Austin Design Community

2010 DESIGN EXCELLENCE AWARDS

Calling all ASID Austin Design Community Members!
 
It’s that time of year again - time for the ASID Austin Design Community to get together and compete in this year's Design Excellence competition! Last year's competition was a resounding success, and we expect this year’s event to be bigger and better than ever!


COMPETITION
 
The competition is now officially open so it’s time to get those submissions put together. As an added incentive to start early this year, you can receive an early bird discounted entry fee of $45 per entry if submittal folders are received no later than 3:00pm on Friday, July 30, 2010. All other entries will have an entry fee of $60 per entry and must be received no later than 3:00pm on Friday, August, 20, 2010.
 
Entries can be mailed or personally delivered (call for business hours: 512.206.0444) to:
Andrea Redfern, Palmer Todd, Inc., 500 Park Blvd, Austin, TX 78751.

If you have questions about any aspect of Design Excellence, please contact Design Excellence Chair, Jill Williams, RID, ASID – jillw@palmertodd.com.
 
Below are the three documents (PDF downloads) that you will need for this year’s competition. Please click on each of the three to download them:
 
CATEGORIES

REQUIREMENTS

ENTRY FORMS

The winners will be announced November 5, 2010, at the presentation event in Austin. Details of the location and times will be announced soon. Good luck!


SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

Attention Industry Partners: We are currently looking for sponsors and underwriters for the event. Your participation is a great way for you to market to the ASID Austin Design Community. CLICK HERE to download a (PDF) file containing information about the different sponsorship opportunities and the benefits associated with each contribution. As the deadline for sponsorship is Friday, September 10th, please let us know if you are interested in sponsoring the event this year as soon as you can.


EVENT & TICKETS

Details about this exciting event will be posted here soon, but tickets are already available for purchase.

Tickets are $20 for students and $30 for everyone else, and due to limited seating and advance catering notice, NO TICKETS WILL BE SOLD AT THE DOOR. Note that ticket sales will cease at 10:00pm Friday, October 29, 2010. If you have not secured your ticket(s) by that time as per the instructions below, you will miss out on this year’s celebration!

For 2010 Design Excellence Entrants: ONE (1) dinner ticket is included for only the first entry. If two or more Interior Designers and/or Industry Partners collaborate and enter together, they still receive only one (1) dinner ticket. Please understand that Entrants still need to RSVP via email to jillw@palmertodd.com to provide your meal choice for catering purposes. You must put “Design Excellence Entrant RSVP” in the subject line of the email, and indicate your name, entrée choice (chicken or vegetarian), and contact phone number in the body of the email. Please note that your RSVP is not complete/secure until you receive an email or phone number confirming it. If you do not receive a confirmation email or phone call within two (2) days, please call 512-206-0444. It will be up to you as the Entrant to follow up on your RSVP when using this method.

Before starting the PayPal* online ticket purchase process**, you MUST be ready to indicate the name of every attendee for whom you are getting a ticket and you MUST be ready to indicate which of the two entrée choices – CHICKEN (C) or VEGETARIAN (V). This is critical to ensure that every attendee receives the meal that they want.

Therefore, after you enter your credit card information and get to the “Review Your Payment” page, click on “ADD SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS TO MERCHANT.” A text box will open, and you must type in attendee names / entrée choices, following this example EXACTLY: Jane Doe (C), Jack Doe (C), Joe Smith (V).

Design Excellence Luncheon Ticket Purchase

General Ticket - CHICKEN $30.00 General Ticket - VEGETARIAN $30.00 Table for 10 people $300.00 Student Ticket - CHICKEN $20.00 Student Ticket - VEGETARIAN $20.00

*USING PAYPAL: You do not need to have a PayPal account to use PayPal. You will have the option to use Visa, MasterCard, American Express or Discover Card, and you will immediately receive a receipt via a confirmation email.

**ONLINE TICKET PURCHASE INSTRUCTIONS: Choose the appropriate ticket level from the drop-down menu below and click on the "Add to Cart" button. A new window will open up, allowing you to select your quantity. (Always be sure to click on the “Update cart” button if you do change quantities.) If you would like to purchase additional tickets, click on the “Continue shopping” link, and you will be taken back to this webpage. Repeat the process until you have selected all of the ticket levels and quantities that you desire, at which point you must click on the “Proceed to checkout” link to enter your payment information.