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CONTENTS 2020

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CALENDAR ................................

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CHAPTER NEWS .......................

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100 members volunteer every year in our chapter.

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FROM THE PRESIDENT

2019– 2020 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Dear Reader, As I was recently describing ASID to a friend, I was asked, “So, how are ASID interior designers different from other designers?”

This immediately got me thinking about the required education, training, and mentoring ASID designers experience…and the many who have set themselves apart from the competition with NCIDQ Certification. But it also got me to thinking about what our interior designer members do.

There is certainly some commonality in our membership: working with clients to discuss visions for interior spaces, taking into consideration not only environmental factors, but the history of a building, property owner expectations and general rules of design, and, of course, creating beautiful spaces. Spaces where people can just enjoy spending time knowing that safety standards, building codes and many other factors have been considered.

But that’s really where “sameness” stops. Each chapter member is quite exceptional with unique experiences, points of view, knowledge, and opinions all centered around a core of creativity and innovation as the norm. Taking advantage of this amazing diversity strengthens our ability to solve a problem, improve a process, reach a goal, or create something new and exciting.

What better way to begin the year than by learning more about other chapter members? Creatives willing to challenge and share their genius in the creation of a beautiful, physical experience?

Looking forward to seeing where the next decade takes you!

Cheers to a new year!

Susan

SUSAN SOLLIDAY, Allied ASID & Industry Partner AZ North Chapter 2019-2020 President

President SUSAN SOLLIDAY, Allied ASID & Industry Partner Rep president@azn.asid.org

President-Elect PADDY RASMUSSEN, Allied ASID president-elect@azn.asid.org

Finance Director SUJAYA REDDY, Allied ASID finance@azn.asid.org

Communications Director MONICA SULLIVAN, Allied ASID communications@azn.asid.org Professional Development Director CAMILLE SELF, Allied ASID

professionaldevelopment@azn.asid.org

Director at Large/Industry Partner Liaison LEANN FERNALD, Industry Partner Rep at-large@azn.asid.org

Membership Director AMY WENGER, Allied ASID membership@azn.asid.org Student Representative to the Board (SRB) MELISSA TIANO, Student ASID studentrep@azn.asid.org

Chapter Administrator DEB RITCHIE, info@azn.asid.org

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Join

The Fun! CALENDAR

Winter 2020

FEBRUARY NCIDQ Study Group

Every Monday

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm ASID Office, Scottsdale Design Center

Thu, February 20th

Chapter Meeting Collaborative with IIDA Effective Government Advocacy for the Interior Design Industry 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm Central Arizona Supply Roundtable discussion starts at 5:00 pm

Sat, February 22nd

Charette Competition 10:00 am – 4:00 pm Scottsdale Community College

APRIL

Sat, Apr 4th

ASID Student Graduation Brunch 11:00 am – 1:00 pm California Closets

Sun, Apr 5th

Design Excellence Awards Entry Deadline Midnight

Thu, Apr 16th

Chapter Meeting 0.1 CEU + Surprise Event 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm Expressions Home Gallery

Thu, Apr 23rd

Emerging Professionals 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Monterrey Tile

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MARCH NCIDQ Study Group

Every Monday

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm ASID Office, Scottsdale Design Center

Fri, March 13th

Industry Partner Donuts & Dialogue 7:45 am – 9:00 am Cactus Stone & Tile Chapter Meeting – Serious Play Workshop 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm Arizona Tile

Mar 29th – Apr 1st

The ASID/WELL Conference Scottsdale Fairmont Princess

MAY Fri, May 8th

Industry Partner Donuts & Dialogue 7:45 am – 9:00 am Image Craft

Thu, May 21st

Chapter Meeting 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm Sub-Zero Wolf Showroom

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Kick Start Your Business this Spring!

Remodel. Refresh. Renew Your business

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oin the Interior Designer For Hire (IDFH) team and take a new approach to building your business and growing profits in 2020. Our ASID Arizona North Chapter has been a pioneer in promoting this program that enables established designers and emerging professionals to garner a new client to remodel/refresh and renew their business. This is a direct impact fund-raising event, where designers can volunteer one hour consultations at a rate of $99 or for two hours at a rate of $175 with proceeds going back to ASID. Designers benefit in establishing a new client base. This program also helps encourage members of the public who have never used a designer to test the waters with a small budget and get professional advice.

