As long as I've represented designers, contractors, furniture manufacturers, and architects, one of the main professed goals of almost each and every one of these clients has been to get into Architectural Digest in some capacity. The magazine's reach and influence is legendary - but the collection of designers and projects that it publishes to date has been an intentionally exclusive and cloistered club - one into which very few gain entry.
So naturally I was quite intrigued when I saw that the AD website has now launched a rather egalitarian design contest. More than 150 reader rooms have been submitted and are now being voted on. According to AD, the images are being divided up at random into groups of 10 and are being posted this and next week. The winner will be announced on July 31st - no telling what they win, other than exposure on the website - which in and of itself is its own prize.
So far the entries range from professionally designed rooms to kitchy, fun spaces that could only have been created by light hearted homeowners.
