Rules and Regulations

TO PARTICIPATE, PLEASE CAREFULLY FOLLOW THE 2 STEPS DESCRIBED BELOW:

• The competition is primarily open to young interior architects, decorators, and interior designers over 8 years old.
• In 2024, the competition was rewarded by the Grand Prix Design Parade Toulon Van Cleef & Arpels. The 10 candidates also compete for the Visual Merchandising Prize awarded by CHANEL and the National Furniture Prize.
• Collective applications (maximum of 2 people) are accepted but not favored.
• The proposed project(s) for the competition must not have been presented in any cultural institution in France or at any European trade fair.
• We encourage you to create original projects.
• Projects that have already been presented, such as school projects, will not be favored.

COMPETITION THEME

The competition consists of a style exercise: the design, primarily, of a living room in a villa on the Mediterranean coast.

ASSISTANCE AND PARTNERSHIPS

The project must be feasible with a budget of 1,500 euros including tax. Candidates can use a selection of materials, furniture, and objects made available by the Festival’s partners. A connection will be made after the selections. Candidates can find additional partners for their projects and benefit from the assistance of their governments (embassies, foundations, etc.) and ideas for their decor (allied companies, antique dealers, etc.). The counterparts must be validated in advance by Villa Noailles. If your project is selected, the Villa Noailles also provides a selection of objects and works created by former laureates and friends of its Festivals: photographs, furniture, objects (E. & R. Bouroullec, Normal Studio, B. Pot, J.B. Fastrez, C. Guisset…). The Festival covers the transportation of furniture and objects from Paris. The Festival covers accommodation in Toulon, transportation (from the accommodation to the exhibition venue), and meals for the selected candidates during the installation and Festival only.

STEP 1

REGISTER ONLINE BEFORE JANUARY 31, 2025

• Fill out the online form here 👈
  For joint applications, please fill out only one form per pair.
• Validate your application by sending a PDF dossier of maximum 13 pages (maximum 8 MB) to interiordesigncompetition@villanoailles.com, which must primarily include:
  3 pages illustrating your previous work as a portfolio (these works will not be presented for the competition). Specify “Portfolio” on these 3 pages.
  3 pages minimum to present the project, illustrating the project competing for the Grand Prix, including intent text, drawings, technical plans, images of the prototype. Specify “Design Parade Toulon 8” on these pages.
• Name the dossier.pdf as follows: firstname_lastname.pdf (e.g., pierre_duval.pdf)
• Save and print the email received during your registration, which you will include in step 2.

STEP 2
ASSEMBLE AND SEND YOUR PAPER APPLICATION
BEFORE FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Only if you have received an email confirming that your application has been preselected.

Your application MUST include:

• The dossier corresponding to the one previously submitted by email, printed in A3 format and preferably with original drawings (minimal 3D), all bearing your first and last name.
• For the fourth Visual Merchandising Prize awarded by CHANEL, you will be invited to create a window display project (1mx1mx60cm, size subject to change) during the installation. The theme will be communicated to you following your selection, inspired by the concepts of space, balance, and luxury, and evoking the spirit and codes of the CHANEL House. These window display projects will be exhibited at the former bishopric of Toulon until November 2025. Please include an image or illustration of your initial intentions.
• A letter of motivation and a CV regarding your education and activities in interior architecture only.
• A printed copy of the email received during your online registration in A4 format.

Applications considered the most aesthetically pleasing and precise will be favored (model, photos, drawings).