Since 2008, the Designer of the Year Awards (DOTY) has been known as an annual event that recognizes exceptional and dynamic interior designers in Malaysia. Hosted by Designer Concept magazine, DOTY Awards was initiated to honour local interior designers and their creations with the highest degree of recognition, for their creativity and turning ideas into reality. Today, DOTY Awards has become the highest benchmark for excellence and quality in the interior design industry, which is also accepted globally.
Through the annual DOTY Awards, Designer Concept aims to publicly recognize outstanding local interior designers and to provide them with a healthy, professional platform to showcase their work as part of its efforts in developing the Malaysian interior design industry. All interior designers and interior design firms that are locally registered are qualified to participate in this competition.
Decked in an elegant all-black theme, Designer Concept magazine – the organiser of the Designer of the Year Awards (DOTY) 2017 – celebrated victories with award-winning interior design firms at RUYI & LYN Restaurant & Lounge. With ELYZA’S® as this year’s official partner, the prestigious award ceremony marked another milestone in the local interior design scene as local and international designers, architects, industry players as well as lifestyle leaders came together in unison for a memorable night filled with quality and creativity.
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- Best Interior Design (Commercial)
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- Best Interior Design (Residential)
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- Best Interior Design (Show House)
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- Rising Star Award
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- Lifetime Achievement Award
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- Asia’s Most Influential Designer Award
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- Asia’s Most Prestigious Design Award
An annual event that has proven to be an award of significance to the interior design field, DOTY 2017 ran with the tagline “The Infinity”, which inherently echoed each interior designer’s undying passion and continual efforts of inspiring a better future through design. Besides adding in five winners into the Best Interior Design (Commercial) category, DOTY 2017 was also proud to introduce four new award categories, namely the Lifetime Achievement Award, Asia’s Most Influential Designer Award, Asia’s Most Prestigious Design Award and Best Product Design Award.
