INDESIGN ASID GEORGIA CHAPTER MAGAZINE ISSUE NUMBER III FALL 2018
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF INTERIOR DESIGNERS GEORGIA
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Hello, ASID Georgia: It has been an honor to serve as president of the ASID Georgia chapter. The experience has been highly rewarding and challenging, on both a personal and professional level. Having begun this journey over 13 years ago, I have been fortunate enough to engage with so many incredibly talented members of the community. More importantly, I know as an individual what ASID has given me - a sense of belonging. I have found that given today’s technology and its overwhelming influence in our everyday lives, we often forget the simple pleasures of personal engagement. Recognizing that every member is crucial to our continued growth and development; going forward, our goal must be to move membership beyond the transactional, we must instead inspire each other to strive to develop lifelong participation in ASID. I encourage each of you to become a force within the Design community, to seek every moment that encourages a person-to-person engagement and continue to share our vision with as many people as possible; for without your voice, we become just another organization. As always, the objective of ASID remains the same; to support, promote, and advance the Interior Design profession and communicate the impact of design on the human experience. On behalf of our 2017-2018 Board of Directors and myself, thank you for all the support you have shown during my presidency. My best, Chris Socci ASID Georgia Chapter | 2017-2018 President
Hello, ASID Georgia! I feel so privileged to be able to serve as your ASID Georgia chapter president for 2018-2019! I found when I started my own firm seven years ago that many potential clients would ask me if I was an ASID designer. At the time, I was an NCIDQ accredited professional, a LEED AP, and registered in the state of Georgia, so I asked the question that many of you probably have – Why ASID? The “WHY” is different for all of us, but I believe this organization provides all of us a collaborative environment that works to promote the value of interior design. In this fast paced world of next day delivery, TV design shows, and internet sites full of images that cause people to challenge the value that we, as designers, bring to the table, it is of paramount importance to associate ourselves with an organization that continues to advocate on our behalf. We must never cease in our efforts to educate others about the impact that our designs have on the human experience. No matter what your reason for joining ASID, just remember you BELONG! We as a board realize the significance of our positions and look forward to serving our membership this next year. We encourage you to engage with us and become involved. Please ask any of our board members or ASID volunteers about opportunities to help plan for our future, or reach out to us at the email addresses listed on this page. Thank you to all our Industry Partners who made the Annual meeting at the beautiful Mannington showroom possible and for all our members who have shown up in support of the new board of directors. Warm Regards, Kristin Kong ASID Georgia Chapter | 2018-2019 President
BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRESIDENT Chris Socci, Allied ASID C Socci Design Inc. 404.414.5874 president@ga.asid.org PRESIDENT-ELECT Kristin Kong, ASID K Kong Designs president-elect@ga.asid.org FINANCIAL DIRECTOR Joyce Fownes, Allied ASID finance@ga.asid.org COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR Tony Purvis, Allied ASID Carson Guest 615.945.9810 communications@ga.asid.org PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Cathy Cheek, Allied ASID PPG Paints 678.644.2343 professionaldevelopment @ga.asid.org MEMBERSHIP DIRECTOR Nujhat Jahid-Alam, Allied ASID Perkins+Will membership@ga.asid.org EMERGING PROFESSIONAL AFFAIRS CHAIR Julia Busby, ASID HOK epac@ga.asid.org EMERGING PROFESSIONAL AFFAIRS CO-CHAIR Danielle Alexander, Allied ASID Gensler epac@ga.asid.org PROGRAMS DIRECTOR (Director-At-Large) Morgan Bradley, Allied ASID Nelson atlarge@ga.asid.org STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE Ashleigh Esprit, Student ASID Gwinnett Tech studentrep@ga.asid.org STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE CO-CHAIR Sarah Nagy, Student ASID Gwinnett Tech studentrep@ga.asid.org STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL CHAIR Taylor Owens Perkins+ Will studentrep@ga.asid.org
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LIVE WELL
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“WELL fosters a holistic formula for better health and wellness outcomes, leading to improvements in things like employee productivity, engagement and retention.” RANDY FISER CEO, A MERICA N SO CIET Y OF INTERIOR DESIGNERS
American Society of Interior Designers’ (ASID) new corporate headquarters in Washington, DC, which holds the distinction of being the first space in the U.S. to earn both WELL Platinum and LEED Platinum certification.