Our chapter is one of the ten largest in the nation and we arrived here through the volunteers from past and present who put their hearts and souls into developing programs that benefit designers, students, industry partners, the community at large, and helped grow our chapter to this level. Our continued growth is dependent on current and future volunteers. Please help out in any small way you can. It is a wonderful way to give back to this great organization that has helped so many of us grow.

Allied ASID

To learn more and to receive the registration link, call Deb Ritchie at (602)-569-8916 or email her at (info@azn.asid.org).

☛ Members in the News

P O Box 8190 Phoenix AZ 85066 602.569.8916 Info@azn.asid.org www.azn.asid.org C O M M U N I C AT I O N S D I R E C T O R MONICA SULLIVAN, Allied ASID

Editorial Staff EDITOR PAIGE LEWIS, Allied ASID A S S I S TA N T E D I T O R CINDY LEWTON, ASID PROOFREADERS JEWELL BLAIR, Allied ASID DEBRA L. BRAUER, ASID, Industry Partner Rep MIRANDA GWILLIAM, Industry Partner Rep DEB RITCHIE, Administrator F. CHRISTOPHER WEST, Industry Partner Rep

ART DIRECTOR LINDA LONGMIRE

Do you have

NEWS

ADVERTISING SALES RICK EMRICH, Marketing Rep for ASID Arizona North Chapter 602.540.9281

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P L E A S E E M A I L TO Communications@azn.asid.org

• Thoma-Holec Design’s project, Robson Reserve at PebbleCreek won a Gold award in the category of “55+ Indoor Common or Amenity Space” and the project, LivGenerations Pinnacle Peak won a Gold award for “55 + Independent Living Community.”

• Keith Stanton, ASID, now proudly adds the appellation of CHID (Certified Healthcare Interior Designer) to his name! Keith is one of only two in the state of Arizona to hold this certification.

Congratulations, Keith! And… Keith was a juror for the Environments for Aging Design Showcase in Portland, Oregon in January.

• LuAnn Thoma-Holec, ASID, CCIDC recently added CCIDC (California Council for Interior Design Commercial) to her name. This is a big achievement that enables LuAnn to professionally practice at all levels in California. Congratulations, LuAnn! • Esther Boivin, Allied ASID of Esther Boivin Interiors, received the cover of SE Florida Style & Design magazine for one of her awardwinning projects in Palm Beach! Congratulations, Esther!

• As Leann Fernald continues her work with Ornamention, she has taken a role with Urban33; a pioneering aspirational lifestyle brand with a hospitality and contract branch.

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CHAPTER NEWS

OCT

Colormix

CHAPTER MEETING

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olor wasn’t the only thing in the mix at the much-anticipated chapter's fall kick-off meeting…and, from the feedback, the blend was just right!

With a much earlier entrance, Laurie Clark, Sherwin-Williams®, opened with her informative talk to a packed house of over 300. We can’t tell you how delighted we were to see so many familiar faces back in the room! Always a pleasure to see our members getting value out of their ASID membership, reacquainting with friends, and sharing the love of design.

Beth Donlan said it best with regard the time is Beth Donlan saidto it best withchange, regard to“This the time the first time in years I have been change, “This is the first time in years I have able to attend! Thank you for making been able to attend!

Thank you making it it earlier and please do itfor again nextand year!” earlier please do it again next year!”

On an even higher note, the palette wowed, the presentation rocked, and the food was simply divine. But when isn’t food simply divine?

More surprises to come! Camille Self, Professional Development Director, and ASID student membership kicked off the 1st annual Colormix Vignette Contest.

Thank you to the students who participated and a round of applause to our contest winner, Sydney Bailey from Mesa Community College, walking away with a grand prize of $150. Congrats Sydney!

Other young visitors with eyes on a different prize - a budding design career, were in the room. East Valley Institute of Technology (EVIT) toured showrooms, talked to tenured designers, and enjoyed personal meet ups with some of our premiere members. Thank you to Richard Wilkinson, Christine Sterling, and anyone who stopped to share a few encouraging words.

Color matched collections of inspiring materials were on display to complement the 2020 Colormix palette.

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Made possible by Image Craft, Made Resource Group, Monterrey Tile, Pindler & Pindler, Inc., and CeTerra Accents & Interiors.

