Competition: celebrate the beauty of wool

Earlier this year, designers including Kit Kemp, Ashley Hicks, Josephine Ryan and Fox Linton Associates explored the possibilities of wool in the home when they created a series of rooms at Somerset House in London for The Campaign for Wool’s showcase Wool House.

Now, BIID is supporting Homes and Gardens and The Campaign For Wool in a competition to demonstrate your design skills using this cosseting, practical and sustainable material. Winners will have their designs brought to life in the magazine and each will receive a selection of luxury wool prizes worth over £1,000.

Entrants will design a living room to celebrate the beauty of wool, using wool for as much of the scheme as possible, including flooring, textiles and accessories.

Entrants can compete in one of three categories: Professional, Non-Professional, and Student.

THE PRIZES

Living rooms based on the three winning entries will be photographed and published in the April 2014 issue of Homes & Gardens. Each winner will receive a Brintons rug worth up to £1,000 and a Campaign for Wool luxury wool gift hamper.

THE DESIGNS

Your living room will be designed to celebrate the beauty of wool, so as much of the scheme as possible, including flooring, textiles and accessories, should consist of wool.

Your entry must include:

• A drawing, using the living room floorplan, above, that shows key items of furniture in the room.

• A moodboard with suggestions for furniture, flooring and wall treatments (paint, wallpaper or fabric) with curtains and/or blinds. The moodboard can be very simple and consist of swatches and/or photos of the items that make up your scheme.

• Entries for the Student category must include a Brintons rug, rugs-by-brintons.co.uk.

TWO WAYS TO ENTER

Please specify your name, email address, contact phone number and the category you are entering, and include your floorplan and moodboard.

• By post Send your entry to Kate Laurence, Homes & Gardens Wool Competition, Southbank Marketing, Blue Fin Building, 110 Southwark Street, London SE1 0SU.

• Digitally Email your entry, or a link to your entry if it is hosted on a website, to hgcontactus@ipcmedia.com.

The closing date is 8 November 2013. Competition winners will be contacted by 15 November.

TERMS & CONDITIONS

This competition is open to all UK and ROI residents over the age of 18 as at 8/11/13. Submissions close at midnight on 08/11/13. Entries must be submitted as stated. Postal entries cannot be returned. Entries must be the original idea and creation of participants. There will be three winners. The winners shall not use or copy the design submitted without the permission of IPC. IPC cannot accept responsibility for entries that are lost, late or not received for any reason. Proof of posting or sending is not proof of receipt. Cost of postage and packaging is the responsibility of entrants. Entry instructions form part of the rules. By submitting an entry, participants consent to IPC using their personal data and design for the purposes relating to and arising from this competition. The winner must be prepared to co-operate with publicity arising as a result of winning the competition. The judges will choose a winner from entries received. The winner will be notified on or before 15 November 2013. The three winning designs will be interpreted and produced by IPC to feature in the April 2014 issue of H&G and winners will each receive a rug from Brintons worth up to £1,000, plus a luxury wool gift hamper. The prize is accepted as offered. There can be no alternative awards, upgrades, cash or otherwise. The judges’ decision is final. No correspondence or any other communication will be entered into. All rights to the winner’s designs will belong exclusively to IPC and will not be returned. IPC has the right to use the design, including without limitation copying and changing the design, as it deems appropriate; this includes national and international usage. IPC reserves the right to contact all participants about the competition. This competition is not open to employees of IPC, The Campaign for Wool, Brintons or their associated, affiliated or subsidiary companies, and their families, agents, or anyone connected with this competition, including any third party promotional partners. IPC reserves the right to amend the terms and conditions or to terminate this. This competition is run by IPC Media Limited (Company No: 53626), Blue Fin Building, 110 Southwark Street, London SE1 0SU and is subject to IPC’s standard competition terms and conditions, see ipcmedia.com/standard-competition-terms.