Eva Maddox

Eva L. Maddox is an American commercial interior designer. She has received over 100 awards and commendations over the course of her career. Maddox's early success in the design industry led her to open a design firm, Eva Maddox Associates.

Eva Maddox was born (1943) and raised in a small town in the middle of Tennessee, Viola, TN. She affirmed her love for design while attending the University of Cincinnati. She graduated in 1966, with a bachelor's degree, from the College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning. After graduating she worked in Cincinnati, at Space Design, while her husband Lynn Maddox was in graduate school. She moved to Indiana looking for other design opportunities. Space Design allowed her to create interior designs for any client she was able to find. Shortly after she took a position at an architecture firm, Meister & Volpe (1971). In 1992 she was inducted into the Interior Design Hall of Fame. In 1994 she cofounded Archeworks with architect Stanley Tigerman. Archeworks is a socially oriented design laboratory and multidisciplinary school. In 2002 she merged with Perkins + Will and became a design principle. Maddox will continue to work with Perkins+Will on special projects, but will devote most of her time to other pursuits.

Upon earning her bachelor's degree in 1966, Maddox began her design career in Cincinnati, Ohio. She worked at an architecture firm, Space Design. She then moved to Indiana in attempt to find other design opportunities. While in Indiana Space Design allowed her to produce interior designs for any clients she could find. This approach helps to define how a company presents and represents itself. Maddox became design principal of the companies new Perkins+Will /Eva Maddox Branded Environments group. Maddox worked as design principal at Perkins+Will until she retired on February 1, 2016.

Showroom & Booth Design Competition/NeoCon Best of Show Award, 2004 IIDA

Big "I" International Interior Awards Sports/Entertainment Category, 2008 Contract Magazine

First Place, Institutional Category, 2007 ASID, Illinois Chapter

Silver Award, Retail Design, 2009 Interior Designers Institute of British Columbia Awards of Excellence Program

Honorable Mention, Retail Category, 2008, ASID, Illinois Chapter

Good Design is Good Business Award, 2008 Business Week/Architectural Record

Honorable Mention, Institutional Category, 2009 ASID, Illinois Chapter

Awards Eva Maddox awards include Honor Awards from the National AIA and IIDA, and numerous Design Excellence Awards for Interior Architecture and Design from the local chapters of the AIA, ASID, SEGD and IIDA. 1995 Crain’s Chicago Business- One of Chicago’s 100 most influential women 1999 inducted into the International Interior Design College of Fellows 2000 IIDA Star Award 2002 Dean of Design Award 2007, 2008 Purpose Prize Fellow 2011 Contract magazine's LEGEND Award