Entry

There are four simple steps involved in submitting your entry.     

1. Register or Log In

If you haven’t already registered or submitted an entry for this year’s program, you will need to register.  This creates your account so you can make online project submissions, which you manage and may edit up until submission.  You may also use this account to buy tickets to the Awards Announcement Dinner, when they are available for sale.  Once you have commenced your submission, you can log in and out at any time without losing submission data.  

If you have already registered or submitted into the program, you can log in from the home page using your email address and password.

2. Choose Primary Award Category

There are 7 Primary Categories, which attract entry fees.  Look at the Primary Categories to select the most appropriate for your project.  Projects may be entered into more than one Primary Category (e.g. Residential Decoration and Residential Design) and each entry requires a separate submission.

There are 4 Optional Categories, which are free when entering a Primary Category.  To be considered for these you must submit further information, which will be prompted in Step 3.   

There are 4 Automatic Categories, which are free when entering a Primary Category.

3. Create Entry Submission

Before beginning your entry submission, read the Entry Conditions. Submitting an entry means that you have read and agreed to all the Entry Conditions, including obtaining appropriate releases and authorities in writing from your client, photographer and, where applicable, the principal of the design practice.  

You will be prompted to respond to specific written criteria and upload supporting materials (images and floorplan) in your secure private area. Remember that you can log in and out without losing submission materials.  Entry submissions will be accepted from 16 November to 12 February 2010.

Submission Requirements

Provide a maximum of 10 photographs of the project (not visualisations) in both high and low resolution versions, supplied as either TIFFs or JPEGs.   JPEGs should have compression set at a minimum of “very high quality” and no compression is preferred.

If these instructions are followed, the maximum file size will be 17MB for high resolution images and 2.88MB for low resolution images.

You should also submit a PDF of the floor plan for judging, optimised for the screen.  Using Acrobat Professional, select menu item Document > Reduce File Size.

To maintain anonymity during judging, no design practice names may appear on images, floorplans or written support materials, however client names can be included.  

Tips on preparing your entry submission are available.

4. Entry Submission and Payment

Once you have completed steps two and three (above) you may pay and submit your project.  

Primary Categories attract entry fees but Additional Categories do not.  

The first Primary Category entry is charged at $350, with subsequent Primary Category entries charged at $175 each.  The system will automatically charge subsequent entries (i.e. from the same applicant) at the reduced rate.  

Members of the Design Institute of Australia receive a 33% discount on entry fees.

If entering the same project in multiple Primary Categories (e.g. Residential Decoration and Residential Design) two entry fees will be payable.  

Each submission and payment is confirmed by the issuing of a tax receipt, sent to your email address.  Retain a copy for taxation purposes.

We accept Visa, Mastercard, Diners Club and Amex.

Requests to withdraw an entry will be accepted if made in writing (info@interiordesignawards.com.au) prior to the submission deadline of Friday 12 February 2010, with refund of the entry fee less an administration charge of $50.  After this date and up until Tuesday 2 March projects may be withdrawn but the entry fee will be forfeited.  After Tuesday 2 March, projects cannot be withdrawn.