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  • Bravo
  • Jan 31, 2007
  • Bravo
  • Jan 31, 2007

Summary Bravo's latest reality competition pits 12 aspiring interior designers against each other in a quest to create the next Top Design. The contestants will live together in a plush Los Angeles loft while enduring a series of design challenges meant to separate the wheat from the chaff and leave us with one incredibly talented winner! The...

  • Bravo
  • Jan 31, 2007
  • Bravo
  • Jan 31, 2007
Top Design
Season 1
Season Premiere: Jan 31, 2007
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
67
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Summary Bravo's latest reality competition pits 12 aspiring interior designers against each other in a quest to create the next Top Design. The contestants will live together in a plush Los Angeles loft while enduring a series of design challenges meant to separate the wheat from the chaff and leave us with one incredibly talented winner! The...

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Season Episodes

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Episode 1 • Jan 31, 2007 • 45 m
Mystery Judge
Episode 2 • Feb 7, 2007 • 45 m
Child's Play
The designers create bedrooms for clients based only on a brief written profile, only to be told halfway through the challenge that their clients are children.
Episode 3 • Feb 14, 2007 • 45 m
Life's a Beach
The designers split into three teams to design a cabana inspired by Miami, Tahiti, or St. Tropez.
Episode 4 • Feb 21, 2007 • 45 m
Diamond in the Rough
Episode 5 • Mar 7, 2007 • 45 m
Garage Band
The fifth episode of 'Top Design' features the designers working with The All-American family -- three kids, two parents, and a dog -- to create a dream family space.
Episode 6 • Mar 14, 2007 • 45 m
Life of the Party
Episode 7 • Mar 21, 2007 • 45 m
Chef's Choice
The competition gets cookin' in the seventh episode of 'Top Design' when the remaining contestants face 'Top Chef' Head Judge Tom Colicchio (Chef) in their hardest design challenge yet.
Episode 8 • Mar 28, 2007 • 45 m
Metropolitan Home Suites
The creative juices will flow as the remaining contestants head to the upscale Viceroy Hotel in Los Angeles to design a high-end modern hotel room.
Episode 9 • Apr 4, 2007 • 44 m
Elle Decor Cover Inspiration
The strongest remaining interior design contestants select one of 10 ELLE DECOR Magazine covers as inspiration for their design.
Episode 10 • Apr 11, 2007 • 45 m
Lofty Designs
And then there were two. The remaining contenders who will strive to create the ultimate 'Top Design' will each design the interior of a house -- two separate 1,700 square foot lofts in downtown Los Angeles to be exact.

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
67
55% Positive
6 Reviews
45% Mixed
5 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
67
55% Positive
6 Reviews
45% Mixed
5 Reviews
0% Negative
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91
The contestants are highly entertaining. [2 Feb 2007, p.116]
FULL REVIEW
75
Top Design will make you not want to leave your TV room--no matter what it looks like. [5 Feb 2007, p.37]
By Jennifer Wulff FULL REVIEW
70
No contestant wants to hear that his or her artistic creation looks "like a litter box" or something at "an assisted-living facility." But we do. And we lap the insults up.
By Nancy DeWolf Smith FULL REVIEW
70
[It] is a bit too slavish in its imitation of the "Runway'' formula, but in its opening episode, it shows signs of real promise.
By Charlie McCollum FULL REVIEW
60
I didn't hate "Top Design" as much as I wanted to.
By Ray Richmond FULL REVIEW
60
"Top Design"... comes closer to capturing "Runway's" singular appeal than "Top Chef" ever did... Yet with each scan of the "Project Runway" blueprint, a little more of the original's crispness and clarity gets lost.
By Melanie McFarland FULL REVIEW
40
"Top Design" is so derivative of "Project Runway," from the setup to the structure of the judging, that it's impossible not to make a point-by-point comparison, with the new show falling short on every level.
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