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The WELL Building Standard® v1 is the first building standard to focus exclusively on the health and wellness of the people in buildings. WELL v1 is a performance-based system for measuring and certifying features of the built environment that impact human health and well-being, through air, water, nourishment, light, fitness, comfort and mind. It marries best practices in design and construction with evidence-based medical and scientific research – harnessing the built environment as a vehicle to support human health and well-being. WELL v1 is grounded in a body of research that explores the connection between the buildings where we spend more than 90 percent of our time, and the health and wellness impacts on us as occupants. WELL Certified™ spaces can help create a built environment that improves the nutrition, fitness, mood, sleep patterns and performance of its occupants. WELL v1 sets performance requirements in seven categories, or Concepts, relevant to occupant health and well-being in the built environment. Each WELL Feature is designed to address issues that impact the health, comfort or knowledge of occupants through design, operations and behavior. The WELL Building Standard v1 can be applied across many real estate sectors, and the current WELL v1 is optimized for commercial and institutional office buildings. Pilot Programs are now available for new market sectors including retail, multifamily residential, education, restaurant and commercial kitchen projects.
WHY WELL? A WELL Certified project has the potential to add measurable value to the health, wellbeing, productivity, and happiness of building occupants. By placing people at the heart of design, construction, operations and development decisions, we have the ability to add both monetary and intangible value to real estate assets, generate
savings in personnel costs, and enhance the human experience, health and well-being. Prioritizing WELL also provides the opportunity to stand at the forefront of innovation in the sustainable and healthy building movement. WELL Certification is positioned to provide added value for commercial and Institutional projects. Physical workplace is one of the top three factors affecting performance and job satisfaction. Personnel costs significantly outweigh the costs for design and construction and maintenance and operations. Addressing occupant health channels resources towards reducing the largest line item in the 30-year costs of a building – the personnel – offering a meaningful return on investment.
WHO IS BEHIND WELL? Pioneered by Delos®, the WELL Building Standard® is the culmination of seven years of rigorous research in collaboration with leading physicians, scientists and industry professionals. WELL is administered by the International WELL Building Institute® (IWBI®), a public benefit corporation whose mission is to improve human health and well-being through the built environment. IWBI has joined forces with Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI), the same organization that administers LEED certification, to provide third-party certification for WELL.
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HOW DOE S WELL ALIGN WITH LEED A ND OTHER GREE N BUILDING STANDARDS? WELL works harmoniously with LEED and the Living Building Challenge, and is expanding alignment with other international leading green building systems like Three Star, Green Star and BREEAM.
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ARE THERE LEVELS OF W E L L C E R T I F I C AT I O N ? There are three levels of WELL Certification: 1. Platinum | 2. Gold | 3. Silver
W H AT I S A W E L L A P ? The WELL Accredited Professional (WELL AP) credential signifies knowledge in human health and wellness in the built environment, and specialization in the WELL Building Standard. To become a WELL AP, all candidates must pass the WELL AP exam. Developed using GBCI’s rigorous test development best practices, the exam is designed to test a candidate’s competency to perform the duties of a WELL AP. The exam is based on the expertise of leading practitioners in the field of design, health and wellness in the built environment. Learn more about the WELL AP credential and register for the exam at wellcertified.com/well-ap. For information about educational programs and workshops that introduce the key elements and requirements of the WELL Building Standard, please visit wellcertified.com/learn.
The American Society of Interior Designers headquarters office is the first space in the world to achieve both Platinum Level Certification for the WELL Building Standard™ (WELL™) under WELL v1 and Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), under the LEED ID+C rating system – the highest recognition awarded by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and the International WELL Building Institute™ (IWBI™). The office space, designed by Perkins+Will, incorporates innovative health and wellness design features of today, and has sustainability as a central philosophy.
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PROFESSIONAL PERSPECTIVE: the value of WELL As an interior designer and university educator, I strive to leverage the built environment to assist people who are experiencing homelessness to recover effectively. Maintaining personcentered design values and priorities is necessary so that I can provide places that attend to people’s complex physical, emotional and cognitive needs from an informed point of view. For this reason, I became a WELL accredited professional in 2017, and now teach others to prepare for the exam as a WELL Educator with ASID. To my knowledge, no other accreditation centers its focus on design for the whole person as completely as WELL, with a certification system that backs up its requirements with the solid foundation of empirical research. The WELL standard provides a design practitioner not only with a tangible set of standards that can help ensure well-being for a project, but also evidence about why design is so important to our culture. As ASID identifies, Design, in fact, Impacts Lives, and the WELL Standard is an effective means through which to put these values into action.
_________________________________________________________ Jill Pable is a professor in the Interior Architecture & Design Department at Florida State University and a Fellow and past national president of the Interior Design Educators’ Council. Her research focuses on the design of environments for the disadvantaged and she is the project lead for Design Resources for Homelessness initiative, a research-informed non-profit online information source for architectural designers and organizations creating environments for people recovering from homelessness. She believes that design can make life more interesting, fulfilling and humane. designresourcesforhomelessness.org
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WELCOME NEW ASID MEMBERS: NEW PROFESSIONAL MEMBERS
NEW INDUSTRY PARTNERS
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F E AT U R E S The WELL Building Standard™ (WELL) consists of features across the seven concepts that comprehensively address not only the design and operations of buildings, but also how they impact and influence human behaviors related to health and well-being.
