✱ real projects
✱ real budgets
✱ real opportunities
✱ real projects ✱ real budgets ✱ real opportunities
Equity By Design competition gives emerging interior designers real-world experience, mentorship, and the chance to collaborate with the best showrooms, suppliers, and artists in Salt Lake City.
Over three months, teams design, style, and sell newly built townhouses—building their portfolios and connecting with future clients, while showcasing the thriving local design community.
Be part of Salt Lake’s biggest design moment.
part competition
part incubator
—100 % local—
Compete
Ready to take your design business to the next level?
Equity By Design competition is your chance to showcase your talent, gain real-world experience, and work alongside the best in Salt Lake City’s design community.
Over three months, you’ll design, style, and sell a newly built townhouse—receiving mentorship, industry exposure, and networking opportunities that can lead to future commissions. This is where local talent becomes the next big name in design.
Sponsor
Support local design. Grow your business
Showcase your products and services to Salt Lake’s most engaged design community while fueling the next generation of local talent.
Sponsoring the Equity By Design competition gives your business high-visibility exposure, positions your brand alongside cutting-edge design, and connects you directly with designers, clients, and industry leaders who value quality and creativity.
Why Compete?
Backed by a local development group committed to growing Salt Lake City’s design industry, Equity By Design is more than a competition - it’s a launchpad for small design businesses.
Competitors gain:
Mentorship from experienced professionals
Networking opportunities with future clients & collaborators
Access to top local products, showrooms & artisans
Hands-on experience in vertically integrating their business - from concept to completion
The goal is simple: equip designers with the skills, connections, & confidence to win future commissions & scale their businesses long after the competition ends.
Why Sponsor?
Put your business and products in front of Salt Lake’s design community while supporting the growth of local talent. Sponsoring the Equity By Design competition aligns your brand with cutting-edge design, connects you directly to designers, clients, and industry leaders, and positions your business as an essential part of the city’s thriving creative ecosystem.