Do you want to enter the fantastic world of design? Then you’re at the right contest!

My name is Piper Stone, and I’ll be your host for Sims 2 Top Design: Cycle One.

Our goal is to find a top designer from unknowns. So step it up a notch, and come design with us!

Rules

~Follow all S2C rules and guidelines.
~All designs MUST BE YOUR OWN.
~All entries must be totally complete by the time set in the round description.
~All genders and races welcome, but your Sim must be an Adult.
~If you have to drop out, PM me ahead of time if possible.
~No sore losers!
~No simmerizing, sim stealing, etc.
~Sims already in other contests are welcome.
~Some rounds will require an honor system, see the ‘Rounds’ section for more details.
~Photoshop or some other editing software is a good thing.

Please provide the following, so we can get to know you.
~One headshot of your designer.
~Show us around your office, be it a home office or an office outside your home.
~Show us around a room you’ve designed, be it a client’s room or one in your own home.
~Tell us about you! Answer the following questions:
What’s your name?
Your occupation?
Your age?
Where are you from?
How did you start designing?
How do you describe your personal design style?
~And finally, show us you in your bedroom!

No eliminations. This is kind of a ‘get to know you’ round.
This round will require the honor system. Design a loft on less than 500,000 Simoleans. Floorplan is provided. Eliminations start here. Judging will be based on creativity on a budget, ability to follow directions, and your confession question.
No budget for this round. You'll be given some information, and asked to design from there. Floorplan provided. After the round is over, your client will be revealed to you, as well as what they think of your design. Judging will be based on creativity, how well you listented to your client, how well you met the client’s needs, and your confession question.
This round will require the honor system. You'll be given a set of multiples to design a single big kid room for, all on less than 10,000 Simoleans. Floor plans will be provided. You’ll be given genders for your set of multiples (no more than 4), and you'll get free reign from there. Judging will be based on creativity, how well you did on the budgeting, and your confession questions.
No budget for this round. You’ll be given a family to redesign a home for. Floorplan will be provided. You’ll learn a little about your family, and design them a brand new home. Judging will be based on overall design of the home, how well you worked within the layout, how well you listened to your clients, manuverability within the design, and your final confession.

All rounds will require an overhead shot of each room, as well as at least 4 close shots of the room, with a limit of 6 close shots. They will all also require a shot of your designer in the room. Rooms with a budget will require an estimate of how much you spent. I will tell you how much walls and BASIC FLOORING cost you, subtract from there. Remember, this is the honor system, so I won’t be checking up after you, but I expect you to be honest. All rounds will have a confessional, photos optional for those.

I am in the US. I am on CENTRAL STANDARD TIME. All rounds will end no later than 10 PM my time. If you need a REASONABLE extension, please let me know.

Prizes

• Do not post replies and/or contest applications before the contest host has checked in on this thread, or your post will be deleted.
  
• DO NOT WRITE USELESS POSTS like "Hey cool contest, I think I might join." Reserve type posts and useless posts about coming back with an application will be deleted.

This post will contain the contestant list and links to their effort, as well as our eliminations.

I will be glad to be a judge, if you still need one! I also have a sim for donation, if you are interested, I will PM you with details!

Bites and Kisses
Vampire

I'd like to judge too, I can't enter I don't have nearly enough cc, i used to have tonnes and im still getting used to decorating without it!

If we're intending to compete, can we still donate prizes?

i'm still new to contests.... when can we submit applications?

this contest looks like fun! only problem may be the budget constraints if content isn't maxis only. custom content makers rarely use logical pricing standards. a perfect example is simskitchen pottery barn furniture. every one of their items costs $1.

But now that we all know that, we'll all be on the lookout for any entries that use it overmuch.

Tawny - applications are now open.

Mocha - This is based on an American television show called Top Design on HGTV. The designers were given limits on spending, and that's what this simulates. It makes it more challenging, certainly, but that makes it a little more fun! It's about fun and challenge!

Great entries Ciste and Mumo!

i understand the concept. i'm just saying that someone can decorate a really extravagant house for $100 if the custom content they download is priced really cheap. never mind...

The limits are not unattainable. The loft challenge is 100,000 simoleans for the entire thing, less walls. The family challenge is 1,000 per room. I may change that one to 10,000 per room. That's part of the point - go out and see if you can find great stuff for less money.

For the house challenge, I will give floorplans and tell what Maxis exterior walls I use. If we get any more applications!

What’s your name?

Celeste Moranni.

Your occupation?

Interior and landscape designer.

Your age?

28.

Where are you from?

Riverblossom Hills.

How did you start designing?

My father had his own design business, and he showed me how to use various tricks and techniques. His love of architecture inspired me to take up design as a career myself, and so I studied art at school before doing architecture at Uni.

How do you describe your personal design style?

I like to think of it as being flexible- I like to adapt it to suit the client's tastes, the styles of the local area (Riverblossom, for instance, has a love of quaint furniture) and add my own touch. I'm very much a fan of plants- my interiors always have at least one flower in a vase or bowl.

