Tips

Read the application/entry information carefully to ensure that you have entered your project/s in the most appropriate category. Some projects may be suitable for entry into more than one category.

Make sure you complete the entry form in full, including details of the person responsible for interior design of the project.

Written Criteria

The written submissions are very important and are read carefully by the jurors. Ensure that you:

• Respond to the criteria succinctly and with relevant, factual information.
• For primary awards (1 to 7) use the first criterion (refers to the entry’s contribution to either contemporary design – or decoration in the case of 7) to your advantage. This is crucial when explaining what is outstanding about your project and will be closely read by jurors.  It is also where you should make the case for your project receiving an award.
• Present your project the best possible light. Don’t leave preparation of the written section to the last minute.

Written Criterion for ESD Award

When writing to the criterion for this Award, entrants are advised to consider and make reference to the following:

• The Greenstar rating of the interior, if applicable
• Materials (recycled, organic or sustainably harvested, manufactured to avoid use of toxic or hazardous substances, sourced or manufactured to minimise energy use or embodied energy, sourced or manufactured to minimise water use, potential for re-use or recycle, design strategy that minimises material quantities and wastage, durability)
• Specified elements/items such as furniture for example (recycled content in the item itself, recyclable content:  product stewardship, sourced or manufactured to minimise energy use or embodied energy, longevity and avoiding obsolescence, durability)
• Interior services (design strategy that minimises energy and resource use and wastage, design strategy that minimises ozone depleting agents, individually controllable interior environmental conditions)
• Other considerations (design strategy to encourage alternative transportation, design strategy for waste management systems/design strategy for sustainable communities)

Image Selection

Use a professional photographer to document your projects. The early stages of judging are based on visual criteria, so give your project the best possible chance of getting through the judging processes by submitting high quality images.

Use images that best suit the category you have chosen to enter. Select interior images that illustrate what you have said about your project in the written statement. For example, if the design of an entrance area is particularly important to the success of your project, make sure you supply an image of the entrance.

Provide images that are indicative of the project, allowing jurors to form an accurate sense of the entirety of the space. Images that focus on small details (i.e. a single fixture, artwork or merchandise in a retail outlet for example) tend to be of limited use to the jury.