IDEA 2023 is now open for entries, celebrating the best Australian interior design projects and the studios and designers behind them.

This year, entries will be open until Sunday 18 June, with discounted early bird rates available until Sunday 7 May.

Enter IDEA 2023 now!

Create an account (or log into an existing account) and start working on your entry at https://idea.awardsplatform.com – you can save your entry and return to it at a later date as many times as you like!

Any project completed between January 2022 and June 2023 is eligible for this year’s awards so long as it hasn’t been entered in IDEA previously.

There are 15 categories open for entry this year, ranging from the best use of colour to the best hospitality project, the best single residential to the best institutional, international and public space. There are also categories for object and furniture design.

As well as choosing a winner for all these categories, our jury of seven industry experts will also be awarding four special awards. You can nominate yourself for two of these – best Emerging Designer (for practices and studios under five years) and the Sustainability award.

The other two – Designer of the Year and Overall Project Winner – are chosen from the submitted projects.

Keep an eye out for the first judges’ announcements soon.

The 2022 IDEA awards attracted more than 500 entries from across the country, making it one of the oldest and largest independent awards programs in the Australian interior design industry.

The winners of IDEA 2022 were announced at The Timber Yard in Melbourne on Thursday 24 November. The evening celebrated the year’s highly commended and winning studios and designers with a night of canapés and free-flowing drinks.

The winners included Unispace, Flack Studio, Russell & George, Melbourne Design Studios, Simone Haag, and Clare Cousins Architects – all of whom received a trophy designed by Axolotl.

Enter your project in IDEA 2023 now.

To stay updated with all IDEA 2023 news, sign up to the newsletter at www.idea-awards.com.au/sign-up-to-the-idea-newsletter.

If you have any questions, you can contact the awards team at idea@niche.com.au. Good luck!

Photography by Scott Gick.