Featured Blog Post: Embracing Change and Growth


 

As we step into 2024, the IIDA Oregon Chapter is gearing up for an exciting year filled with new initiatives and a renewed commitment to our members. Drawing upon our recent winter board retreat, the Western Region Chapter Leadership Conference, and Winter Chapter Leadership Conference we’ve had a busy end of year collaborating, reflecting, and…

Featured Blog Post: A Special Thank You!


 

March 27th, 2023 McKenna Hall, IIDA, NCIDQ Director of Social Justice | IIDA Oregon Chapter Client Business Manager | Steelcase A special thank you, for a special event!  On March 2nd, the IIDA Oregon Chapter hosted the 2023 Next Breakfast. We were honored to have Tejara Brown, Dr. Steven Nakana & Rebecca Alexander as the…

Updated Event Dates Released


 

January 17th, 2023 Clare Goddard, IIDA, NCIDQ President | IIDA Oregon Chapter Senior Associate Designer | Ankrom Moisan Updated IIDA Oregon Chapter event dates released!  This past December, the IIDA Oregon Chapter board met in person for an all day retreat to collaborate, reflect and look to the upcoming year. We had a productive and…

2022 Design Excellence Awards | Meet the Jurors


 

Anna Reiderman-Hickey, IIDA, NCIDQ, LEED AP ID+C Elkus Manfredi Architects | Boston, Massachusetts  Anna Reiderman-Hickey is a Senior Designer at Elkus Manfredi Architects with a passion for interior architecture that elevates the human spirit. With more than 15 years of experience in the design of multi-family residential and commercial interiors across the United States, Israel,…

2021 Design Excellence Awards | Meet the Jurors


 

TAHMINA ARJONA MILLER HULL| SEATTLE, WASHINGTON Tahmina Arjona is an Interior Designer at Miller Hull dedicated to creating sustainable interior spaces that positively impact human interaction with the built environment. With over seven years of experience in commercial, mixed use, and civic projects, Tahmina has collected an invaluable experience in all phases of the design,…

Source + IIDA Oregon Chapter Partnership


 

What is Source? Source is a national, phygital search platform for commercial construction product selection. Source provides industry-leading data, on-demand experts, manufacturer connections and material samples needed to make fast and stress-free product decisions.  Source was founded by Nicole Schmidt in Portland, Oregon in 2018. Prior to starting Source, Nicole worked as both an Interior…

Tuesday, February 16th, 2021 Maddy Gorman

Sustainable Leadership: Ashley Nored


 

Ashley Nored, IIDA, NCIDQ, LEED AP ID+C | Hennebery Eddy Architects  One of the Member Award nominations submitted this year was not an Emerging Professional, nor an Industry partner, and not quite ready for the Legacy Award but their dedication, advocacy, and leadership of sustainable design measures led us to award them an Honorable Mention…

2020 Design Excellence Awards | Meet the Jurors


 

MEENA KRENEK, IIDA, ASID, LEED AP INTERIOR DESIGN DIRECTOR, PRINCIPAL PERKINS AND WILL | LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA Meena Krenek is an inspiring, award winning designer who has transformed her client’s companies, strengthening their corporate cultures through experiential design. She considers space and form at many scales while understanding the importance of interior environments that are human-centric….

Charette Best Practices


 

  If you want to use these tips in a real-life charette, be sure to register ASAP for the IIDA Oregon Chapter Student Design Charette Qualifier, taking place February 15 at Oregon State University. The winners will advance to the Western Region Student Design Charette in April 2020  in San Francisco California, which will feature…

IIDA Oregon Featured Members


 

The IIDA Oregon Chapter is thankful for our wonderful members who make up this vibrant and creative interior design community. We asked a few to share why they are members – take a peek at the great things they have to say, and consider becoming a member in 2020! Name: Christina Tello Instagram: @tellointeriors Why…

Friday, December 20th, 2019 Maddy Gorman

2019 Design Excellence Awards | Meet the Jurors


 

GRACE EUN, IIDA, ASID, LEED AP ID+C SENIOR ASSOCIATE CLIVE WILKINSON ARCHITECTS Grace Eun is a Project Manager and Lead Designer at Clive Wilkinson Architects with a decade-long background in leading the design and implementation of commercial, health care, and institutional projects across the globe. Her diverse experience in both architecture and interior design allows…

NEXT Breakfast Advocacy Survey Results


 

In February, as part of IIDA Oregon Chapter’s annual keynote speaker event, NEXT, the Advocacy Committee conducted a short Advocacy Survey. The goal of this survey was to determine how our members and other members of the design community feel about Commercial Interior Design advocacy. We were excited to see the results, the details of…

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…

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…