Thank you to Alyshaan Fine Rugs for generously hosting the October chapter meeting and working magic in the before and after rug moving event! To Sherwin-Williams for dishing up fabulous paint palettes and lending us their reps for the evening. Image Craft/Viapagi and Emser Tile for the thirst-quenchers and delicious hand passed delights, and Arizona Wholesale for hosting the student vignette contest.

It does take a village to create something fabulous and that village extends past our members.

The upcoming student charette project will end in an installation of community spaces at the James Walton House, a shelter for displaced vets.

We look forward to sharing the value of the ASID brand in the community. Donations of time and product can be directed to info@azn.asid.org.

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CHAPTER NEWS

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Mix & Mingle

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inning the Design Excellence Award (DEA) is a very prestigious honor. Does that statement really capture the significance? The talent in this chapter is mind-blowing, and to surface as a winner, is a really, really big deal! Awards are given for both residential and commercial space design but also for custom components such as furniture, fixtures, and elements.

A few years back, Saeed Aslam, Alyshaan Rugs, had a brainstorm. “Let’s invite the public to share in this really big deal with us.” We did. They came, maybe not as many as we’d like to have come, but each year it gets better.

Welcome to the 3rd annual Mix & Mingle with Arizona Tastemakers. What an exciting evening! Brought together by Solstice Stone under a canopy of stunning stone tile; guests enjoyed a well-stocked bar and delicious nibbles.

DEA winners armed with business cards and marque boards, lined the room meeting homeowners and designers alike. All enjoyed an evening devoted to beautiful design and stunning installations.

“We had such a fun “We had such a fun evening. evening. We met a very We met talented a very talented designer. designer.

Had a Had agreat greatconversation conversationand and look forward to working look forward to working with her with her soon.” said a soon,” said couple a lovelyas couple lovely they as leftshowroom. the showroom. they left the With With their their friends piping in, friends piping in, “We did too!”

“We did too!”

Everyone was invited to the roundtable Q&A to talk about trends, inspirational muses, remodeling tips and of course, design in general for the wellappointed home.

Business enhancing events such as this are only possible with the support and generosity of our industry partners. The Mix & Mingle is no exception.

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you to this generous and talented duo for the marquee boards. Each fabulous marquee bore the design of the Awards Gala, and was designed to showcase the winning projects for each of our featured winners.

Solstice Stone outdid themselves in food, beverage, venue and staging, thanks to the talents of Cindy Whitman and Tony Patino, residential and commercial showroom representatives. Whoever came up with the idea of a complete Thanksgiving dinner in a bite is genius!

And to our media partner, Phoenix Home & Garden magazine, thank you for promoting to your readership and having John Roark share a few kind words.

Look forward to the Mix & Mingle each year as the November chapter meeting. Registration for the 2020 Design Excellence Awards is open until April 5th. Win your chance to be a star at the next Mix & Mingle.

Thank you for making the Arizona North Chapter part of your yearly business plan.

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CHAPTER NEWS

ASID North Chapter

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Holiday Party 2019

opping off a g reat year always deserves a good schmooze! And where better…than Schmooze in Old Town. Each year, the City of Scottsdale breaks out the lights in Old Town with palm trees and buildings draped in holiday splendor, music filtering through the air, a combination guaranteed to begin on a high note.

Throwing open the hand-crafted iron gates, guests adorned in holiday fare were immediately greeted by a stunning display of twinkling light-wrapped trees in a multitude of holiday color, flickering candles and firepits warming the air. Of course, Rick and Brenda Emrich and Laurie Clark greeted all with award-winning smiles and holiday gifts of custom ASID key chains.

Armed with raffle tickets and casino table funny money, the next stop was off to enjoy delicious bites. Chef Tony, with a pedigree that spans the globe, and his entourage of creative cooks, served up the dishes. Since cooking and cocktails go hand-in-hand, they may have doled out a few of those too. Just sayin’!

Cocktails in hand, pens poised, we judged the “Paint Your Way” contest. And the winner is … Arik Spaulding, Best of Show! Amanda Phipps, Kaley Condon, and Nancy Nease were also top favs. Congrats to you all!

The skies broke, the rain poured and the generosity flowed.Thank you to all our very much appreciated raffle item supporters: Barbara's Picks, C.A.I. Designs, Daltile, Davis Editions, Dunn-Edwards, Estrella Cabinetry & Kitchen Designs, Expressions Home Gallery, Hinkley's Lighting Factory, Interior Essentials, Kravet, Organic Looms, Rug Worx, Salt Creek Furniture, SherwinWilliams, Thoma-Holec Designs, Toto/Brizo, Underfoot, and Waterworks.

