Summer Salutations – Thank you to each of you who attended VIBRANT: The IIDA Oregon Chapter’s Annual Celebration and Fundraiser. What a breath-taking evening of celebrating in bright attire; imbibing in zesty cuisine and sparkling spirits, enjoying live music, impressive raffle prizes, and best of all, your vivacious company! The IIDA Oregon Chapter is honored…
Dear Sponsors, Members, and Supporters, It is amazing to think that another productive board year has come and gone – and what a successful year it has been! The variety of events that the IIDA Oregon Chapter has hosted continue to bring our design community together in such an inspiring way! It is exciting to…
The 2nd Annual  Western Regional Student Design Charette was held at IA Interior Architects in Seattle, WA over the weekend of April 16th, 2016. Teams of student members from across the Western Region who placed in the Chapter Finals, competed for the opportunity to advance to the next round of competition – the IIDA International…
The IIDA 2016 Western Region Student Design Charette will be held in Seattle, WA on April 16th, 2016 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…
Event Summary The Chapter Finals round of the IIDA Western Region Student Design Charette series took place on Saturday, February 20th in IIDA Northern Pacific, Northern California, Oregon, Southern California and Southwest Chapters. At this event, teams of Student Members solved a design challenge within 6 hours, without the use of technological aid. The teams…
Every year, the IIDA Oregon Chapter Membership committee strives to create an event that gives back to you, our members as a sign of how thankful the chapter is for your membership. On January 27th, 2016 the Oregon Chapter celebrated members by hosting an event where complimentary headshots were taken to spruce up members’ professional…
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 and…
The Design Excellence Awards are an important platform that highlights 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 Thursday. This was the second year of online voting for the People’s Choice Award, and…
A N N E  M A R I E  C U N N I N G H A M,  I I D A,  A S S O C.  A I A  As a Principal and lead designer at NBBJ, Anne creates invigorating interiors that reflect and enrich a company’s identity, purpose and culture. Bolstered…
A N N I E Â C H U, Â A I A, Â I I D A, Â N C A R B, Â N C I D Q Annie Chu is a founding principal of the awards winning CHU+GOODING Architects in Los Angeles with an extensive portfolio of interiors focusing on arts, culture and higher education clients,…
P R I M O  O R P I L L A,  I I D A Primo Orpilla, IIDA is the award-winning co-founder, with Verda Alexander, of Studio O+A, the San Francisco design firm responsible for groundbreaking workplace designs at Facebook, AOL, Microsoft, Yelp, Levi-Strauss, and many other companies. A leader in the field of…
Greetings from IDC-Oregon, For those who don’t know, the Interior Design Collaborative (IDC)-Oregon is a 501(c)(6) non-profit organization dedicated to enacting and sustaining interior design registration. We are an all-volunteer organization with a board of directors, executive board and liaisons to design organizations. Our responsibility is to inform and collaborate with local interior design affiliations,…
The IIDA Oregon Chapter was awarded the Chapter Advocacy and GRA Activities Award by IIDA Headquarters. Check out the full post on the IIDA blog, DesignMatters. Special shout-out to the IIDA Oregon VP of Advocacy, Bethanne Mikkelsen, IIDA, NCIDQ Certificate No. 29445, LEED AP ID+C, for working so hard to bring IIDA legislation issues to the attention of local…
Temp link Greetings – Thank you so much to all who attended, ‘A Gold Affair’ a Celebration and Fundraiser for the IIDA Oregon Chapter. It was truly an incredible evening full of celebration, dancing, food and drink, raffle prizes, sunsets and some really creative dazzling gold attire! I had the opportunity to talk to many…
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The Advocacy effort in the State of Oregon has gained a lot of momentum in 2015. Over the past few months, the focus of IDC-Oregon and our Lobbyist has been to develop a series of bills for consideration and to gauge interest with legislators. Â From this effort, IDC-Oregon has determined that it would be…
Congratulations to the winning team members of the Inaugural IIDAÂ West Coast Student Design Charette! The 2015 West Coast Student Design Charette problem was a “cross-disciplinary” learning and working environment called “Makerspace | A New Studio For Design.” Makerspace is a 50 week graduate program dedicated to learning, research, mentorship and collaboration across design disciplines. The…
Thank you to the Founding Sponsors of the Inaugural IIDA West Coast Student Design Charette! Environmental Contracting Corporation has been an industry leader since 1984 and is one of Southern California’s most respected interior construction and building renovation contractors. Our clients run the gamut from small start ups to major corporations and the finest law…
The Inaugural IIDA West Coast Student Design Charette jurors will represent each of the West Coast IIDA Chapters Christopher Coldoff, IIDA, CID, LEED AP ID+C Principal Firm: Gensler, Los Angeles Member and Past President of the IIDA Southern California Chapter Chris is a principal and studio director in the Gensler Los Angeles office. An award-winning designer with…
