2024 GUIDE TO ENTERING ONLINE

fxdesignawards.co.uk

2024

AWARDS DATE

Wednesday 27 November 2024

CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES

Friday 26 July 2024

FOR ENTRY QUERIES entries@fxdesignawards.co.uk

The prestigious FX Awards invite both British and international designtalent from all over the world to enter the very best of interior products
and projects. Organised by FX magazine, these coveted awards are oneof the highlights of the design industry calendar, taking place justbefore the run-up to Christmas. Each year a different panel of more than
20 committed judges are invited to judge your submissions. Make no
mistake, these awards celebrate serious achievements! Winners andfinalists are presented with a certificate, and all receive extensive
publicity from us. Our 2024 panel is waiting to receive your entry...
Good luck!

THE 2024 CATEGORIES

We have categories for architects, designers, suppliers and specifiers; for projects
and products for international retail, leisure, office, public sector and hotels –there are opportunities for you to enter your work whatever sector you’re in!

PRODUCTS
2024 PRODUCT OF THE YEAR
All products can be entered into this category. This will be
judged by a different panel from the other categories. The
judges will be looking for the most inventive and deserving
product of 2024.

LIGHTING PRODUCTInterior luminaires, lamps and exterior lighting products
for use in workplace, retail, leisure, exhibition, public orcommercial settings.

PUBLIC, LEISURE OR OFFICE FURNITURE
Furniture designed for public areas including office, hotel,
leisure, occasional and break-out furniture. Includes softseating for receptions and now also includes workplace
and task seating.

SURFACES
For wall, flooring, cladding and surface design products,
including decorative, creative and inventive surfaces.

FLOOR COVERINGSThis category has been introduced in recognition of thehuge sector worldwide of flooring applications. All floor
covering products which can be used in contract interior
design are welcome, so any material that can work in
offices, schools, hospitals and hotels etc.

You can enter the same product into more than one
category. An entry fee is payable for each submission.
Each category is judged by a different panel of judges,
so if you don’t win one category, there’s every chance
you could win another.

PROJECTSBAR OR RESTAURANT
The interior design of bars or restaurants – as wild as you
like! Eligible projects include both temporary andpermanent bars or restaurants.

BUILD TO RENT / PRS
The Build to Rent and Private Rental Sector (PRS) is anenormous burgeoning sector so we invite you to enter
projects from the past three years to win this award. This
category is open to both developers and architects/
designers.

GLOBAL PROJECT
Looking for the best global project, this category is open to
projects of all kinds. This means your project can beentered twice, once for any of the above sector categories,
and again for the category of Global Project. As eachcategory will be judged by a completely different panel ofjudges, even if you don’t win your sector category, you
could still win this!

GRAPHICS / ADVERTISING / LOGOS
This includes the signage and wayfinding involved in yourproject as well as the brilliant advertisements and logos
that you’ve designed for your clients.

HOTEL
Complete hotel schemes including new-build, conversion,
restoration and refurbishment projects.

LEISURE OR ENTERTAINMENT VENUE
Leisure and entertainment projects, including spas, healthclubs, gyms, salons, nightclubs and cinemas.

LIGHTING DESIGN
Completed schemes that make the best use of lighting 		in all contract applications including office, retail, leisure,exhibition, public space and commercial settings.

MUSEUM OR EXHIBITION SPACEThe ultimate display space! This category is for the creativeuse of exhibition space in museums and galleries, for either
temporary or permanent exhibitions.

PUBLIC SECTOR
Schemes for civic, transport, education or medical projects
including schools, colleges, universities, health centres,
and hospitals. This category is also open to private projects
within these sectors.

MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT INCLUDING
CATEGORY A REFURBISHMENT
Projects that ‘reinvent buildings’ including change of use.
This can be a combination of residential, commercial,
cultural, institutional, or industrial projects, as well as
mixed-use real estate development projects by a private
developer and/or with public funding. This award will becredited to both the developer and the designer.

OUTSIDE SPACE
This is a new category for outside spaces including roof
gardens, landscape design or connecting buildings throughbridges, gardens, waterfalls and anything that improves our
experience of outdoor space.

PUBLIC SPACE SCHEME
This concerns any space where the public can gather. This
could be outside as well as inside, including atriums, grand
reception areas, forum spaces, piazzas etc. This category
also includes privately funded projects in which thegeneral public can assemble.

RETAIL SPACE
Design schemes in all forms of retail outlet, including
shopping centres, retail concepts and stores. Judges will belooking for the use of new technology for retail, and thekind of interiors that draw customers in and provide
amazing consumer experiences.

