Winners of the 15th Annual Northwest Design Awards Competition are Announced

Top regional interior designers were named March 6, 2014, at Seattle Design Center's 15 th annual 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.

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