ASID Illinois Chapter Honors Chicago’s Top Designers at Design Excellence Awards
2024 Winners Recognized at the Celebration of Design
CHICAGO (Sept. 19, 2024) – On Thursday, Sept. 19, the Illinois Chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID-IL) held its annual Celebration of Design and Design Excellence Awards. The 2024 Design Excellence Award winners were announced during the celebration at the Worklife Meetings at theMart.
ASID-IL President Lisa McManus discussed the important role of design, designers, and ASID in positively impacting the built environment and the human experience.
The Design Excellence Awards recognized design professionals who are either members of ASID or IIDA Illinois Chapters, as well as registered interior designers in the state of Illinois. Designers submitted their entries in over 46 categories, including residential, contract, and product design.
A panel of distinguished interior design professionals from other ASID chapters across the country reviewed the entries and selected category winners based on lighting, scale and proportion, color and composition, design creativity, function, and solutions appropriate to the design criteria. All entrants also included an IMPACT statement—an explanation of how the project affected the users’ lives or livelihoods.
Event sponsors included Presenting Sponsors theMART and Artist Frame Service, Modern Luxury Interiors Chicago, Moen, Vicostone, Sherwin Williams, Apex Wood Floors, Mosaicos Tiles, and Matt Mansueto Photography. Modern Luxury Interiors Chicago served as the event’s exclusive luxury media partner.
Design Excellence Award Winners:
- Contract Under 3,000 SF - Rieke Interiors
- Contract 3,000-10,000 SF - Rieke Interiors
- Contract Over 10,000 SF - AECOM
- Healthcare - Eckenhoff Saunders
- Residential Home Office - Searl Lamaster Howe
- Kitchen - Tom Stringer Design Partners
- Kitchen by Small Firm - Relic Design LLC
- Bath - Sarah Jacquelyn Interiors
- Bath by Small Firm - Interiors by Francesca / Yamini Designs
- Residence Under 3,000 SF - Tom Stringer Design Partners
- Residence Over 3,000 SF - Tom Stringer Design Partners
- Residence by Small Firm - Brianne Bishop Design
- Showcase Space - Brianne Bishop Design
- Living Room/Family Room Design - Kadlec Architecture & Design
- Dining Room Design - Sarah Jacquelyn Interiors
- Bedroom Design - Kadlec Architecture & Design
- Foyers & Hallways - Searl Lamaster Howe
- Historic Restoration Contract or Residential - Bellehaven Designs, Inc.
- Unique Spaces (Stairs, Elevator, Lobby, Coffee Bar, Kids Playrooms) - Rieke Interiors
- Custom Millwork Details - Sarah Jacquelyn Interiors
- Best Retro Design (10-40 yrs old) - Fowles Design
- Multi-Family Amenity Space - FitzGerald
- Custom Textile - Sarah Jacquelyn Interiors
- Surfaces - Treatments for Walls, Countertops, and/or Ceilings - Maya Romanoff
- Specialty Art and Framing - Sarah Jacquelyn Interiors
- Student Residential Project - Norah Sullivan, Student ASID
- Student Commercial Project - Angela Rundo, Student ASID
- Student Kitchen or Bath Project - Norah Sullivan, Student ASID
- Rising Star - Bianka Daehler, Allied ASID
- Advocate of the Year - Ed Hanlon, ASID
- Member of Distinction - Lori Lennon, ASID
Looking ahead, the ASID-IL invites all design professionals to prepare for the upcoming 2025 Design Excellence Awards. Submission details will be announced in 2025, and we encourage designers to showcase their innovative projects and impactful designs. Stay tuned for more information!
About ASID-IL: The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) is a community of people—designers, industry representatives, educators, and students—committed to interior design. Through education, knowledge sharing, advocacy, community building, and outreach, the Society strives to advance the interior design profession and, in the process, to demonstrate and celebrate the power of design to positively change people’s lives. Its more than 19,000 members engage in a variety of professional programs and activities through a network of 46 chapters throughout the United States and Canada.
The American Society of Interior Designers - Illinois Chapter (ASID-IL) is a professional association representing the interests of more than 650 Illinois interior designers, students, and design industry partner members. Its vision is to be the voice of design in Illinois, to provide information through quality, timely communications, to educate its members and clients, and to grow and support market expansion. ASID-IL is led by a volunteer board that includes the Chapter's president, president-elect, five directors, and a student representative. Please visit http://il.asid.org/ for more information.
Media Contact: Janel Hyland, ASID-IL Chapter Administrator
Administrator@il.asid.org
312.467.5080
Photographs from Matt Mansueto Photography