Guideline


Eligibility
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Best Designer Awards are open to interior designers and architects across Asia.
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Submitted Best Designer projects must be located in Asia and completed between 1 January 2025 and 31 August 2026.
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Best Brand Awards are open to home-related brands worldwide.
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Designers and brand may submit more than one eligible project or category.
How to enter
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Visit awards.homejournal.com and select Apply Now.
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Choose the appropriate category.
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Complete the online submission form.
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Upload the required descriptions and supporting visuals.
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Review all information and materials carefully.
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Pay the applicable entry fee.
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Submit your entry by 4 September 2026.
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Late submissions will not be accepted.
Submission Language
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All written information must be submitted in:
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English; or
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Bilingual English and Chinese
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Entries submitted only in another language will not be accepted.
Originality and Visual Materials
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All submitted work must be original. Plagiarised entries will be disqualified.
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For Best Designer Awards, except for the AI & Conceptual Design category, rendered images and AI-generated videos are not permitted.
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Photographs and videos must be original project materials.
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Entrants must obtain the necessary permissions for all submitted written and visual content.
Blind Judging
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For Best Designer Awards, to ensure impartial assessment, judging materials must not contain any company identifiers, including:
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Company logos
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Company or designer names
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Addresses
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Website URLs
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Other identifying information
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Please review every image, caption and document before uploading.
Information Accuracy
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Please check the spelling and accuracy of all names, company information and project or product titles.
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The submitted information may be reproduced on trophies, certificates and promotional materials.
Important notes
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Entry fees are non-refundable.
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Optional packages and refund arrangements vary between Best Designer and Best Brand Awards. Please refer to the relevant fee section.
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Entries may be amended before the applicable submission-period deadline.
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Entries cannot be withdrawn after the deadline.
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Home Journal reserves the right to deduct marks, disqualify any entry or revoke an award if any submission is found to violate these guidelines or related terms and conditions.
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Judging decisions are final and binding.
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Submitted materials will be handled confidentially during judging.
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By entering, participants authorise Home Journal to use the submitted materials for awards-related editorial and promotional activities.
