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IIDA/WestEdge Design Fair Product Awards

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Competitions Awards Overview

Submission Information

Submissions are now closed.

Important Dates

Submission Open Wednesday, October 28, 2026
Submission Closed Thursday, October 29, 2026

The IIDA/WestEdge Design Fair Product Awards honors innovation, environmental functionality, function, and aesthetic or technical advancements in product design. Established in 2023, this competition recognizes the next big thing in commercial interior design across 25 categories.

Who Should Submit
This award is open to product manufacturers and designers exhibiting products intended for the commercial environment at the current iteration of the WestEdge Design Fair in Los Angeles.

Why Should I Submit
Enter for the chance to have your work evaluated on-site by world-renowned interior and product designers like Bill Bouchey, FIIDA, ASID; Jorge Colon, IIDA, AIA; and Brett Shwery FIIDA, AAIA. Projects 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. 

Winners will be announced and celebrated during the WestEdge Design Fair in Los Angeles. Winners will be featured on IIDA.org, in WestEdge Design Fair publications, and in an official press release distributed to leading industry outlets and media partners.

When
This award is open annually, July through October—check back in July 2027 for more information about next year’s award!

To be notified directly when this competition opens, contact IIDA Design Competitions Manager Veronica Whitaker at competitions@iida.org.

2026 IIDA/WestEdge Design Fair Booth/Product Awards Event

Three smiling designers at a trade show, center man holding a magenta 'WINNER' plaque for Fixtures and Hardware 2025, colleagues beside him.

Dakoda Smith

Eight diverse designers stand in a metallic show booth under pendant lights, two holding pink 'Winner' awards, smiling toward camera.

Dakoda Smith

Eight smiling tradeshow attendees pose before a textured rug display and carpet samples on a booth wall, one person holding an award plaque.

Dakoda Smith

Eight diverse designers smile in a booth at California Design Living surrounded by fabric swatches, textured wall samples, and rug displays.

Dakoda Smith

Three smiling people wearing event lanyards stand in a showroom lounge holding a pink 'WINNER' plaque beside a blue recliner.

Dakoda Smith

Nine diverse designers smiling in a warm modern lounge with wood shelves and plants, center person holding a pink WINNER award plaque.

Dakoda Smith

Two smiling booth representatives at a LACAVA trade show display hold an open pink 'Winner' award folder amid ceramic sink displays.

Dakoda Smith

Four smiling people, three women and one man, pose at a trade show booth beside a pink 'Winner 2023' award plaque and mirrored displays.

Dakoda Smith

A group of smiling designers and staff pose at a black and gold House of Rohl trade show booth, one person holding an award certificate.

Dakoda Smith

Two women at a trade show converse as a blonde holds a blue 'Winner: Excellence in Booth Design' plaque while the brunette gestures.

Dakoda Smith

Curved alcove with gold Nathan Anthony logo over a shelf with a 2026 booth design award plaque, desk lamp, potted plant and amber glassware.

Dakoda Smith

Five smiling women stand before a wood display with a circular NA logo, one holding a black award plaque, plants and champagne nearby.

Dakoda Smith

Six designers stand in a row at a dark trade-show booth with wall-mounted metal art and a lamp, the center man holding a winner plaque.

Dakoda Smith

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2026 IIDA/WestEdge Design Fair Product Awards Best of Competition

Close-up of a soft tufted sage green round bath mat with concentric raised rings resembling tree rings, showing thick pile and edge.

Carve Collection: Stump, Sage/Eucalyptus by California Design Living

Dakoda Smith

Soft moss-green textured fabric with folded corner, featuring concentric raised swirl patterns in varying pale and muted green rings.

Carve Collection: Stump, Sage/Eucalyptus by California Design Living

Dakoda Smith

Dense array of overlapping pale green rosettes with concentric rings, densely packed and resembling tree rings and succulent cross sections.

Carve Collection: Stump, Sage/Eucalyptus by California Design Living

Dakoda Smith

Closeup of a soft looped green and cream carpet with raised concentric rounded-square and spiral ridges creating a textured, organic pattern.

Carve Collection: Stump, Sage/Eucalyptus by California Design Living

Dakoda Smith

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2026 Jurors

Eunju Carlisle

Eunju Carlisle
Founder, Carlisle I+A

Smiling woman with shoulder-length dark hair wearing a dark blazer, arms crossed, gazing at camera against a light textured wall.

Alexis Dennis-Huether, IIDA
Associate Principal and Senior Interior Designer, The S/L/A/M Collaborative

Smiling woman with long dark wavy hair in a green leather jacket, red tassel earring, leaning her head on her hand against a teal chair.

Sonaly Dudheker, Assoc. IIDA
President of IIDA Southern California

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With 11 annual and one biennial competitions, IIDA awards projects spanning global regions, firm size, categories/types, student work, and product and showroom design. Interior design and architecture firms of all sizes, including women and minority-owned businesses are welcome to apply.

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