Competition “Furniture Manufacturer of the Year”
UAFM announces the сompetition “FURNITURE MANUFACTURER OF THE YEAR” – it can be YOU!
Dates: October 20, 2021 – January 20, 2022
Target audience: participants of the furniture industry of Ukraine.
The purpose of the competition: to mark the companies-participants of UAFM, to promote the brand FURNITURE OF UKRAINE.
Announcement of results and award ceremony: March 25, 2021
Competition nominations:
- Furniture masterpiece (6 prizes, can be attended by companies that make the subject design, custom furniture or designers with the sold subject)
Categories:
- upholstered furniture
- kitchen
- cabinet furniture
- tables and chairs
- office furniture
- smart furniture
2. Serial furniture bestseller (6 prizes, companies that produce serial furniture can participate)
Categories:
- upholstered furniture
- kitchen
- cabinet furniture
- tables and chairs
- office furniture
- smart furniture
3. Project of the year (3 prizes, companies that make furniture for project orders can take part)
Categories:
- offices
- HoReCa (hotels, restaurants, cafes)
- living quarters
4. Art – object (3 prizes, companies that make lighting and decor items can participate)
5. Reliable partner of the year (3 prizes, companies that provide services and goods for furniture makers (designers, suppliers, retailers, logistics and IT companies, specialized media and business schools) can participate.
6. Manufacturer of the Year (1 prize place in each segment: small, medium and large business, all members of UAM who are manufacturers of ready-made furniture can participate).
Total winners of the competition: 24 companies.
Evaluation and selection of winners will take place by voting of an independent jury consisting of:
- Vitaly Ivakhov, 100% Interior
- Kateryna Tereshchenko, NumoBuro
- Sviatoslav Amelin, MebelOk
- Dmytro Medyanyk, European School of Design
- General partner of the FURNITURE OF THE YEAR 2022 competition
- Oksana Donska, Member of the Board of the Ukrainian Furniture Manufacturers Association, Head of the Furniture of Ukraine Business Expo
- Svetlana Zaburanna, DesignMe
- Sergey Zaburanny, DesignMe
- Igor Parubsky, House and Interior
Voting rules:
- Each member of the jury assigns from 1 to 5 points to each criterion in one work, where the grade “1” is the lowest score, and the grade “5” is the highest.
Thus, from one member of the jury one work can receive from 5 to 25 points.
One work as a result of voting of all members of the jury can receive from 45 to 225 points.
Only works that were implemented in 2020-2021, with high quality photographs, with clearly filled information about the subject and project are accepted.
- In the 5-6 nomination, voting participants will select and nominate companies independently by voting in Google form. The evaluation and selection of the winners will take place by counting the votes of the counting commission consisting of UAFM employees and certification by the competition jury.
Jury members vote from January 25 to February 4, 2022.
The results of the voting will be announced among the members of the jury on February 5, 2022.
The official award ceremony and announcement of results will take place on March 25, 2022.
1. To apply for the №1 “Furniture Masterpiece” nomination, please fill out the form: Furniture Masterpiece
2. To apply for the №2 “Serial Furniture Bestseller” nomination, please fill out the form: Serial Furniture Bestseller
3. To apply for the №3 “Project of the Year” nomination, please fill out the form: Project of the Year
4. To apply for the №4 Art Object nomination, please fill out the form: Art Object
5. To vote for nominations 5-6, please fill out the form: Nominations 5-6
We wish everyone success!