WORKSPACE ENVIRONMENT SMALL
UNDER 40,000 SQ FT
A workspace environment maximising comfort,
productivity and efficiency, including reception areas,
break-out zones, or entire office departments. This will be
judged on the total concept for the client and workers alike.
The unusual, the wild and the daring are most welcome!
Projects can be corporate or more bespoke.

WORKSPACE ENVIRONMENT LARGEOVER 40,000 SQ FTThe same criteria as for Workplace Environment Small– except for size.

UK WORKSPACE ENVIRONMENTThis is for all UK office projects of any size, so it is anadditional category to the Workplace Small or Large
categories which have international projects to be judged
against. All categories are judged by a separate panel.

UK PROJECT
By popular demand, we’ve introduced a category for UK
architects and designers from all of the above sectors.

You can enter the same project into more than one category, but an entry fee is payable foreach submission. Each category is judged by a different panel of judges, so if you don’t win one
category, there’s every chance you could win another!

THE JUDGING PROCEDURE

THE JUDGES

We take this part of the event very seriously! We arepleased to announce that we are again facilitating atransparent and open judging procedure for 2023 thatremains demanding and rigorous! We ask every judge toconsider every application according to the criteria foreach category, in line with the submission procedure
outlined in this document. (Unfortunately we cannot
accept invitations for a visit to see your product or projectin person because of disadvantaging the international
submissions.) Each judge then considers the wholecategory, independently from their co-judges, and is asked
to place their top six deserving entries (their own shortlist),with comments. They do this without knowing who theirco-judges are at this stage. After each judge has compiled
their results, we at FX aggregate all scores awarded by thejudges’ results, in order to establish the winner. We thenhave a second round of judging where they meet theirfellow judges for the first time to discuss and resolve any
issues on your entry, but this is only after they’ve
already scored your entry.

The awards are judged by an invited panel ofdistinguished experts from our industry, including
designers, architects, engineers, and clients. Each year
we invite a completely NEW panel of judges from all
disciplines based on their authority, integrity andexperience to reflect on our contract design industry. The
number of judges each year can vary but we are expecting
over 20 independent judges for the 2024 panel. Up to ten
independent judges can be appointed for the most hotly
contested categories. No judge, or their company, ispermitted to submit an entry for any category.

The FX editorial team do not judge any
submissions – they are all judged by a new panelof experts for 2024, which we recruit every year!

SPECIAL AWARDS – FOR THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS!
FX is always delighted to announce that these most influential winners will beannounced on the night of 27 November 2024.

BREAKTHROUGH TALENTOF THE YEAR

INTERIOR DESIGN PRACTICE
OF THE YEARPRODUCT DESIGNER
OF THE YEAROUTSTANDING LIFETIMECONTRIBUTION TO DESIGNHOW TO ENTER
Entering the awards is simple. All entries are submitted
online at www.fxdesignawards.co.uk. Please read the
instructions carefully. Make sure you submit all thefollowing details, along with the full payment, so please
have your credit card ready. Your submission can beentered in more than one category, but the procedure andpayment needs to be repeated for each entry. Projects andproducts can be entered from 2 years ago so you canresubmit entries from last year for our new panel of judges .
ABOUT THE WORK
Accurate information for titles and credits is essential forall submissions as it is from this that all FX publicity will be
generated. Submitted information will appear on the FX
and company websites, all promotional material, media
coverage, certificates and trophies.
The awards are made to architects, developers anddesigners, but please check if the client, or anyone else,
needs to approve before submitting. We don’t want anyone
to lose friends or business by winning!
SUBMITTING YOUR ENTRY
Please be careful here. This will form not only the detail ofthe Winners Book but all future publicity generated by FX.
Below are the questions you will be asked when you submit
your entry:
CATEGORY
From the drop-down menu, please select the category
you are entering. If you want to enter more than one
category you will need to fill the form out for eachcategory submission. See previous pages for the variety 		
of design categories.
PRODUCT / PROJECT DETAILS
1 Name of product / project
2 Name of design practice – if the project was incollaboration with another practice please credit
them here too.
3 Client
4.1 What is it? (Shop, hotel, fabric, chair etc.)
4.2 Where is it – name of city? (Projects only)
4.3 Where is it – name of country? (Projects only)
ABOUT YOU
5 Your company’s name
6 Your name (if you are a PR acting on a client’s behalf
please make it clear who your client is).
7 Your position in the company
8 You / your organisation’s role in the project or product.
i.e. designer / architects / manufacturer contractor / 		PR etcPDF SUBMISSION
9 Please submit your entry as a complete PDF
presentation with images and text (below 4MB).
RECENT CHANGES You can submit up to six pages
as a PDF with an unlimited combination of images andtext. But remember that large images can be more
influential than lots of small images, so focus on yourbest pictures. Images should be first on the PDF,
followed by how your entry meets the requirements ofthe category in the text.

