Design competitions provide designers and design firms with exposure, portfolio building, and community engagement—IIDA competition winners represent the very best in innovative, sustainable, and visionary projects. Not only can you gain recognition and publicity for your firm’s extraordinary work, it allows opportunities for the designers to celebrate their achievements, and those of their peers. Whether you’re a winner or a finalist, placing in these competitions enhances your portfolio and connects you with the wider design community.
IIDA hosts 10+ competitions throughout the calendar year, highlighting a wide range of interior design projects in the Asia Pacific and Latin America regions, large firms and firms with five (5) or fewer employees, booth and product design at tradeshows, healthcare and library design, and design in and out of the United States. Finalists and winners have the opportunity to see their work alongside the best in the industry, and to be recognized for the exceptional innovation and vision in their concepts and finished spaces by the industry at large.
Below, we look at winners from four of our 2021 competitions that reflect the diversity of thought and practice in the interior design industry today.