The 2020 Sherwin-Williams Student Design Challenge
Future designers: Enter the Challenge Now!
Click on the button below to start your entry for the 2020 Student Design Challenge.
Entries are accepted through March 15.
What Is the SDC?
The Sherwin-Williams Student Design Challenge (SDC) is a professional competition that celebrates excellence in interior design by students in both residential and commercial categories.
Stand Out and Be Rewarded
Demonstrate your excellence for a chance to win in two interior design categories: residential or commercial.
1st Place
in each category
$2,500 cash prize and featured in STIR® newsletter.
2nd Place
in each category
$1,000 cash prize
3rd Place
in each category
$500 cash prize
Two Facebook Fan Favorite winners (one in each category) will receive a $100 Sherwin-Williams gift card.
$1,000 will be awarded to the design school attended by each first-prize winner.
Free Color Tools for Every Entrant
Every student will receive a FREE ColorSnap® Palette Guide and the 2020 Colormix® Forecast just for entering!
Save These Dates
Mark your calendar — key 2020 contest activities are happening on these dates:
February 1–March 15 2020: The contest will be open for entries
April 2020: Facebook Fan Favorite design winners will be announced
May 2020: Sherwin-Williams SDC 2020 contest winners will be announced
Meet the Judges
Each member of our Judges Panel is a highly respected expert in the field of interior design.
Sue Wadden
Sherwin-Williams Judge
Director of Color Marketing, Sherwin-Williams
Nicole White
Residential Judge
CEO/Principal Designer, Nicole White Designs Interiors
Sven Shockey
Commercial Judge
Vice President/Design Director, SmithGroup
Saman Jamshidi
Texas Tech University
2019 1st Place, Commercial Design
A Medical-Surgical Patient Room
Andre Silvestre
Suffolk University
2019 1st Place, Residential Design
A Symphony in Color
Karine LeBlanc
Université de Moncton
2019 2nd Place, Commercial Design
Le Crabe Bleu
Samantha Kragel
Iowa State University
2019 2nd Place, Residential Design
Wanderer
Gabriela Morales
Thomas Jefferson University
2019 3rd Place, Commercial Design
Museum of Cultural Discovery
You Li
Savannah College of Art and Design
2019 3rd Place, Residential Design
House of Spring
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