Student Designers, Start Your Engines!

The elegance! The simplicity! The craftsmanship! But would the Art Deco style work in 2014 homes and offices? To find out, Art Deco Weekend this year is holding an Interior Design Competition, open to design students.
 
Oct. 29, 2013 - PRLog -- Students will choose from hundreds of furniture and accessories, that will be presented at modernism.com. And because this is a digital design contest, only originality and integration of Art Deco furniture into a contemporary setting will matter. Entries will consist of one 10-by-15’ floor plan and one perspective rendering of the same room, both as emailed pdfs. No hard copies will be accepted.

The panel of judges includes a board member of the Miami Design Preservation League, a highly sought-after interior designer, the owners of www.modernism.com, among other professionals in the design field. The winner will be announced during prior to ADW 2014, and the winning room will be displayed at Modernism’s “Live on Ocean Drive–Luxury on the Beach” tent, to be admired by all during Art Deco Weekend, January 17-19, 2014This is a rare and amazing opportunity for students to work with Modernism Gallery andMODERNSIM.COM.

As one of the galleries on the MODERNISM.COM portal, Modernism Gallery is America's first and premier online gallery specializing in authentic period art deco furniture, lighting and accessories. They have been selling French and American Art Deco since 1979 and have had the website since 1995.  The gallery is not a retail venue.  They offer to the trade original furniture and accessories by American designers such as Paul Frankl, Donald Deskey, Gilbert Rohde, Wolfgang Hoffmann, Kem Weber and George Nakashima as well as French designers as diverse as Jules Leleu, Jacques Adnet, Paul Follot, Maurice Dufrene and Dominique.

So competitors, start your shopping! Money is no object! Go to modernism.com and let your creativity take over. Using the Art Deco and Miami Modern styles there, create a room that will inspire your audience and help them visualize Art Deco in their modern space.

The details: You must be a student at an accredited program of interior design or architecture. Deadline for emailing entries is December 1, 2013. Winner receives lots of glory, $100 cash and an opportunity to create a room in the Modernism tent during ADW. For further directions, go to artdecoweekend.com and click on Interior Design Contest.
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