State of the Industry – 2017 Report
2018 Design Excellence Award Winners
The IIDA Oregon Chapter Design Excellence Awards are an important platform which highlight the exceptional interior design work that is occurring in the Pacific Northwest. Thank you to all of the designers who submitted inspiring projects and to those whom attended the sold-out Awards ceremony on October 11, 2018. This was the fifth year of…
People’s Choice Voting | 2018 DESIGN EXCELLENCE AWARDS
Thank you for participating! Voting has ended. Come back again next year to vote for your favorite project! Welcome to the 2018 IIDA Design Excellence Awards – People’s Choice voting site! Voting ends on October 10th at 5:30 pm. Click on any image to scroll through enlarged versions of each project board. For full-sized versions of…
2018 Design Excellence Awards | Meet the Jurors
PANTEA TEHRANI, PROJECT LEADER BJARKE INGELS GROUP Pantea is a Project Leader at Bjarke Ingels Group in New York, where she focuses on Interior Architecture specializing in hospitality. BIG is a group of architects, designers and thinkers operating within the fields of architecture, urbanism, interior design, landscape design, product design, research and development with offices…
Design Is Everywhere. We Are Design.
What an amazing turn out for Exhibit: the 2018 IIDA Oregon Chapter Annual Celebration and Fundraiser! On behalf of the IIDA Oregon Chapter Board of Directors, we are so grateful for your participation and generous support. Our sponsors and supporters make it possible for us to operate and provide members with all of the wonderful…
Member Spotlight: Mia Allen, Associate IIDA
Name: Mia Allen Company: SERA Architects Position/Years of Experience: Interior Designer, 13 years IIDA member since: 2013 Why are you a member of IIDA?: When I first joined IIDA, I signed up to be the Chair of Student Affairs. It was in this role that I acted as a liaison between students, educators and the…
Annual Celebration Spotlight: Flora Bowley
Company/Business Name: Flora Bowley Designs Name: Flora Bowley Hometown: I’ve been living in Portland for the past 12 years, but I’m originally from Wisconsin. Flora Bowley is a painter, permission-giver, gentle guide, and author of two books, Brave Intuitive Painting and Creative Revolution. Blending over twenty years of professional painting experience with her background as a…
Sponsor Spotlight: Mohawk Group
Company Name: Mohawk Group Name: Beth Gish Local Rep’s Position/Years: 7 years IIDA member since: 2011, Current VP of Advocacy 2017-2018 Board Year At Mohawk, we believe that pioneering and performance are integral to our DNA. Innovation is our commitment to listening carefully to your needs and then creating an exceptional product and service that can…
IDC-Oregon Update
IDC-Oregon has been the face of Interior Design Advocacy in the state of Oregon for the past 20+ years, serving as a coalition of the IIDA and ASID Oregon Chapters. It has represented the Commercial Interior Design profession in Salem, and attempted to pass legislation many times. At the end of 2017, IDC-Oregon’s Board of…
Student Spotlight: Britney Schreck, Student IIDA
Name: Britney Schreck School/Year in School: The Art Institute of Portland / Senior IIDA member since: 2015 Favorite IIDA event: I really enjoyed attending the student design charrette last spring. This event pushed the limits of what I believed possible for one day of design work. It is a great exercise in collaboration, and I…
WRSDC Host Sponsor Spotlight: IA Interior Architects
Company Name: IA Interior Architects Office Locations / Size of Company: 20 locations, 600 people Project Types: Workplace, Retail, Healthcare, Hospitality Recent Local Work: Adidas, Elemental, HP, Urban airship, New Relic IA is the first and largest architecture firm dedicated exclusively to interiors. IA’s approach to design is exclusively focused on how the aesthetics and…
WRSDC Host Sponsor Spotlight: Herman Miller
“Herman Miller believes the design industry is stronger when we partner and share knowledge in our pursuit of the best possible future for interior design. We are proud to support IIDA in its efforts to develop and inspire design students, preparing them for a successful career through participation in the West Region Student Design Charette.”…
2018 IIDA Western Region Student Design Charette | Juror Spotlight
The IIDA 2018 Western Region Student Design Charette will be held in Portland, OR on April 7th, 2018 and will feature students from the Association’s Northern Pacific, Oregon, Northern California, Southern California and Southwest Chapters. Charette teams will present their design solutions to a panel of renowned jurors from the Western Region and beyond, who…
Announcing Winners of the WRSDC Chapter Qualifiers!
The Western Region Student Design Charette Chapter Qualifiers were a huge success! Below are the winners of each participating Chapter’s event. These teams will move on to the Regional Event in Portland, Oregon on April 7th, 2018. At this level of competition, teams will be comprised of students from different Chapters, schools, and grade levels. The…
Member Spotlight: Shannon Ferrigno, Industry IIDA
Name: Shannon Ferrigno Company / Position: SmithCFI / Director, Design Studio / 19 years IIDA member since: 1997 Favorite IIDA event: I think my new favorite might be the NEXT speaker series a few weeks ago. Amy and Kelly were such an inspiration – smart, talented, balanced and strong. The energy in the room and…
Charette Best Practices
If you want to use these tips in a real-life charette, be sure to register ASAP for your Chapter’s Regional Finals, taking place within the next month (check your Chapter website for details). The winner will advance to the Western Region Student Design Charette on April 7th 2018 in Portland, OR, which will feature the winning teams from…
What is a Charette?
Simply put, a charette is an intense design exercise within a set (and often all too short) period of time. A derivative of the French word for ‘cart’, the term refers to a time when students of the école des Beaux-Arts would be so committed to their final projects that they would work feverishly on…
2017 Mohawk Group Emerging Professional Award Winner: Amber Turner
Name: Amber Turner Appellations: IIDA Associate Place of Work: Czopek Design Studio, Inc. Knowledge: In a relatively short amount of time (2 1/2 years), Amber has enthusiastically embraced every element of our firm’s practice. She has shown interest in understanding our business practices at the same time she has consistently put in additional time and…
2017 Legacy Award Winner Spotlight: Nancy Hiss, IIDA, IDEC
The IIDA Oregon Chapter is advanced by the dedication, support and leadership of our community. The Legacy Award recognizes and honors a person, company or organization whose contributions have advanced the Interior Design profession and enriched Interior Design in Oregon. The recipient of this award has exemplified traits as an advocate, mentor, designer innovator…
Congratulations to the 2017 Design Excellence Award Winners!
The Design Excellence Awards are an important platform which highlight the exceptional interior design work that is occurring in the Pacific Northwest. Thank you to all of the designers who submitted inspiring projects and to those whom attended the sold-out Awards ceremony last Friday. This was the fourth year of online voting for the People’s…