Best of Canada Awards Competition

Welcome to the Canadian Interiors Best of Canada Awards competition.

Celebrating 26 years, Canadian Interiors has sponsored an annual national interior design awards program. It is Canada’s only design competition focusing on interior design projects and products without regard to size, budget or location. Submissions are welcome from interior designers, architects, landscape architects, decorators, crafts persons and design students. See the full competition details below.

The 2023 submission portal is now closed! Good luck to all entrants, and we look forward to seeing your best work entered in the competition!

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Questions? Please contact Peter Sobchak, at [email protected]

**IMPORTANT DATES FOR THE 2023 CANADIAN INTERIORS BEST OF CANADA**

Please watch this space for updates.

The 2023 submission portal is now closed!

Stay tuned for announcements of the opening of the 2024 Best of Canada Awards competition!

Prizes

All winners will be published in the Awards issue of Canadian Interiors in November.

In addition to being featured on the cover of the Awards issue, the Project of the Year winner will also receive an expense paid (flight & hotel) trip to Italy in October to visit the Venice Architecture Biennale and tour the contract furnishings region of Pordenone, thanks to the generous sponsorship from our friends at Black Bread & Jam.

Eligibility

Projects must have been completed between June, 2021 and August, 2023. The project must be either located in Canada, or an international project where a member of the design team is a Canadian citizen or permanent resident.

Products must be physically prototyped; or if in production must have been launched in the market in the same timeframe as stated above.

Any false representation therein will invalidate the submission and a refund will not be given.

Submission Material

Anonymity is key. The name of the architecture or design firm must NOT appear on the submission except on the entry form. The project name and location should be identified and MUST match the project name on this submission form.

Each entry must have:

Description of Project / Product: key features and/or solution to the client’s brief. Maximum of 500 words. Format: Word file;
Visual Material:
- Photography: minimum six (6), maximum ten (10) high-res .JPG photos (max. file size of 5MB each);
- Floor Plans (Optional): up to three (3) low-res .PDFs of the floorplans (max. file size of 500KB each);
- Video (Optional): a video up to two (2) minutes in length to explain the key concepts of your proposal.
Credits:
- Materials / Products Suppliers: key materials/products suppliers credits. Download and complete our Excel form;
- Photographer Name / Credits: Download our fillable PDF form to supply the photographer name/credit for all photos submitted. This information will used in the magazine, if it should win. Format: PDF file;

Deadline

Entries must be received via the online entry system by 11:59 pm PST on Friday, September 8^th, 2023.

Late entries will not be accepted. No exceptions permitted.

Submission Portal

The 2023 submission portal is now closed.

Entry Fee

Project: $155*
Product: $130*

*plus applicable taxes

Payment

Full payment must be received by the submission deadline. Entries submitted without the appropriate submission fee will not be eligible for judging. All payments are processed online. We accept only Visa and MasterCard.

Notification of Winners

Winners will be kept confidential until the Awards issue is released.

Conditions of Use

Even if not a winner, by submitting you grant Canadian Interiors the ability to feature the project/product along with all photography in any upcoming issue or online in the digital edition or on the website.

Canadian Interiors and/or the Best of Canada judges reserve the right not to award in any category if projects submitted are deemed without sufficient merit.

Questions?

Please contact Peter Sobchak, at [email protected]