PDF requirements for all submissions – read this for
ALL entries. PLEASE LABEL YOUR PDF BY
COMPANY NAME – PROJECT OR PRODUCT NAME
– CATEGORY ie ‘FX – StyleZ – retail’Please ensure that every PDF page is labelled with:• The category you are entering• The name of your product or project, followed by yourcompany name• Please remember to caption EACH page with category,company name and name of project / product
If you are entering a PRODUCT the text should describe:• Notable points of the design• Materials and specifications• Any additional information you feel will help yourentry. For example: What inspired the design? How
does it compare to others? What makes it
extraordinary?
If you are entering a PROJECT the text should describe:• The design brief• The success of your solution• Any additional information you feel will help
your entry. For example: Was it completed on ashoestring budget? Is the scale, big or small, of
significance? Is it making use of the limitations 		
of an old building (i.e. preservation order / planning
restrictions) How is the interior design exceptional? 		
Is it extraordinary in some other way?
10 Name of the photographer if the images need to becredited (optional)Once you’ve added all your details, click ‘Add to Cart’. This
will save your entry and show you a confirmation page
before you go through to ‘Check Out’ & payment.
If you want to submit your entry for more than one
category (or if you want to submit another, different, entry),
then click on the ‘FX Design Awards’ product image, or
simply go back to the previous page to enter the details foryour next entry.
Alternatively, click ‘Check Out’ to proceed and you
will receive a confirmation that your submission has
been safely received for the 2024 FX Awards. This is also 		a VAT receipt.

Each category is judged by a different panel ofjudges, so if you don’t win one category, there’s
every chance you could win another.
Don’t forget there’s a 3 year window on entries so if
you entered last year, you could enter again thisyear and win with our new panel of judges for 2024,
If your project makes it to the shortlist we willcontact you with the good news in October!

PAYMENT
Full payment of £195 + VAT per entry must be paid
online. A VAT receipt and a confirmation that you havesuccessfully entered this year’s FX Awards will be
automatically generated and emailed to you. (Please notethat VAT is only applicable if you are in the UK).

Good luck with your entries, and look forward tocelebrating with you!

If you’ve made it to the shortlist, we will contact you in
October with the good news! The shortlist will also be
posted online during the first week of October.

FX Editorial Director, tdowling@fxmagazine.co.uk

If you need advice on your entry, contact Tracy Kemp byemail at entries@fxdesignawards.co.uk or she would bepleased to hear from you by phone on +44 (0) 7958 675888

If you need advice on your entry contact
Tracy +44 (0) 7958 675888 oremail: entries@fxdesignawards.co.uk

WHO SHOULD ENTER?
The FX Awards actively invites and welcomes both UK andinternational designers to enter.
ELIGIBILITY
Any work completed between 2022 to 2024. Resubmissions,major redesigns, and redevelopments of existing products
are acceptable provided they conform to the time limit.
Closing date for entries: 26 July 2024.
WHO WILL JUDGE THE ENTRIES?
FX invites a new independent panel of experts every year
who are passionate about design. They are selected due totheir integrity, experience, and in-depth knowledge of ourindustry. See Judging Procedure on p3 for more
information.
WHEN WILL THE ENTRIES BE JUDGED?
• Judging will take place in the summer over several
months. The shortlist will be announced on the FXAwards website in October 2024.
• Winners will remain secret until the FX Awards
presentation on 27 November 2024. If your entry is
shortlisted by the judges, we will contact you.
RULES AND CONDITIONS OF ENTRY• All products and projects must have been completed
between 2022 and 2024.
• The same piece of work can be entered in more than
one category. The administration fee is payable for eachcategory you enter.
• The judges’ decision is final and no correspondence
will be entered into.
• No fees are refundable.
• Entries will be invalid without full payment, so please
have your credit card details to hand when you’re readyto submit online.

If you would like to join us for the great party andcelebration of our 2024 Winners at our fabulous
black tie event at the Grosvenor House Hotel,
London on Wednesday 27 November, pleasecontact Tony to book your tickets.
Tony Thompson 44 (0)7803 148 194
email: fxawards@btinternet.com
For more details and prices, please see our website:www.fxdesignawards.co.uk

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