Entries to the 2016 Interior Awards open today. The awards programme is presented by Interior magazine and celebrates – through nine competition categories - the best commercial interior design projects and practitioners in New Zealand.

“The Interior Awards has been an invaluable tool to recognise trends and innovators, to reward disruptive thinking and promote the importance of design and architecture in successful commercial environments,” says Federico Monsalve, editor of Interior magazine and convenor of the awards for the third year running.

The awards will be judged by a panel of industry experts though a highly transparent process which includes online, live-to-air presentations by the category finalists.

The award categories are: Retail, Hospitality, Workplace (up to 1,000m²) and Workplace (over 1,000m²), Civic, Installation, Emerging Design Professional, Craftsmanship and Student. 

Event organisers extend an invitation to everyone from small design studios to large architecture firms, interior bespoke solution makers, students and other industry professionals to be part of this premier celebration of interiors.

Entries can be submitted though the Interior Awards website until Wednesday 4 May 2016.

KEY DATES:

Entries open: 10 February, 2016

Entries close: 4 May, 2016

Finalists announced: 11 May, 2016

Finalists live to jury: 25–26 May, 2016

Winners announced: 23 June, 2016