Design Emphasis

Student Entry Form

Submit this form by May 1, 2026 to enter your project for Design Emphasis. Submit a SEPARATE form for each project you plan to enter. You must include your instructor’s unique code on each form.

We will email you further project entry instructions within 7 days of receiving your form(s).

The instructions will tell you how to submit additional project entry materials for prescreening. Submit your additional materials NO LATER than May 8, 2026.

Student Information

Instructions for project entry will be emailed within 7 days to the email address you enter here:

Finalist instructions will be emailed after May 15, 2026 to the email address you enter here:

Please enter your permanent mailing address below for mailing post-show materials or information.

Your instructor must give you their unique code as endorsement that you are enrolled in an undergraduate furniture design course at the time the entry is designed. All registrations will be verified.


I plan to enter my project in the following category:

Design Emphasis and IWF reserve the right to move entries into the most appropriate category in the judges’ opinion.


Deadlines:

Submit this form by May 1, 2026
All materials due by May 8, 2026

Prizes to be awarded:

$1,500 – Best of Show
$1,000 – Category Winner
$500 – Category Merit Award
$250 – Category Honorable Mention

IWF and its sponsors reserve the right to photograph projects and participants for use in publicity without compensation and shall not be responsible for any copyright or design infringement. While the design remains the property of the student, commercial transactions should be avoided during the Fair.

For more information, contact Liz Hosp: LCH@iwfatlanta.com.

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