials + year_board (SDCLHH2020_board.pdf)

Images

Please submit individual images of the 10-12 images outlined above. All images should be submitted in JPG or JPEG format with a file size between 2MB and 10MB. Take note of the following additional guidelines:

  • Images should be saved in RGB color mode with a minimum 150 dpi (300 dpi is preferred)

  • Images should have a minimum dimension of 8.5” x 11”
  • Your images should NOT contain your name or any identifying information. Your file names: SDC + initials + year_number (SDCLHH2020_1.jpg)

Judging

The winning design projects will be selected by a jury of design professionals. Submissions are judged on excellence in aesthetics, design, creativity, and function as well as the suitability of the design solution to the project challenge and the successful integration of the elements of design.

Prize

Winners will be announced Spring 2021, and will be featured on IIDA.org, in the spring 2020 issue of QUAD, and DesignMatters. OFS provides the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place winners with a financial prize of $2,500, $1,500, and $750 respectively. Winners will also receive official digital assets, including competition winner logos for self-promotion, coverage and mention on IIDA’s social media accounts, and in an official press release distributed to leading industry outlets and media partners.

Additional Documents