The IIID Design Excellence Awards 2017, supported by Anchor by Panasonic, recently concluded with a grand awards function – an occasion to celebrate design with designers, at Geoffery Bawa’s Heritance Kandalama, Sri Lanka.
On INSITE editor/colleague, Shamini’s insistence, as I sat to pen down a few lines about IIID Design Excellence Awards 2017, realisation hit me that what the team goes through, in the space of time before the finale, is much like a gestation period. Nine months from start to finish!
While for most, it might appear to be a celebration of design at exotic locations, it also involves a lot of minute planning to make it all work seamlessly and with credibility. The process is tedious, and in a nutshell involves the following:
• Meet with our partners Anchor by Panasonic, understand their expectations, spell out our wish list.
• Fine tune the categories, float online forms, announce the awards, select venues for the juries and the awards.
• Promote the awards at all events across the country, with the NEC and Chairpersons working out innovative methods to publicise and get participation in large numbers from their region.
• The Carefully select the jury, from affiliated design fields, to ensure a balanced representation for all zones.
• Compilation & categorisation of all online entries.
• Zonal jury- with a panel of 20 jury members from across the country, 5 for each of the 4 zones, with a practitioner as the jury lead.
• The much awaited open jury- project defence- to an esteemed jury for the coveted awards.
• Plan for the celebration at a design destination.
• The Grand Finale – a true celebration with Awardees, Jury and Executive Members of IIID.
• Conceive the capsule and air the awards on national television.
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