Wayfair Celebrates Winners of 2020 Wayfair Professional Tastemaker Awards
Furniture World News Desk on
8/12/2020
Wayfair Inc., the online destinations for the home, announced the winners of the fifth annual Wayfair Professional Tastemaker Awards, recognizing excellence and innovation in design. This year’s judges, leading interior design editors, Katy Olson from Architectural Digest’s AD PRO and Hadley Keller from House Beautiful; Emmy-winning TV host and expert craftsman Chip Wade; as well as Ariela Kiradjian, co-founder of Boutique & Lifestyle Leaders Association (BLLA) and StayBoutique, carefully evaluated entries based on quality, inspiration and creativity.
After receiving hundreds of submissions for the 2020 contest, one winner was selected for each of the following categories: Most Dramatic Renovation, Best Residential Design, Best Commercial Office Design, Best Accomodations Design, and Best Restaurant or Bar Design.
“We are thrilled to announce this year’s Tastemaker Award recipients, a talented group of professionals working across industries to elevate design and bring a fresh perspective to their clients’ spaces,” said Margaret Lawrence, vice president of Wayfair Professional. “Our judges’ selections were some of our strongest to date and we are incredibly proud to share the work of this newly inducted group of design savants.”
The 2020 Wayfair Professional Tastemaker Award Winners are as follows:
“From a seaside restaurant with a teal floor to a charming resimercial office makeover, our Tastemakers delivered unique designs with both whimsy and practicality,” continued Lawrence. “Our first Most Dramatic Renovation award went to Beyond 702 Interiors’s high-contrast kitchen transformation and, in another first, the Best Accomodations Design award went to a stunning short-term rental with dramatic accent walls by SoSuite.”
Since the inception of the Tastemaker Awards in 2015, thousands of impressive entries have been submitted for consideration, but only 26 designers and firms have been named winners, representing the very best in design and ingenuity. This year’s winners will receive $1,000 to shop across Wayfair Professional and its family of brands, plus promotion of their winning design across key Wayfair Professional marketing channels.
To see all of the winning designs from the 2020 Wayfair Professional Tastemaker Awards, go to: Wayfair.com/Tastemaker_Awards. To sign up for a business account and learn more about Wayfair Professional, visit WayfairProfessional.com.
About Wayfair Professional: Wayfair Professional believes in helping business make good spaces great. Delivering optimum value and convenience through personalized tools and services, the Wayfair Professional program provides business customers a broad range of membership privileges to help build the perfect spaces – no matter the size or industry. The program offers members an expansive selection of products and exclusive savings across thousands of top brands as well as customizable shipping, easy invoicing, dedicated service and more. To enjoy this specialized business shopping experience across Wayfair’s family of retail brands including AllModern, Birch Lane, Joss & Main and Perigold, visit www.wayfairprofessional.com.
About Wayfair: Wayfair believes everyone should live in a home they love. Through technology and innovation, Wayfair makes it possible for shoppers to quickly and easily find exactly what they want from a selection of more than 18 million items across home furnishings, décor, home improvement, housewares and more. Committed to delighting its customers every step of the way, Wayfair is reinventing the way people shop for their homes - from product discovery to final delivery.
The Wayfair family of sites includes:
- Wayfair - All things home, all in one place.
- Joss & Main - Stylish designs to discover daily.
- AllModern - The best of modern, priced for real life.
- Birch Lane - Classic home. Comfortable cost.
- Perigold - The widest-ever selection of luxury home furnishings.
Wayfair generated $11.5 billion in net revenue for the twelve months ended June 30, 2020. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts with operations throughout North America and Europe, the company employs more than 16,200 people.