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Design Emphasis – Student Registration Form

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

We will email you 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
- First Name * Enter first name
- Last Name * Enter last name
- Phone Number Enter Phone Number
- Instructions for project entry will be emailed within 7 days to the email address you enter here:
- Email * Enter email
- Finalist instructions will be emailed after May 15, 2026 to the email address you enter here:
- Email * Enter email
- Please enter your permanent mailing address below for mailing post show materials or information.
- Permanent Street Address * Enter address
- Permanent Street Address 2 Enter address 2
- City * Enter city
- State * Enter state
- Postal Code * Enter postal code
- 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.
- School * Enter School
- Instructor’s Name * Enter instructor name
- Instructor Code * Enter instructor code
I plan to enter my project in the following category:
- Seating
- Case Goods
- Accent Furniture / Accent Tables
- Commercial / Office / Hospitality Furniture
- Design Creativity
Design Emphasis and IWF reserve the right to move entries into the most appropriate category in the judges’ opinion.
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- IWF Network News newsletter
- Emails and promotional material distributed by IWF regarding IWF events
- Emails and promotional material distributed by affiliated exhibitors and vendors/business partners of IWF about their products and services
Terms * Please acknolwedge terms
- You acknowledge that IWF will collect the information you provide as part of the registration process in accordance with the IWF Privacy Policy. IWF will email any registrants about the event for which they have registered. For more information about the information we are collecting and how it will be used, see our privacy policy.

Submit Registration

Please correct errors noted in the field(s) above. After correcting, please click Submit again.

Thank you for registering your project for IWF Design Emphasis!

Expect an email from IWF with additional project entry instructions within 7 days.

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 at LCH@iwfatlanta.com.