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Emerging Interiors Practice of the Year

This award is open to any interior design practice or department that has been established for less than five years. It will be awarded to the practice that demonstrates its devotion to raising the bar for interior design, in terms of creative quality, materials innovation and social appropriateness. 

Entrants are invited to submit a cross-section of their work completed since 1 July 2018. The judges will be looking for evidence of all-round excellence, regardless of the size of the practice and particular areas of expertise.

 

Interiors Practice of the Year

This award is open to any interior design practice or department that has been established for five or more years. It will be awarded to the practice that demonstrates its devotion to raising the bar for interior design, in terms of creative quality, materials innovation and social appropriateness.

Entrants are invited to submit a cross-section of their work completed since 1 July 2018. The judges will be looking for evidence of all-round excellence, regardless of the size of the practice and particular areas of expertise.

 

Workspace Interiors Categories

The way we work is changing. Hot-desking is becoming the norm in some companies, with home-working and co-working growing apace, particularly among small, independent operators.

Submissions should include details of the project, highlighting any particular design features, materials or lighting aspects.

 

 

Corporate offices (more than 10,000 sqm)

Corporate offices (less than 10,000 sqm)

Studios, co-working spaces and home office

Transport Interiors Categories

Transport systems and hubs are improving worldwide as countries and cities upgrade their infrastructure. Competition for customers among individual operators, from airlines to ferry companies, is meanwhile placing interior design more central to their businesses.

Submissions should include details of the project, highlighting any particular design features, materials, lighting aspects and signage/information systems.

 

Transport hubs

Conveyance interiors

Retail Design Categories

Despite the horror stories from the high street, retailers and brands are increasingly using design to enhance customers’ experience in-store to balance the dominance of online shopping in some markets. We are looking at retail in its broadest sense, including independent shops, chain stores, department stores, financial services hubs, travel agencies, salons, pop-ups and so on.

Submissions should include details of the project, highlighting any particular design features, materials or lighting aspects.

 

 

Retail chain stores, department stores and supermarkets

Independent shops or small chains

Visual merchandising, concessions and pop-ups

Residential Design Categories

Residential developments

One-off homes, large and small

Leisure and Entertainment Categories

This umbrella category covers permanent and temporary environments and one-off events. 

Submissions should give details of the project and its context, highlighting and explaining in simple terms the technologies used and the impact they had.

 

Cinemas, theatres and music venues

Sports stadiums and sports centres

Spas, health clubs and gyms

Hospitality Categories

Submissions should give details of the project and its context, highlighting and explaining in simple terms the technologies used and the impact they had.

 

Bars and clubs

Restaurants and cafés

Hotels and other overnight accommodation

Interiors Categories

Branding and wayfinding

This category is about helping people find their way around. It includes branding and signage for building interiors, campuses, precincts, workplace complexes, exhibitions and kiosks and installations by brands and retail concessions.

Submissions should include details of naming, if appropriate, the wayfinding strategy, physical signing, and any related marketing collateral.

 

Cultural venues

We are looking for the best experiences for visitors to concert halls, museums, galleries and the like and the permanent and temporary exhibitions they offer.

Submissions should include an outline of the interiors, highlighting any particular design features, materials, lighting and special effects.

 

 

Learning

We are looking at learning in its broadest sense. The category covers formal educational institutions such as schools, colleges and universities. But it also includes research centres, libraries and training facilities. It combines both public and private sector facilities.

Submissions should include details of the interiors, highlighting any particular design features, materials and lighting.

 

Experiential design

Technology is changing our expectations of spaces and facilities and the way we experience them. We are looking for the best use of lighting, audio visual and visual effects for brands, cultural venues, theatre productions, exhibitions and retail, including trade show stands and installations by brands.

Submissions should give details of the project and its context, highlighting and explaining in simple terms the technologies used and the impact they had.

 

Lighting projects

This category includes interior and exterior lighting products. It covers everything from free-standing desk lamps and decorative lighting to integrated lighting systems.

The judges will be looking for excellent design, innovation and evidence of energy-efficiency.

 

Healthcare and Wellbeing Categories

Healthcare and wellbeing are growing social concerns. Though hygiene remains key, designers are looking beyond the clinical approach to health environments to create more welcoming spaces that are also better places in which to work.

Submissions should include details of the interiors, highlighting any particular design features, materials and lighting.

 

Hospitals and clinics

Residential care homes

Criteria

To be eligible, projects must have been completed since 1 January 2018, except pop-ups and temporary exhibitions, which should have been completed since 1 January 2019.

Entry Prices

Standard categories
Early Bird: £385 (until midnight 30th April)
Standard: £420 (until midnight 21st May)

Emerging Interiors Practice of the Year 
Standard: £195 (until midnight 21st May)

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