Daltile is teaming up with the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) Foundation to sponsor a new scholarship program benefiting interior design students. The Daltile Interior Design Scholarship, presented by the ASID Foundation, features a design competition offering a total of $50,000 in awards.
“We are honored to partner with Daltile on this generous scholarship,” said Michael Alin, Hon. FASID, executive director of the ASID Foundation. “Daltile’s commitment to promoting young designers through creativity and scholarship provides a great opportunity to formally recognize and reward design excellence and talent while broadening the number of scholarships available to interior design students through the ASID Foundation.”
”The ASID Foundation does so much to advance the cause of education and excellence in the interior design industry, and we are proud to be supporting them in those efforts,” said Lori Kirk-Rolley, senior marketing director for Daltile. ”Our goal for this scholarship is not only to help students pay for their education, but to inspire them to be more imaginative in their approach to design.”
Winners of the scholarship will be chosen based on a design competition in which they must create an original room design inspired by an artistic movement or a specific work of art. The designs must also creatively use Daltile products in the room.
The grand-prize winner of the competition will receive a $10,000 scholarship, have their displayed in the Daltile exhibit at Surfaces 2012 and be Daltile’s guest at the Surfaces show, held January 24-26, 2012, in Las Vegas.
First-, second- and third-prize winners will each receive a $5,000 scholarship, and 10 merit winners will each receive $2,500 in scholarships. To fund the scholarship, Daltile will contribute a percentage of the sales of its top-selling products specified for qualifying installations. To qualify, projects must be a minimum of 1,000 sq. ft. and must be registered by the designer, architect or contractor associated with the project.
The competition begins August 1, 2011, and entries are due by Oct. 15, 2011. For information about the Daltile Interior Design Scholarship presented by the ASID Foundation, go to www.daltile.com/scholarship.
Image features Daltile’s Valais field tile on the floor. Wall features Biscotti/Chianti Interlocking accent.
