Australian Interior Design Awards 2013: celebrating a decade of design excellence 2004 - 2013

The entry deadline for the 2013 Australian Interior Design Awards is Friday 1st March.The 2013 presentation of the Australian Interior Design Awards marks a decade of design excellence. The 10 year anniversary will be celebrated in style at the Melbourne's historic Plaza Ballroom, located beneath the Regent Theatre, and will feature a retrospective of past award recipients.
This national awards program is co-presented by the DIA in partnership with Diversified Exhibitions (organiser of DESIGNEX) and Architecture Media (publisher of ARTICHOKE). The DIA manages the judging process to ensure the outcomes reflect the highest standards of professional achievement. DIA members receive a 33% discount on entry fees and winners of state-based DIA Awards (for interior design/decoration) are automatically short listed for the national awards, on re-submission of their project. Awards are offered for all areas of interior design practice including workplace, retail, public, hospitality, installation and residential design, residential decoration, sustainability advancement, excellence and innovation, best of state, best International and emerging interior design practice. The program is self-funding and monies raised are used solely for its delivery.
All submissions are made online at www.australianinteriordesignawards.com. The process is very straight forward, however you should avoid leaving your submission until the last minute, as it can take time to prepare and upload an entry.
There are significant benefits associated with winning a prestigious Australian Interior Design Award, including media coverage secured by the appointment of a publicist. For the last few years, coverage generated has been valued at well over $1 million, and has been achieved on radio and in a wide range of consumer and business titles, including The Age, Sydney Morning Herald, The Daily Telegraph, The West Australian, Herald Sun, The Courier Mail, Sunday Telegraph, Australian Financial Review, Sun-Herald, Hobart Mercury, Adelaide Advertiser, Artichoke, Architectural Product News, Architecture Australia, Vogue Living, Belle, Monument, DQ, Home Beautiful, Inside Out and House & Garden.
Once again Forbo Flooring Systems and Dulux Australia are supporters of the Australian Interior Design Awards. Both run their own programs for projects that feature either Forbo or Dulux product (respectively) and you may also be eligible to enter these. For more information about these programs visit (www.forbo-flooring.com.au) and (www.dulux.com.au/colourawards). Other generous supporters include The Laminex Group, Smeg, Space, Barrisol and Isis. Their contribution makes it possible to deliver the program.
The Short List for the 2013 Australian Interior Design Awards will be published online on Thursday 28 March, with Commendations and Awards being announced during a gala dinner and celebration on Friday 31 May at Melbourne’s Plaza Ballroom, coinciding with DESIGNEX and the national architecture conference. Tickets for this sell-out event will go on sale in March so make a note to visit www.australianinteriordesignawards.com at a later date.
You’re strongly encouraged to enter our national Awards program. Your support is crucial to its ongoing success. For enquiries, contact the event manager Jacinta Reedy on telephone 03 8699 1000 or email info@australianinteriordesignawards.com.