IDC awards
IDC Awards honour and celebrate the outstanding work and accomplishments of our community of interior designers, students, and industry partners. Each year, IDC hosts an Awards Celebration where winners are recognized. Winning projects and products are showcased during the event, highlighting the innovation, creativity, and impact of the work. Award recipients are also featured across IDC’s website and social media channels, providing additional visibility and recognition within the design community and beyond.
Value of Design Award (VODA)
VODA shines a spotlight on Canadian interior designers by providing a forum to showcase the benefits of design thinking: an empathetic, inventive, and iterative process focused on the human experience within interior spaces.
This award demonstrates the positive human and business impact of design thinking for the people and companies who hire a professional interior designer. By measuring the benefits and outcomes of design, IDC is showcasing the true value of design in Canada and beyond our borders.
Discover past VODA award-winning projects.
VODA Applications Now Open:
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Discounted price: $245 + HST (with code)
Regular price: $295 +HST
Deadline: May 8, 2026, 12 p.m. ET
Innovation in Design Thinking: IDC Student Competition
Established in 2021, the IDC Student Competition provides students with a national platform to demonstrate the value of interior design and illustrate the positive impact design has on the users of the spaces, supported by evidence-based research.
The potential of design to positively change and add value to our lives is the focus of this recognition. As designers, we are trained to use design thinking processes to better understand the people for whom we are designing.
Discover past Student Competition winners.
Innovation in Design Thinking: IDC Student Competition Applications Now Open:
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No submission fee.
Deadline: May 8, 2026, 12 p.m. ET
Innovation Awards
Exclusively for IDC Industry Partners, the Innovation Awards program was established in 1984 to honour excellence in product design and new showroom creativity. Partners are eligible to submit entries for multiple products.
Innovation Award submissions must address multiple criteria, including problem-solving, budget, strategy, environmental responsiveness, sustainability, and marketing objectives.
Innovation Award applications will open in April.
IDC Legacy Award, Fellows, Scholarships, and Bursaries
- IDC Legacy Award for Distinguished Service
The IDC Legacy Award for Distinguished Service is the most prestigious individual award presented by IDC. The recipient of this award exemplifies outstanding service and dedication to IDC and more broadly to the interior design community in Canada. The award honours the individuals, companies or institutions that are recognized as being trailblazers to the design community nationally.
. - IDC Fellows
IDC Fellows are currently, or were previously, Registered or Full members who have been nominated and approved by the Board of Management. View the full list of IDC Fellows.
Nominate individuals in your communities who have made a significant contribution to the Association, through distinguished service to the betterment of IDC, the interior design profession, or the applied arts. Download guide and submit nomination..
. - IDC Honorary Membership
Honorary Membership may be granted to individuals who are not interior designers by profession but have made notable and outstanding contributions to the profession and the interior design community.
. - Wayne Thomson Scholarship
The Wayne Thomson Scholarship is awarded annually to one or more candidates under financial hardship who have recently completed the IDFX, IDPX and are eligible for or have completed the practicum for the NCIDQ. Applicants must be fully-qualified intern/provisional members of their provincial interior design association.
. - Robert Ledingham Scholarship
The Robert Ledingham Scholarship is awarded annually to one or more candidates who have recently been accepted, or who are currently enrolled (within their first year of study) in graduate school at the master’s or doctorate level.
. - BYU Design Bursary
Created in 2014 by IDC and Bob’s Your Uncle (BYU) Design, owned by IDC Fellow, past-president and Registered interior designers Ada Bonini and Cheryl Broadhead, the BYU Design Bursary is awarded annually to one or more emerging professionals who, for reasons of financial hardship, are unable to join their provincial interior design association as an Intern/Provisional member.
