SEATTLE, March 7, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Top regional interior designers were named March 6, 2014, at Seattle Design Center's 15thannual Northwest Design Awards Gala at Seattle Design Center in Seattle.
Designers, architects and students submitted 120 projects in 14 competition categories. A panel of West coast industry experts evaluated submissions through an anonymous process, measuring each project on the basis of proportion, composition, use of space, materials and appropriateness of the design solution.
This year's categories were: Bathroom; Best Individual Room: Contemporary; Best Individual Room: Traditional; Commercial; Exotic Retreats; Hospitality; Kitchen; Modest Budget, Big Impact; Most Innovative Design Component; Small Design Firm Luminary; Student; Textiles; Whole House (less than $400,000); Whole House (more than $400,000).
"Entries this year represented a broader slice of the Northwest region than in any previous competition year," said Craig Cross, Seattle Design Center marketing manager. "Winning projects from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska and Canada give us a better view of what's happening in design in our corner of the world, and it's exciting to see such innovative work."
More than 250 members of the design community attended the Northwest Design Awards Gala, where the awards were announced. The winners are:
| Bathroom Category | |
| First | Sandra and Scott Gjesdahl, Bristol Design and Construction (Lynnwood, WA) |
| Second | Reisa Pollard, Beyond Beige Interior Design, (North Vancouver, British Columbia) |
| Best Individual Room: Contemporary | |
| First | Ines Hanl, The Sky is the Limit Design (Victoria, British Columbia) |
| Second | Teresa Ryback, tdSwansburg Design Studio http://www.tdswansburg.com/ (Victoria, British Columbia) |
| Second | Lauren Ferraro, Gregory Carmichael Interior Design (Seattle, WA) |
| Best Individual Room: Traditional | |
| First | Susan Marinello Interiors (Seattle, WA) |
| Second | Marilyn Deering Design (Seattle, WA) |
| Commercial Category | |
| First | Olson Kundig Architects (Seattle, WA) |
| Second | ZGF Architects LLP (Seattle, WA) |
| Exotic Retreat Category | |
| First | Teresa Francis, Westport Shipyard (Seattle, WA) |
| Second | Teresa Francis, Westport Shipyard (Seattle, WA) |
| Hospitality Category | |
| First | Doris Hager, Hager Design International (Vancouver, British Columbia) |
| Second | Doris Hager, Hager Design International (Vancouver, British Columbia) |
| Kitchen Category | |
| First | Patricia Gray, Patricia Gray Inc. (Vancouver, British Columbia) |
| Second | Dixie Stark Interiors (Seattle, WA) |
| Modest Budget, Big Impact Category | |
| First | Ines Hanl, The Sky is the Limit Design (Victoria, British Columbia) |
| Second | Hyde Evans Design (Seattle, WA) |
| Most Innovative Design Component Category | |
| First | Reisa Pollard, Beyond Beige Interior Design, (North Vancouver, British Columbia) |
| Second | Shawn Cristman, Seattle Stair & Design (Seattle, WA) |
| Small Design Firm Luminary Category | |
| First | Maven Interiors (Portland, OR) |
| Second | Geralynne Mitschke Design (Delta, British Columbia) |
| Student Design Category | |
| First | Shana Keefer, University of Idaho (Moscow, ID) |
| Second | Kelsey Paul, University of Idaho (Moscow, ID) |
| Textiles | |
| First | Kassi Clark, Kasabella (Sammamish, WA) |
| Whole House (Less than $400,000) | |
| First | Patricia Gray, Patricia Gray Inc. (Vancouver, British Columbia) |
| Second | Bauer/Clifton Interiors (Juneau, AK) |
| Whole House (More than $400,000) | |
| First | DeForest Architects, Prestige Residential Construction, NBDesign Group (Seattle, WA) |
| Second | Garret Cord Werner, LLC (Seattle, WA) |
About Seattle Design Center
Seattle Design Center opened in 1973 to serve the region's growing appreciation for quality design and home furnishings. Seattle Design Center is the only full-service design center in the Pacific Northwest serving professional interior designers and their clients in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Alaska and British Columbia. Nationally recognized as the premier marketplace for fine home furnishings and design services, Seattle
Design Center comprises 35 showrooms encompassing 390,000-square-feet of designer furniture, fabrics, accessories and architectural products and offices. Seattle Design Center is open to the public 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday and is located at 5701 6th Ave S # 378 Seattle. For more information go to http://www.seattledesigncenter.com.