11th Annual

2023 IIDA Best of Asia Pacific Design Awards

Submissions Open: August 10th, 2023

Submissions Close: September 28th, 2023

The 11th annual Best of Asia Pacific Desgin Awards competition seeks to recognize and honor the highest level of creativity and design excellence in Interior Design and Interior Architecture projects based in the following countries: 

Afghanistan, American Samoa, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, China, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna.

Eligibility
Any interior designer or interior architect may submit design project(s). The competition is open to participants worldwide, however projects must be located in the Asia Pacific region, and must have been completed no earlier than July 2020. 

Prices

IIDA Member: $300

Non-Member: $400

Competition Guidelines

Submission Requirements
All submissions must be completed electronically. No hard copy submissions will be accepted. To enter a project into this competition, you will need to prepare and submit the following:

Written Component
Your firm's contact information including name, address, phone number, and email
Your design project's information including name and location
Project description: a brief project summary (50-word maximum)
Challenge statement: a description of your design challenge (250-word maximum)
Solution statement: a description of specific solutions to project challenges (250-word maximum)

Images
Please submit color images of your completed project, in JPG or JPEG format with a maximum file size of 1MB. You may submit captions to your images, not to exceed 50 words. Take note of the following additional guidelines:

• Submit 7-10 color images total - of these images only one (1) exterior image is permitted, and a maximum of three (3) floorplans
• No composite images allowed - only one photograph per image upload
• Use numbers to name your image files, in order of uploads (01, 02, 03, etc). Please use the following format for floor plans: "floorplan1, floorplan2, floorplan3."
• Do not reference or include your design/architectural firm name/logo in the images.
• Images may be edited to improve contrast ratio, color balance, and composition through cropping only.
• Images may not be edited to add, remove, or alter any aspect or element of the project including its context. Images should represent the project as it exists in the built environment.
• Conceptual renderings will not be accepted

Categories
Projects must be submitted in one of the categories below. Categories may be renamed, consolidated, or eliminated (and projects reclassified) at the discretion of IIDA and/or the jurors.

Corporate Space - Large (1,000 square meters and above)
Corporate Space - Small (under 1,000 square meters)
Education (elementary/secondary educational facilities, colleges/universities)
Entertainment (casinos, performing arts centers, sports arenas, theatres)
Healthcare (hospitals, outpatient clinics, medical facilities)
Hotels (must include at least one (1) guest room image)
Institutional (cultural, government/municipal spaces, libraries, religious spaces)
Public Spaces & Commercial Lobbies
Residences - Large (95 square meters and above)
Residences - Small (under 95 square meters)
Restaurants, Lounges, and Bars
Retail (stores, boutiques)
Sales Centers and Show Flats
Showrooms and Exhibition Spaces
Spas, Fitness Centers, and Gymnasiums

Judging
The winning design projects will be selected by a jury of design professionals. Submissions 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. The jury reserves the right not to select a winner from the entries submitted. A maximum of two winners in each category will be selected. It is at the jurors' discretion to not select a winner in each category. A "Best of Competition" winner will be selected from the category winners.

Prize
Winners will be celebrated with an awards ceremony in Paris, France, February of 2024!  Winners will be honored and awarded during the scheduled ceremony, featured on IIDA.org and across IIDA’s social media platforms, receive official digital assets, including competition winner logos for self-promotion, and coverage in an official press release distributed to leading industry outlets and media partners.

Please reach out to IIDA Competitions Manager Veronica Whitaker at vwhitaker@iida.org with any quesitons or concerns.