JDA AWARDS 2025, aims to recognize & showcase outstanding home-grown Johor/Malaysia interior design talents with the objectives as below:

• To raise the professional standards of the local interior design industry through a healthy competition.

• To create awareness for JIDA as an accessible platform beneficial for industry players to join

• To position itself as a Major Industry networking event that connects & collaborates with industry partners.

• Open to any design professional with a registered company in Malaysia.

• Entries are encouraged from individuals, partnerships, team work and those working in larger practices.

• Multiple entries are permitted from the same design professional. This will involve a separate submission and entry fee.

• Entries outside of Johor state yet within Malaysia are acceptable.

Registration:

• Go to JIDA DESIGN AWARDS webpage (https://jdaawards.com.my/) Submission Guide page

• Read & follow the submission guide information to submit your entry form

• Kindly contact us for any queries regarding the registration via email to: jidadesignaward@gmail.com.

• You must submit 8-12 photo (not visualizations or 3d rendering) of your projects in high AND low resolution formats.

• FOR “STUDENT” CATEGORY: you are allowed to submit visualizations or 3d rendering.

• To use the highest JPG or JPEG quality settings available.

• To ensure the images are displayed in order of importance. Label 01 of 08, 02 of 08 etc accordingly.

• You will remain anonymous during the judging process. Name of design firms will not appear with images, floor plans, or any written and support materials.

High resolution Images:

• To submit JPG or JPEG images that are at least 300 dpi resolution or 3500 pixels wide, with a file size of no larger than 20MB each.

Low Resolution Images:
• To submit JPG or JPEG images that are at least 100 dpi resolution or 1980 pixels wide, with a file size of no larger than 3MB each.

Plan & Elevation

• You are required to submit furniture layout plan of your project in PDF format, with a file size of no larger than 10MB each.

• Once you have completed the compilation of drawings, you may pay and submit the project.

• Every entry is charged at RM400 for JIDA member; RM550 for non-JIDA members; It is free for students.

• entry fee payment:

Stripe:
Bank in your fee by using Stripe.

• By entering this competition, the applicant confirms that they have obtained their clients’written approval to enter and for any resultant of publicity. In case of residential in particular, the client’s name and the project address will not be published. Specific information about project budgets will not be released for publication.

• By entering, the applicant (if not the practice principal) confirms that they have obtained the authority of the principal to enter the competition, including for any resultant publicity.

• The organizer does not make any claims on copyright or intellectual property of the designs entered other than the rights outlined in the following paragraph. By entering the competition, the applicant agrees to absolve the Organizer from any liability relating to confidentiality or intellectual issues that may be raised by any party.

• The organizer reserves the right to exhibit or publish any or all the entries. By entering the competition, the applicants or owner gives permission to the Organizer to publish, exhibit and promote the content of the submission (except, in the case of residential interiors, when the client’s name and the projects address will not be published).

• In all promotional activities, the Organizer will endeavor to promote the name of the design firm/s and, where the Organizer is made aware of their names and to the extent that the Organizer can exert editorial control, photographers will be acknowledged. All finalists must be prepared to submit further details for exhibitions and publications if required, such as additional photograph, drawings, and other information.

• Applicant acknowledges that the Organizer has the right to reproduce materials in whole or part without payment of release or licensing fees to the holder of publication rights or copyright.

• An entry shall be excluded from the event:
(a) If it is received after the advertised closing date
(b) If it does not fulfill entry terms and conditions.
(c) If it is incomplete or does not conform to the above.

• The Organizer is committed to providing a fair, ethical & competitive platform for all design professionals, ensuring high standard of outcome. The Organizer will make every attempt to ensure accuracy, currency and reliability of the information included in our publication. However, changes in the content and process may become necessary at the absolute discretion of the Organizer. The Organizer accepts no liability for any use of the said content or reliance placed upon it.

• Entries submission: 27 December 2025
• Entries deadline: 20 February 2025
• Shortlisting of entries (top 5 finalist): 7 March 2025
• Award Ceremony & GALA Dinner: 25 April 2025

notes:
• The entry & entry fee cannot be withdrawn.
• Interviews, photoshoots or other productions (if any) must comply with the allocated timeline given for each of these production works. Failure to do so may result in replacement of allocation to the next person in line.

• creativity: does the design portray originality in its execution?

• efficiency: does the design offer practicality and have the ability to drive commercial value?

• comfort: does the design facilitate the ease of use for its inhabitants?

• sustainability: does the design possesses the ability to transcend time?

• material & detailing: does the choice of material & application of detailing reflects good understanding of material and its context?

• purpose: does the design fits its purpose? Does it successfully fulfil the intended needs?

• color: does it create harmonious color palette and balance between selected colors? Does it implement creative us of colors to produce a prominent design?

1) Best Residential Design – High-rise (Apartments, penthouses etc.)

2) Best Residential Design – Landed (Private houses, terrace, cluster, semi-d, bungalows etc.)

3) Best Workplace Design (Offices, SOHO, Co-working spaces etc. )

4) Best Retail Design (Shopping centres, department stores, retail outlets, shops, pop-up stores etc.)

5) Best F&B /Entertainment Design (Cafes, Bars, Restaurants, karaoke etc.)

6) Best Hospitality Design (Services – Hotels, SPA, Wellness Centers, Medical Centre’s Clubs, Cinemas)

7) Best 3D Conceptual Design

8) Best Emerging Designer (student)

9) * The Best of the Best Design *

Johor Interior Designers’ Association (JIDA)
HP: JIDA secretariat 019-717 7096
Email: jidadesignaward@gmail.com
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Web: jida.com.my