Online entries to the Interior Awards 2015 open on February 4, and feature some exciting changes to the programme.

Interior Awards 2015 launches the Student Category which aims to recognise a design concept (built or un-built) across all areas of interior design (excluding residential). To be eligible, entrants must be aged 28 or under and be currently studying full time in 3rd or 4th year or recently graduated (end of 2014) in the fields of interior design, spatial design or architecture.

“This new award provides an opportunity for students to showcase their interior design projects and elucidate how conceptual, material and formal concerns have shaped their design development,” said Rachel Carley Professional Teaching Fellow at the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of Auckland and co-organiser of the Student Award category. “The award acknowledges interior design as part of an ‘expanded field’ that seeks to question, redefine and challenge the limits of the discipline,” said Carley. 

The 2015 Interior Awards will also see its very popular Workplace Category divided into two sections: workplaces up to 1000m2 and workplaces above 1000m2.

“The move recognises the unique set of design needs and the tailored solutions increasingly being crafted to suit the different-sized workspaces,” said Federico Monsalve, convener of the Awards and editor of Interior Magazine, “it gives the jury panel an invaluable tool to compare and celebrate these spaces in a more targeted fashion.”

This year’s judges are looking forward to sifting through the – always awe inspiring – entries in search of the country’s most revolutionary, disruptive, or plain alluring interior spaces.

 2015 Interior Awards entries open on February 4, 2015 on www.interiorawards.co.nz

KEY DATES

Entries close: 29 April 2015


Finalists announced: 07 May 2015


Finalists present live to judges: 20 - 21 May 2015


Awards evening: June 2015 (exact date to be confirmed)