Dulux Colour Awards 2009 - Show Your Colour Touch
Now in their 23rd consecutive year, the Dulux Colour Awards (DCA)
has achieved an inimitable industry status as a channel for creating and showcasing
some of the country's most inspiring and thoughtful applications of colour in design.
The 2009 programme promises to be no exception, with architects and interior designers
encouraged to 'show their colour touch'.
The prestigious Awards have traditionally attracted some of Australia's most brilliant
and lauded design professionals, including John Wardle, McBride Charles Ryan, Kerstin
Thompson, Nonda Katsalidis and, more recently, '08 Grand Prix winner the Carr Design
Group. However, DCA draws considerable praise for its commitment to fostering emerging
talent, as spokesperson and first-round DCA judge Andrea Lucena-Orr explains.
"Dulux understands the importance of nurturing a respectful and creative attitude towards
colour early on, and our DCA tertiary category is an exceptional opportunity for developing
specifiers to show their colour touch. This is also a great opportunity to be exposed to
industry circles and aspirational peers," said Lucena-Orr.
The 2009 programme is set to continue to motivate all levels of the industry, with fresh
additions to prize incentives. The 2009 DCA Grand Prix winner will enjoy a return
business-class airfare and accommodation to Paris for the acclaimed Maison-Objet
exhibition, $2000 cash and will - for the first time ever - be offered the opportunity
to design the colour scheme of the Bookshop feature at designEX 2010 in Sydney
(working in consultation with designEX's chosen feature designer). Winners of the
Commercial Interior, Commercial Exterior, Residential Interior, Residential Exterior
and Sustainable Interior categories will each receive trophies and $1,500 cash whilst
the student specifier winner will walk away with a trophy and $1,000.
"As part of Dulux's sponsorship of Interior Designer Awards Colour in Commercial
Interior Design and Colour in Residential Interior Design Awards, DCA entries will be
automatically entered into the Interior Designer Awards free of charge and all finalist
projects will be displayed at designEX. This is a wonderful industry cross-pollination
that illustrates Dulux's understanding of our specifiers and what they deem as genuinely
valuable. It also demonstrates the continually evolving contribution of DCA within the
design community," said Lucena-Orr.
All submissions will be reviewed by an internal Dulux judging panel comprising Andrea
Lucena-Orr and her fellow colour specialists Gavin Gilligan and Julie Johnston. An
external panel of prestigious industry representatives is expected to be announced shortly.
All entrants must submit a project description, colour boards including colour swatches
and digital imagery. Entry forms will be downloadable via www.dulux.com.au.
Entries close 20th February 2009 and an exclusive invitation-only Gala Awards Ceremony
will be held in Melbourne on Wednesday 01 April 2009.
For more entrant information please contact Dulux Colour Awards, 03 9263 3607.
For further information contact:
Dulux
phone: 13 25 25 (DIY hotline)
13 23 77 (trade painters, protective coatings applicators)
web: www.dulux.com.au
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