Premiere Design Awards 2024

PREMIERE DESIGN AWARDS

Welcome to the 29th Annual IIDA MAC Premiere Design Awards Online Entry for 2024!

KEY DATES

Submission Site Open for Entries: Tuesday, January 2, 2024 | 12:00 am EST
Early Bird Discount Deadline: Wednesday, January 31, 2024 | 11:59 pm EST
Final Submission Deadline: Thursday, February 29, 2024 | 11:59 pm EST
Premiere Award Show and Winner Announcement: May 1st, 2024 | Tickets and Event Details will be posted closer to the event date

PROGRAM INTENT

IIDA Mid-Atlantic Chapter Premiere Design Awards aims to recognize design excellence, encourage new ideas and techniques, and build public awareness in the field of interior design. IIDA MAC is a professional organization dedicated to advancing the knowledge of interior design among professionals, as well as the awareness and appreciation of interior design among the general public. IIDA MAC serves the District of Columbia, the state of Maryland, and northern Virginia.

ELIBILITY

The IIDA MAC Premiere Design Awards is open to design firms of all sizes, focus and interest practicing in the IIDA Mid-Atlantic region. If a design firm has multiple office locations, the project team  responsible for the design must work out of an office located within the Mid-Atlantic Chapter region. The Mid-Atlantic chapter region consists of* the District of Columbia, the State of Maryland, the cities of Alexandria and Falls Church in Virginia, and the following counties in Virginia: Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William. Submissions are open to both IIDA member and non-members. 

*Please contact premiere@iidamac.org if you believe your firm is located within the Mid-Atlantic Chapter, but is not listed above.

AWARD CATEGORIES

Design Project Awards

Winners to be selected in each category with an opportunity to also win the event's “best overall” Pinnacle Award or Achievement Awards. Special Recognition awards may be given as a “runner up” in any of the 13 Design Project award categories as well. See category list tab for our list of categories.

Achievement Awards

Three Achievement awards will be given based on the specific topics below. These awards are for existing Design Project entries only. Winners of these Achievement categories may also win a Design Project award.

Design with Purpose

This award highlights a project with a focus on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) advancement. This project should be focused on contributing to a great purpose, whether it's through reduction of environmental impacts, cultivating social responsibility, or operating with strong governance.

DEI Advancement

This award goes to a project or design firm that shows exemplary leadership and commitment to advancing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion through interior design.

Technology Advancement

This award recognizes a project that leverages technology in an unprecedented way, deepening our understanding of the impact technology can bring to the built environment.

Champion Awards (Individuals)

Distinction awards are intended to recognize a Designer, Industry Member, and Emerging Leader in the Mid-Atlantic region who demonstrates a commitment to excellence and advancing the profession and surrounding professions of interior design. Nominee must be an IIDA MAC member and cannot be a current IIDA MAC board member.

Design Champion

Industry Champion

Emerging Leader (must be a graduate or current participant of IIDA MAC PLAID program)

Student Design Project Award

IIDA MAC developed the student awards program to recognize design excellence at the student level, encourage new ideas and techniques to strengthen the network between the Mid-Atlantic region's interior design education programs and the chapter's design professionals and industry.

Student Project

ENTRY FEES

IIDA Member Design Project Submission: $200 per entry ($175 for early bird submission by Tuesday, January 31, 2023 | 11:59pm EST)

Non-IIDA Member Design Project Submission: $300 per project ($275 for early bird submission by Tuesday, January 31, 2023 | 11:59pm EST)

Design With Purpose, DEI & Technology Advancement: No Additional cost beyond project category submission

Champion Nomination: No cost

Student Project: No cost

ENTRY GUIDELINES

IIDA MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENT

You do not have to be an IIDA MAC member to submit a project. However, for IIDA member submission pricing, at least one design project team member who substantially contributed to the project's success must be an IIDA member of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter, and in good standing as of January 1, 2024.

DESIGN FIRM LOCATION

The design firm must be located within the IIDA Mid-Atlantic chapter region as noted on the Event Information page. If a design firm has multiple locations, the project team responsible for the design must work out of an office located within the Mid-Atlantic chapter region: District of Columbia, the State of Maryland, cities of Alexandria and Falls Church Virginia and the following counties in Virginia: Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William.

PROJECT LOCATION AND COMPLETION DATES

There are no restrictions on project location, only restrictions on design firm location listed above. However, projects must have been completed after January 1, 2022.

PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED PROJECTS

Design firms are encouraged to resubmit all eligible projects previously entered in the IIDA MAC design awards, as long as the project was not previously honored as a winner of an IIDA MAC award and project meets completion date requirement. All previously nominated champions who did not win an award may also be nominated again, as long as nominee meets all other eligibility requirements. There is no limit to the number of submissions a firm may enter.

