Interior Textile Designer Competition

Do you know the company Mannington Commercial? Yes? No?  Doesn't matter, actually.  The reason I am telling you about them is that they're holding a contest and I think you should know about it.

Basically, they are inviting textile/ interior designers (and architects!) to create a flooring design, upload it to their website, get friends and family to vote and everyone in the twitter-verse to vote and viola! You win. Maybe.  There's probably going to be a plethora of great design uploaded to the site.  And yours should be a part of that.  Interested? Here are the details:

Submitting is simple. Get inspired and get busy creating your design. Upload your pattern and share the url with your friends so they can vote for you, vote for you, and vote for you!

Enter in one of two categories this year:

• Category 1: practicing designers or architects with less than seven years of professional experience
• Category 2: practicing designers or architects with more than seven years of professional experience

Be sure to share with friends on Facebook, Twitter and other social platforms, so they can comment and be impressed!

Submissions close on February 16, 2011. Our judging panel will factor in public comments, votes, aesthetics, creativity and manufacturability to select the six finalists. Finalists will be notified in February - and join Mannington’s design development team for a two-day creative session March 18 - 19, 2011 to work alongside our experts and develop their patterns into product. A Grand Prize winner in each category will be chosen by open voting online and announced at NeoCon 2011!

Prizes

Six finalists will be featured in a national advertising campaign + win $3,000 + a trip to NeoCon. Two Grand Prize winners will receive a full floorcovering collection of their design + win $6,000 + a trip to the Maison & Objet show in Paris, France.

What are you waiting for?  Get to designing!