The Vancouver Home + Design Show is on the hunt for the next big name in interior design, thanks to a new partnership with retailer Urban Barn.
With $10,000 in prizes, Urban Barn's Next Top Designer competition challenges creative hopefuls to showcase their signature aesthetic with a Pinterest board.
Professional decorators and designers can enter the challenge at vancouverhomeanddesignshow.com.
Three finalists will be chosen from the Pinterest entries and given a $5,000 budget, plus an assigned style and colour revealed by Urban Barn creative director Sébastien Fauteux.
From there, each finalist will be tasked with designing a living room using products sourced exclusively from Urban Barn.
The three completed designs will be displayed at the Vancouver Home + Design Show, which takes place Oct. 17 to 20 at BC Place, where more than 35,000 consumers will vote for their favourite setting - and one voter will walk away with their design of choice.
The living room design receiving the most votes will be showcased at Urban Barn's flagship South Granville location during the last two weeks of October, with the designer also receiving an exhibitor booth at the 2014 Vancouver Home + Design Show.
"Our design competitions are always a huge hit at the show, and we're getting more creative and having more fun with them every year," said Jill Kivett, show manager for Marketplace Events, producer of the Vancouver Home + Design Show.
Entries will be accepted until Friday, July 19, with finalists chosen throughout the month of August.
