The Interior Design
Excellence Award
Inaugural Edition · Open for Submissions
Honouring interior designers who transform the way people experience the spaces they call home — through atmosphere, material intelligence, and a deep understanding of how people live.
For Those Who Shape How People Live
Interior design is not merely decoration. It is the act of shaping how people feel within the spaces they call home — how a room holds morning light, how a material rewards touch, how a sequence of spaces tells a quiet story about the people who inhabit them.
The Interior Design Excellence Award by Design Authority recognises practitioners who approach their craft with this conviction. Whether your work is a compact apartment or a sweeping penthouse, a private home or a hospitality space, we are looking for the quality of thought that elevates interior design from service to art form.
This is not an award for the most prominent name. It is an award for the most compelling work — submitted, evaluated, and ultimately chosen by a public that cares deeply about the spaces it calls home.
What Recognition
at This Level Unlocks
Winning a Design Authority Award carries weight that extends well beyond a certificate on a wall.
Global Visibility
Finalists and winners are featured across Design Authority's editorial platform, social channels, and press releases — reaching an audience of discerning homeowners, developers, and industry leaders worldwide.
Client Credibility
Award recognition is one of the most trusted signals a prospective client uses when choosing a designer. A DA Awards badge signals peer-acknowledged excellence and elevates your studio above the competition.
Peer Validation
Unlike invitation-only awards, the Design Authority Awards are open to all — meaning your shortlisting is earned on the merit of your work, not the size of your studio.
New Business Opportunities
Our Winners Directory puts your studio in front of homeowners and developers actively seeking exceptional talent — with your award credentials prominently displayed.
Lasting Documentation
We create a permanent editorial profile for every winner — a beautifully written record of the project and the practice behind it, preserved in perpetuity on our platform.
Digital Emblem & Badge
Winners receive an official Design Authority Awards digital emblem — a high-resolution mark of distinction for use across your website, portfolio, proposals, and social presence.
How Entries Are Judged
Public voting determines the shortlist. Each criterion carries equal weight — this is an award that rewards holistic excellence, not a single dimension of skill.
Design Vision
Does the project communicate a clear, considered design intent? We look for work that reflects original thinking and a distinctive sensibility — not trend-following, but genuine authorship.
Spatial Quality
How does the space actually feel to live in? The orchestration of light, texture, proportion, and flow — and the emotional experience they create — is central to our evaluation.
Contextual Sensitivity
Great interior design does not exist in isolation. We examine how a project responds to its architectural shell, the lifestyle of its occupants, and the story it is trying to tell.
Craft & Detail
The difference between a good interior and a great one is felt at the smallest scale. We look for meticulous detailing, material intelligence, and an elevated standard of execution.
Originality & Courage
Has the designer taken a meaningful risk? We value work that challenges prevailing aesthetics and finds inventive responses to difficult briefs and constrained spaces.
Impact & Lived Experience
Great interior design changes something — a family's daily rhythm, a person's relationship with their home. We ask: how did this space change the way people feel?
This space is reserved for
the work that moves people.
Could it be yours?
The inaugural Interior Design Excellence Award by Design Authority is open for submissions. The projects recognised here will be chosen by the people who live in spaces like yours.
Frequently Asked
Your Work
Deserves to Be Seen
Submissions close 20 August 2026. Don't let the window pass.