AIR
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WELL promotes strategies to reduce or minimize sources of indoor air pollution.
WELL encourages the integration of exercise and fitness into everyday life.
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WELL promotes high quality water and improved accessibility.
WELL creates distraction-free, productive and comfortable indoor environments.
NOURISHMENT
MIND
WELL limits the presence of unhealthy foods and can encourage better food culture.
WELL optimizes cognitive and emotional health through design, technology and treatment strategies.
LIGHT
For more information, please visit: http://standard.wellcertified.com/features Article provided by WELL
WELL promotes lighting systems designed to increase alertness, enhance experience, and promote sleep.
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As founder and Principal of McKenzie Design, what led
I think designing for both showhouses and clients
you to take the leap into opening your own business?
brings an excitement to my work. However, when you design for the showhouse, you are given a blank
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canvas and can paint the images you want to portray about your business, down to every detail. Hopefully that inspires anyone that sees it and provides a spark of idea for their own homes!
After a 30-year corporate career, including ten years as CEO of Larson-Juhl, a Berkshire Hathaway
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subsidiary, I was ready to move into a position with more creativity that allowed me to pursue my art as well. It all began with my fabric collection – once we launched the fabrics and opened the showroom, we kept getting requests for interior design. I think
4.
What is one of your favorite cities you have been to for a client installation?
my CEO background, an entire career in the home
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industry, and my art uniquely positioned me for this Interior Design role.
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I participated in the Macon Showhouse in the summer of 2017 and have fallen in love with Macon. A big revitalization is taking place in Macon that is giving
You and your wife (and business partner) Jill have been
a positive energy to the city, and there are stunning
very involved in ASID GA over the years - how has ASID
homes there. The residents of Macon are also some
GA impacted your business and client interactions?
of the kindest southern folks I have ever encountered.
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ASID has opened a lot of doors for us and has led us to some of the best trade sources available. We have
ORIGINA
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Tell us how you incorporate your original art into your home décor products.
also met many wonderful professional peers that have encouraged and furthered us as we grow our design business. Kerry Howard is a dear friend and collaborated with me on our home years ago. He was
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ASID GA president at the time and connected us to
I do not know where something is going when I am
the community.
painting - it is the process itself that stimulates my creativity. Because of my product design background,
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I can see an opportunity for a product in my finished
McKenzie Design has designed several beautiful
Home that came about the same way. Whether interior
Showhouses, including Serenbe and Dwell with Dignity.
or product design, it all begins with art. Frequently for
What excites you about designing for a Showhouse?
a client job I will start with the art, whether mine or
paintings, which is how the first fabric collection happened. I also have a rug collection with Verde
another artists’, to inform where the space is going.
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ASID GA is currently highlighting the WELL Building
I grew up in a household that loved to entertain. I knew
Standard. How excited are you to see this global
how to set a formal dining table long before the age
movement become part of a tangible certification process?
of 7. On a trip, around the age of 11, I learned about Presidential China. Since learning that most Presidents
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have a new pattern designed for use in state dinners etc., I have been obsessed. I would love to design the china for the president and first lady in the White House.
I am excited that the idea of wellness is coming to
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the forefront of design. The seven tenants of WELL v1 - Air, Water, Nourishment, Light, Fitness, Comfort, Mind and Innovation are all extremely important to a successful design. I think it is something I have always done subliminally, but having them specified creates
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Who is one of your favorite architects, designers or painters that still currently inspire you in your work?
a benchmark to challenge ourselves so that we are
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providing the best design for our clients and improving their quality of life. It is a check list of great design.
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If I had to choose one, it would be the interiors and
In addition to your design career, you are also a
and antiques is magical. You could live in one of his rooms
curation of Belgian designer Axel Vervoordt. His mix of contemporary art and furnishings with ancient sculpture
practicing artist and painter and have been for over
and be filled with a lifetime of discovery.
25 years! What is your favorite medium, and what
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are you inspired by in your current paintings?
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10.
Is there a unique home dĂŠcor accessory you HAVE to have in a room?
I work with ink and watercolor on paper and acrylic on panel or canvas. I love to paint with walnut ink, which is ground up walnut shells that are reconstituted into ink. It has this dreamy quality that puddles on the page
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and you get brushstrokes with so much depth. I have a
Referencing my prior answer, I strive to create the same
new studio in the loft of Verde Home; this is also where
kind of energy of the combination of eras in a space as
my interior design office is. Lately, I have been arranging
Axel Vervoordt. My go-to accessory is a classical bust
more floral, and this studio has led me to explore
somewhere in the space. If you can work that in with a
botanical shapes that are currently informing my work.
contemporary piece of art, that creates an energy and
I draw so much inspiration from nature and landscape.
an engaging story in the space.
Q 8.
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