Architects, designers, specifiers and students are invited to show their imaginative use of colour with entries for the 2013 Dulux Colour Awards now open.
Now in its 27thย year, the Awards is all about how architects and interior designs apply colour to transform the three dimensional spaces they create.ย Dulux Colour & Communications Consultant, Bree Leech, said:ย โColour is an integral element in the overall design process. It has effects that are not only symbolic but also emotional, and in 2013, weโre looking forward to receiving entries that push the boundaries and use innovation, imagination and flair to showcase colour in architecture and interior design.”
Designed by Billard Leece Partnership & Bates Smart, The Royal Childrenโs Hospital, Melbourne, was crowned as the 2012 Dulux Colour Awards Grand Prix and Commercial Interior category winner. It also picked up an IDEA Award last week.ย According to Kristen Whittle, Director at Bates Smart and the lead designer for the project, colour was a key part of the design process and was used as a way-finding mechanism for the hospital.ย โThe Dulux Colour Awards is an industry wide recognised awards program that has fostered a much greater awareness of the importance and use of colour in design and architecture nationwide,โ she said.
The categories in the 2013 Dulux Colour Awards are:ย Commercial Interior,ย Commercial Exterior,ย Single Residential Interior,ย Single Residential Exterior,ย Multi Residential Interior,ย Multi Residential Exterior,ย Student andย Grand Prix.
Each category winner will receive $1,000 and a trophy. All entries, except for the student category, will also stand the chance of taking out the Grand Prix title. The Grand Prix winner with receive $1,500, a trophy and a trip to a feted design event.ย The student winner will have the opportunity to develop a limited edition range of paint colours as part of the Designer for Dulux collection.
Entries are open now until 8 February 2013. Further information and details on how to enter can be found atย www.dulux.com.au/colourawards
The 2013 Dulux Colour Awards winners will be announced at a gala function in March 2013.
Who can enter?ย Architects, designers, interior designers, colour consultants, students of architecture and interior design.