FLOOR PLAN AND IMAGE SUBMITTAL

Each entry form must include at least three (3) and no more than ten (10) high-resolution JPEG images with a minimum resolution of 300 dpi. No TIFF files permitted. Photographs should include a variety of spaces to provide a sense of overall project area. Photograph 1 will be considered default image for use in awards show and must be a single (1) image photo. All other photos may be collaged photos. Do not include images that reveal the name of the designer, design firm or contractor. Renderings shall not be permitted, only completed project photos are allowed except for "On The Boards" category submissions. In addition, each entry must include a floor plan of the space (PDF format is acceptable).

ENTRANT vs ENTRY CONTACT

The 'Entrant' (lead interior designer or architect) on the design team portion of the submission is the professional primarily responsible for the design of the project. The entry form application may be completed by other team members or design firm employees, such as a firm's marketing representative. These individuals are designated as the 'Entry Contact' on the registration portion of the submission (not to be confused
with 'Entrant').

USE OF SUBMITTALS

All entries, including images, become the property of the IIDA Mid-Atlantic Chapter. The Entrant certifies that he/she has obtained permissions from the photographer(s) and project owner(s) to publish the photographs, floor plans and any relevant project details (project name, design team names and project partner names). IIDA MAC will use images from all submitted projects in multimedia presentations in the Premiere Design Awards show, and IIDA MAC's website & social media sites. IIDA MAC reserves the rights to use the submissions for publicity and public relations. Any information deemed confidential by the design firm or the project client, must be listed as "CONFIDENTIAL CLIENT" on submission form.

ANONYMITY OF JUDGING

To maintain anonymity for the juror process, all entry submissions must not contain any identifying information of the design firm or the design team. No names of entrants, design firm, firm logos, project partner names or other identifying entrant information may appear on any part of the pictorial submission, image files or in the project description. Failure to comply may result in the rejection and disqualification of the
submission. Registration fees will not be refunded.

ERRORS AND OMISSIONS

The Entrant and Entry Contact are fully responsible for any errors or omissions in the information supplied. The 'Entry Contact' specificed on your Registration Form will be the official contact for the entry and shall receive all necessary correspondence and communication from the Chapter. Failure to comply with the rules and entry guidelines may result in the rejection and disqualification of the submission. Registration fees will not be refunded.

RECENT SUBMISSION CHANGES

Design is storytelling and to help you more fully express your project (and even your design firm's) story, we have broken down the project submission form into five prompts to give you more space to highlight what makes the project special. The prompts are intended to help guide you to more easily describe the project's story. Each prompt is limited to a one-hundred-word statement and the winner's description is limited to a forty-word statement. To help in your planning, a brief overview of the prompts are:

THEME: Share the concept and overall message the project conveys.

PROCESS: Identify notable elements of the project's process.

MATERIALITY: Identify how material choices, products, details, specifications, etc contribute to the project's success.

CLIENT PERSPECTIVE: Describe the project through the client lens.

COLLABORATION: Share ways in which the project team notably altered the project's success.

WINNER DESCRIPTION: This section is not one of the prompts, but a final opportunity to provide information to the judges and also for recognition at the show if the project wins an award. Combine elements from the five prompts to create a simple project statement, which will be read verbatim.

STUDENT ENTRY GUIDELINES

ELIGIBILITY

The Entrant must be a student.

ENTRY POLICIES

All entries, including images, become the property of the IIDA Mid-Atlantic Chapter. The Entrant certifies that he/she grants permission to publish all images included. The Entrant is solely responsible for any errors  or omissions in the information supplied. Failure to comply with the rules in The Entry Guidelines may result in rejection of the submission. Registration fees will not be refunded.To maintain anonymity, no names of
entrants or other identifying information should appear on any part of the pictorial submission or in the project description.

SUBMITTAL FORMAT

Submit at least three (3) and no more than five (5) JPEG image renderings of the project design (dpi of 300 with a maximum file size of 10 MB each) with the Entry Form. In addition to renderings, a floor plan is  equired as well as any key elevations, plans, or FF&E selections that give a sense of the overall project area for a total of no more than ten (10) JPEG images overall. Do not include images that reveal the name/identity of the designer. The file names for the images must include the Project Name and must be numbered sequentially. Each project will be represented at the Awards event by a single image. Award recipients will have two (2) rendered images shown. In addition, regarding the publication of the Honor Roll, all award recipients will be listed including a single image of their project. Please indicate which of the renderings submitted are to be your top two (2) preferences.

Please no tiff files. All images submitted become the property of the IIDA Mid-Atlantic Chapter.