IIDA Alabama’s biennial IDIE Awards honor excellence in Interior Design across the state.
We are pleased to announce, Steven Smith, our Senior Commercial Interior Designer, is the recipient of the “Best of Retail” award at the 2019 IDIE Awards presented by The International Interior Design Association – Alabama Chapter (IIDA-AL). The awards showcase the exemplary work of the chapter’s members and celebrates excellence in interior design. Winners were announced and honored at an event on Friday, April 12, 2019, at Regions Field.
This year, we submitted Caliber, a high-end firearms and sporting store that raises the bar for the outdoorsmen retail environment, for consideration.
The biennial awards program invites organizations, firms, and furniture dealers to submit projects completed in the previous two years. Submissions are judged by a panel of professional peers who practice in other market areas. The Best in Show award is presented to the firm or dealer that ranks highest during judging. This year’s awards drew 91 submissions from 30 firms and furniture dealers.
“Alabama is rich with interior design talent, and it is our honor to recognize those contributing to the industry through the IDIEs,” says Amy Cope, IDIEs Chair and President of IIDA-AL. “Congratulations to all the winners – we thank you for your participation and help in growing our profession and industry.”
IIDA-AL is the state’s association for the commercial interior design industry, providing resources to professionals and students in the industry and their clients to advance the profession and enhance business value. The chapter has City Centers located in Birmingham and Huntsville, as well as Campus Centers at Auburn University, Samford University and the University of Alabama. Members enjoy a variety of professional development programs and networking events throughout the year to support culture, enhance business value, solve problems and bring awareness to the field of commercial interior design.
Sponsors of the 2019 IDIE Awards include: Interior Elements, Tarkett, AI Corporate Interiors, KI Furniture, Global Furniture Group, Interiorscapes and Gresham Smith.
Sponsors of the IIDA Alabama Chapter include: Interior Elements, Tarkett, AI Corporate Interiors, Acton Flooring, AMA Lighting, Bentley Mills, Business Interiors, Carpet Specialties, Dekalb Office Alabama, Gallery Services, Innerspace Architectural Interiors, Interface Flor Commercial, Interiorscapes, J&J Flooring Group, Mohawk Group, Patcraft, SESCO Lighting, Shaw Contract, South Cypress and Teknion. For more information about IIDA-AL, visit https://www.iida-al.org/.