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Boston – Home furnishings and décor online retailer Wayfair Inc. is launching its first ever Trade Tastemaker Awards , which it created to honor the top emerging talent in interior design across a range of aesthetics.
Wayfair will name one design professional as the 2015 Designer of the Year and recognize one top designer in each of the following categories: Rising Star, Best Design Innovator, Best Use of Color, Best Design Solution, and Best Commercial Space.
Three industry celebrities — Candice Olson, Jeffrey Alan Marks and Windsor Smith – will make up the panel of judges.
The Trade Tastemaker Awards are open to credentialed interior designers who register as members of Wayfair’s Trade Services program. Entrants may submit their work for consideration by uploading images to the Designer Photo Gallery by February 8. Wayfair will announce the Designer of the Year and accompanying categories in March at a reception with the judging panel.
“Wayfair’s Designer Photo Gallery offers unique access to professional home design projects and allows us to watch as talented designers emerge and shape the home space,” noted Jessica Dowling, head of trade services at Wayfair.