Headshot:



Show us around your office:

My office is in my home. First, the clients enter through the atrium (I have a private lift at the back):



And they come to the main office area. Here there is a table and chairs for discussion between myself and the clients, and a computer desk for me to show them my work, be it for them or examples of work I have undertaken for others. I sometimes keep a small snack on the table, as I have sometimes had to skip meals since I usually have a lot of design work to do in between seeing clients.



I know the atrium part's a touch dramatic, but I designed it myself, and I'm quite proud.

Show us your own room:

My room's quite heavily decorated. My drum kit and easel are there, and the space in the far corner is basically just a reading area with cushions on the floor and a bookshelf that's not too high up. I love lounging around here.



In the other corner is my personal desk, with various magazines on it along with my bag. My bed has curtains above it, which you can't really see from this angle. A poster of my favourite star, Marilyn Monroe, is right next to it. Even though she's an actress and I'm a designer, she still inspires me- don't ask me to explain how!



Show us a room you've designed:

A week or so after I moved to Riverblossom, the Roths asked me to redesign their daughter's room as a sixteenth birthday present:





There was a limited amount of space, but I'm quite pleased with the way it turned out.

Hi, I was just wondering when the applications were due? I am starting my sims up now to work on it, lol, but I'm not sure how long it will take. I'm not *that* great at decorating but I figured I'd give it a shot.
Thanks!

Oh, lord, that's helpful, yea? Well, given that I'm approved as of 5/2, we'll say 5/9. If interest is shown but applications can't be complete on 5/9, I'll start Round 1 then and let applications finish.

I'm sorry the angles suck, the rooms were actually quite good but I couldn't get any good angles for taking the pictures. I should have done all the rooms seperately instead of connected so it would have been easier to use the tab button but oh well =]
I love my headshot picture though.
Also sorry for the sucky graphics.



-One headshot of your designer.


-Show us around your office, be it a home office or an office outside your home.


-Show us around a room you’ve designed, be it a client’s room or one in your own home.


-Tell us about you! Answer the following questions:
What’s your name? My name is Ginger Davis
Your occupation? I own my own interior design company.
Your age? 28
Where are you from? Desiderata Valley
How did you start designing? Well I first started in fasion design when my mother gave me her old sewing machine when I was 10. I then became interested in interior decorating and decided to go to college for that.
How do you describe your personal design style? I think its a mix off all sorts, mainly a mix of modern and traditional. I get a feel for what I want, then I go for it.

-And finally, show us you in your bedroom!

Great entry! I'm impressed with the interest - last time I tried to run this it didn't go well. Never did get enough entries. May not this time, but at least I have more than two!

Well I really hope more people enter!
I'm not the greatest at decorating, but I like it and practice makes you better at things.
I've done one other house contest and only got like 4th out of like 13 but I had fun, and thats all that counts, lol.

I'm entering! I promise I have time to finish this one. No flaking out!


What’s your name? Gerbera Svorsky
Your occupation? Full time interior designer, part-time photographer.
Your age? 25
Where are you from? A little place called Providence Island
How did you start designing? I can pin-point the first time I ever came in contact with the career part: my mom took me to work with her when I was about 11 years old and I hung out with the designers that were there. I remember thinking the job looked really fun. I was always an artsy kid, though, so that aspect of it comes pretty naturally.
How do you describe your personal design style? I am pretty eclectic. I love restoring beautiful vintage pieces and fitting them into client's specific styles. I also adore doing people's beach homes. I grew up on the beach so whenever someone comes to me with a beach-front property to design, I'm like, "Yes!"

Here's my headshot


My studio


My bedroom


Past work

Ohhh, Remy, I'm honored to have you here! -gets excited- We're halfway there! Five contestants! I've got the Task 1 stuff together, so hopefully we'll get some more contestants!

I have finished my application round Here

OO! Mumo! PRETTY! -drools- LOL. I just hope we get the other 5 contestants.

This is my first time entering a contest, so if anything is wrong, please let me know. My friend looked it over and said it was ok but I'm still worried I'll do something wrong. :einstein


Name: Billi Thurston
Occupation: Artist/Interior Designer
Age: 27
Location: Sellwood, a small community on the outskirts of Pleasantview.

How did you start designing? After majoring in art in university, I realized that the term "starving artist" was literal. Needing a source of income I started designing interiors for friends, who referred me to friends of theirs, who referred me to friends of theirs, and so on and so forth. Before I knew it, I had business cards declaring myself an interior designer.

Personal Design Syle: When designing for clients I listen to their wants and needs and adapt my style to fit their expectations. I'm really rather versatile. For myself, however, I tend to use an ecclectic mix. I love bargains and vintage style objects though, so it isn't uncommon to see pieced together rooms tied together with common elements to create a fun and unique look.

My Office: A small space in my home created to make clients feel relaxed and at ease. Here we go over what the clients wants from their space, as well as paging through fabric samples and colors.


A room I designed: This was a little girl's room I designed for a client. The child was 2 years old and ready to graduate out of her infant nursery, but not quite ready for a "big girl" room.


My Bedroom: A perfect example of my pieced together room tied together with common color elements to create a fun and unique space. Most of these objects were bargain, second-hand furnishings. I love my room.