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  • Type of award: international space design and architecture award
  • Participation: $ 150 entry fee
  • Featured Laureate: To be selected on the basis of the award 2019.
  • Winners: 2019 winners will be announced in January 2020
  • Next deadline: December 31, 2019
  • Design Area: interior design, furniture design, lighting design
  • Current status: ongoing
  • Country: China
  • Pro: In China, over two-thirds of real estate developers will choose Idea-Tops awardees as preferred partners, more and more high-end project investors, business groups and hotel groups connect with Idea-Tops Organizing Committee to seek cooperation with top designers or design institutions. <br> Each year Idea-Tops organizes grand tours to promote its winners to the world. Idea-Tops has held launch ceremonies and design forums in more than 30 cities worldwide, with footprints covering mainland China, Taiwan, Singapore, USA, Greece, Italy, Australia, Dubai and other key cities, showing to the world the designers' forward-looking ideas of innovation and inexhaustible wisdom, meanwhile, promoting international exchange and cooperation in design.
  • Contra: This award really has a lot of participants and categories, so it's easy to get lost among them. And entry into the Chinese market of design services in practice can be quite difficult for a foreigner.

International Space Design Award—Idea-Tops, which is supported by related government departments, was initiated by China Interior Design Website—the first portal among the architectural and interior design industry in China, together with three academic institutions: Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University, China Central Academy of Fine Arts and Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts. Idea-Tops aims to create the most thoughtful and influential space design award, discover and praise the best designers and design works around the world.

Eligibility

Architects, interior designers and authors of projects implemented in 2017 – 2019 from any country of the world, individually or in groups. Idea-Tops is open to the global architecture and interior design community, and has no restrictions on ethnicity, religion, region or nationality. The submission must provide realistic photos. Besides, group work must mark the name of the chief designer.

Procedure 2019

Shortlist Judging

Idea-Tops Organizing Committee arranges the Jury to review all the entries and select those which meet the basic standards to enter the next round of judging. (If the Idea-Tops Division is authorized to evaluate the entries, it can organize the first review and select Shortlist Awards and Best Design Awards in its local area.)

Nomination Judging

5 top projects can be chosen as nominated works in each category; every nominee receives a Certificate and a Medal, and enters the final judging.

Final Judging

1 winner can be chose from the 5 nominees in each category; every winner receives a Certificate and a Trophy.

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