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IDS Opens Registration for Virtual Awards Gala
November 10,
2021 by Laurie Northington in Business Strategy, Designer Weekly, Industry 
The Interior Design Society (IDS) will celebrate its Designer of the Year award winners in an entertaining virtual gala, hosted on November 10, 2021 at 8 p.m. EST. The virtual gala is open to the public and will feature special celebrity appearances.
The 30+ Designer of the Year categories were judged by an esteemed judging panel:
- Keith Baltimore, Baltimore Design Group
- Chelsie Butler, Kitchen and Bath Business
- Iantha Carley, Iantha Interiors
- Jane Dagmi, Designers Today
- Sophie Donelson
- Dennese Guadeloupe Rojas, Interiors by Design
- Ili Hidalgo-Nilsson, Terracotta Design Build
- Susan Inglis, Sustainable Furnishings Council
- Susan Jones, Furniture, Lighting & Decor
- Ashley Kaminski, American Furniture Warehouse
- Emily Kantz, Sherwin-Williams
- Margi Kyle, The Designing Doctor, LLC
- Andrea Lillo, Bridge Tower Media
- Molly Mays, Rizzy Home
- Denise McGaha, Denise McGaha Interiors
- Jaye Mize, Fashion Snoops
- Camila Pavone, Effortless Style Interiors
- Stephanie Plymale, Heritage School of Interior Design
- Michael Reper, Nest Portland
- Andrea Samuels, Heritage School of Interior Design
- Aviva Stanoff
- Suly Weissman, Thermador
- Sydney Wells, Theodore Alexander
To attend the virtual awards gala, register on the IDS website at interiordesignsociety.org/gala.