It’s Time to Enter the 2026 Design Awards
Author:Lindsey ShookIt’s time to enter your latest and greatest projects to the annual California Home+Design Awards, sponsored by All Natural Stone and Gaggenau—the presenting partner of the Kitchen Design category. We invite all design professionals to submit their most recent California-based project or projects for consideration. One winner will be selected from each of the categories listed below.
Deadline for entry is MONDAY NOVEMBER 24, 2025 at 5pm PST.
-Residential Interior Design
-Residential Architecture
-Landscape Design
-New Product Design
-Showcase House Design
-Kitchen Design presented by Gaggenau
-Bathroom Design
-Restaurant Design
-Commercial Office Design
-Hotel Design
-Wine Country Residential Design
-Winery Design
-Emerging Designer
-Design Icon
Design professionals with projects based in California—in the fields of interior design, architecture, landscape architecture, garden design and product design are eligible. To be considered, projects must be completed between Nov. 1, 2023 and Nov. 1, 2025 and must be submitted as entire projects only (excluding Product, Showcase House, Home Office, Emerging and Kitchen or Bath Design categories). Projects that have previously been published in the print edition of California Home+Design are not eligible.
ELIGIBILITY
We offer designers the opportunity to submit their entry online. There are three steps to the process:
1. Complete a payment for your submission (one per project, per category) via the VENMO payment information below, and take note of the email address and/or username that you used to make the payment for your submission.
2. Create a DROPBOX link to a master file containing the following items:
-A project brief that summarizes the project in 150 words or less. The brief must clearly state the single category you are entering in addition to your firm name and contact information.
-A list of all products and vendors used in the project.
-10-15 Low-resolution images of the project being submitted (JPEG files should be 100 dpi at 5 by 7 inches). 3-4 images of a product, is sufficient.
-The right to publish all submitted photography, cleared in writing with the photographer(s) by the entrant.
-A confirmation of the $350 processing payment to California Home+Design via VENMO (a screen grab of the confirmation page or a transaction ID number is fine).
3. Email the link with the file (one email per project, per category) containing these items to info@chdmedia.com. The subject line must include the Firm or Designer Name, Awards Category Name and Project Name in order to be considered. Sample format: First/Last, Landscape Design, Hilltop Home.
You will receive email confirmation within ten business days of submitting your entry. Emailed submissions that do not match up to a Venmo payment email address will be considered incomplete and will not be eligible for judging.
-All entries must be received by Monday, November 24, 2025 at 5pm PST
–WINNERS ONLY, will be notified by December 19, 2025
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