Christopher Guy Britweek Design Award

March 29, 2011 - PRLog -- Christopher Guy, world-renowned British luxury furnishings designer and purveyor of the “World’s Most Fabulous Decorative Furnishings,” has partnered with the BritWeek organization to bring a design award to Los Angeles based design schools. Participating students will have a chance to win one-of-a-kind internships and work one-on-one with the award winning designer Christopher Guy Harrison.  

The Christopher Guy brand is challenging aspiring interior designers to enter the high-end furnishing industry. This design competition requires interior design and product design students from participating Los Angeles design schools to create a Coco Chanel inspired lifestyle setting or an individual furniture piece within this setting. The winning design may be chosen to be part of the new 2012 Mademoiselle lifestyle collection to be released by Christopher Guy worldwide. Students of design programs from the following schools will compete to win two internship prizes:

- Otis School of Art and Design
- The Art Institute of California – Los Angeles
- UCLA Extension Arc-ID
- Art Center College of Pasadena
- Westwood College
- Woodbury University
- Moorpark College
- College of the Canyons

The chosen winner will receive a one month internship at the Christopher Guy headquarters in Singapore including accommodation and airfare. The runner-up will receive a one week internship including accommodation and airfare during the Maison et Objet exhibition in Paris in January 2012, one of the world’s most prestigious furnishings exhibitions. The winner and runner up will also have a chance to be considered for future employment by the Christopher guy furnishings brand.

The panel of judges will include Christopher Guy Harrison, CEO, head designer and founder of Christopher Guy; Martyn Lawrence Bullard, celebrity interior designer and named one of the top 100 Interior Designers in the World by Architectural Digest magazine; Birgit C. Muller, three time Emmy awarding winning costume designer and Alissa Sutton, television host and interior designer.

Christopher Guy will host a private award presentation and cocktail reception sponsored by Architectural Digest at the Christopher Guy Beverly Hills showroom on the night of Thursday, May 5 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. The winner and runner up of the competition will be announced at this gathering. Guests will include prominent interior design professionals in the Los Angeles area, BritWeek organization and their guests, design teachers and the winners of the competition.

Christopher Guy was recently honored with the prestigious 2011 Design Icon Award presented by Las Vegas Design Center and World Market Center Las Vegas.  The Design Icon Award celebrates modern-day design legends and provides them a platform to share their stories and inspire others.  “It is a tremendous honor to be receiving such a prominent award, and a tribute to the 1,400 craftsmen at Christopher Guy who resolutely recreate my designs with their skill and passion, and who ultimately brought it to the attention of such a prestigious panel,” commented Christopher Guy.

Defined by the singular design philosophy of “A Contemporary Mood with Classic Values,” Christopher Guy furnishings have garnered acclaim worldwide and grace the homes of Hollywood celebrities, as well as luxury hotels and resorts around the globe. Christopher Guy’s prestigious listing of accomplished projects include the Wynn Resort Vegas and the Wynn-Macau, the prominent 6-star Phoenix Resort in Sanya, China and the recently inaugurated Divan-Asya Hotel in Istanbul, Turkey.  Christopher Guy furnishings continue to lend sophistication and glamour to numerous film sets and have ‘starred’ in motion pictures such as “Casino Royale,” “The Devil  Wears Prada,” and “The Hangover.”

Christopher's eye for detail, passion for design, and ability to capture and reflect a distinctively classic yet contemporary mood has ensured the Christopher Guy name a solid foothold at the forefront of luxury furnishings design. As an internationally acclaimed brand, Christopher Guy continues to grow via stand-alone stores in Beverly Hills, High Point, Chicago, Verona, London, Shanghai, Taiwan, and has established growth strategies on every continent. The line is now comprehensively displayed at Harrods in London and in Hong Kong. In addition, a state-of-the-art showroom will be built at the Christopher Guy corporate headquarters in Singapore and will overlook the city-state’s inspiring and majestic skyline.  

Please visit the official website at www.christopherguy.com.

For more information including full details on how to enter the competition, please email Mary Hall Ross mary@thereelrossgroup.com or 323 935 7600.