Entrants from the New Jersey Chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) into its annual Design Excellence Awards learned the results of the competition at a dinner gala at the Shadowbrook at Shrewsbury. Interior designers from the New Jersey Chapter of ASID, industry partners, as well as friends, family and colleagues were in attendance. Eighteen chapter interior designers won a total of 30 prizes among them.
Artistic Marble & Granite Surfaces of Hawthorne, N.J. and Blackman, a supplier of plumbing, heating, waterworks, HVAC and pipe fabrication services, were event sponsors.
For the Chapter’s Design Excellence Awards, designers could submit projects in residential and commercial/non-residential sectors. The residential sector had 11 categories in which designs could be entered, from a single space to a historic preservation project. On the commercial/non-residential side, the seven categories included everything from a retail/showroom/exhibit space to government/institutional space(s). All entries had to have used at least one industry partner at the time of the project to be submitted.
“Successful entries demonstrated exceptional design and positive impact on life and the human experience in keeping with ASID’s mission,” says Anna Maria Mannarino, Allied ASID, President of the New Jersey Chapter. “The Design Excellence awards reinforce the ASID commitment to important design principles.”
Judges were comprised of a diverse group of award-winning ASID members from around the country and judging was based on the following criteria with a points system: effectiveness of the design solution; functional use of space; scale and proportion; color and composition; innovative use of materials; creativity of the design solution; effective use of lighting; use of sustainable design principles and use of Universal Design principles.
Gold, Silver and Bronze awards were conferred in the categories. To learn more, visit here.