Proceeds of the evening will go towards the installation of the student charette project at the James Walton House, a rehabilitation center for veterans, run by veterans.

Renovations will begin in the Spring and we invite and welcome our membership to participate in this community focused project and celebrate in its success. Look for more details in The Buzz and in social media.

The holiday party is our gift to you.

Throughout the year you bring your talent, time, and attention to what makes this chapter one of the top in the nation. We thank you, we appreciate you and we wish you the best of all in 2020!

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CHAPTER NEWS

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CHAPTER NEWS

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NCIDQ 101:

Everything You Need to Know and Do to Take the NCIDQ Exam

CHAPTER MEETING

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ur Januar y chapter meeting was hosted by Daltile, Marazzi and Amerian Olean in their beautiful new showroom in Scottsdale. Guest speaker Axie Tomesi, NCIDQ of The Smith Group presented on the topic “NCIDQ 101: Everything You Need to Know and Do to Take the NCIDQ Exam.” Panelists Esther Gonzalez, ASID, Nicki Jensen, IIDA, Susan Nicholson, ASID, and Felicia Chavez, IIDA shared the benefits they have experienced as NCIDQ certification holders.

Both ASID and IIDA have kicked off study groups that will meet together throughout the year in preparation for the twice yearly NCIDQ exams that will occur in April and again in October. By becoming a NCIDQ Certified Interior Designer, you are proving that you have the skills to design and execute interior environments that protect the safety, healthcare and well-being of its inhabitants.

Anyone interested in pursuing this next level of professionalism are advised to contact our chapter’s administrator, Deb Ritchie, at info@azn.asid.org.

The evening ended with a delightful “thank you” of two beautiful gift baskets donated by Daltile and won by two very happy attendees. It was also announced that five lucky guests will be chosen to receive a free practice test from CIDQ, valued at $55.

NCIDQ Study Group

THE NCIDQ STUDY GROUP meets on Monday evenings and offers an opportunity for NCIDQ candidates to review content, learn new study techniques, and benefit from the synergy of working with other professionals.

The cerebral group is led by Susan Nicholson, ASID, NCIDQ, and is hosted at participating Industry Partner facilities. Spring study sessions will continue through March 30, 2020. Fall program begins in July 2020.

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• Rachel C. Simmons, ASID • Dorothy Teichgraeber, ASID • Kristina J. Buttice, Allied ASID • Karen Clothier, Allied ASID • Amy Cohn, Allied ASID • Christina Dickinson, Allied ASID • Cindi M. Hoffman, Allied ASID • Arleen Dawn Karch, Allied ASID • Victoria King, Allied ASID • Melissa J Maasland, Allied ASID • Lia Jnell McCarty, Allied ASID • Gretchen L Palmer, Allied ASID • Taylor Singleton, Allied ASID • Teri Lynn Smithers, Allied ASID

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STUDENTS • Jennifer Braudt, Student ASID • Sierra Paige Clarke, Student ASID • Angelica Gozo Dela Roca, Student ASID • April D Deleon, Student ASID • Paige Lynn Doyle, Student ASID

2020 Design Excellence Awards (DEA)

Update your portfolio and online presence by getting published and soaring to new heights! Stand out from the competition by entering the 2020 Design Excellence Awards.

AZ North Chapter is now accepting submissions of your most fabulous work for the 2020 design competition through 12 midnight on Sun, Apr 5th.

MEMBERSHIP includes many benefits.

To find out exactly what they include, go to our website:

www.azn.asid.org/resources/member-benefits

• Megan Emery Edmondo, Student ASID • Megan Alysse Enouen, Student ASID • Tahlia Ewing, Student ASID • Shauna Gliss, Student ASID • Christina Rene Jimenez, Student ASID • Grace Johnson, Student ASID • Erika Kodad, Student ASID • Jessica Lidberg, Student ASID • Paulette Mattar, Student ASID • Kyra Jean Parry, Student ASID • Leslie T. Porter, Student ASID • Lainie Sue Renne, Student ASID • Ana Victoria Trujillo, Student ASID

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very so often Phoenix Home & Garden will receive a letter from a reader expressing frustration that our magazine does not feature more of what they refer to as “traditional” Southwest design. Where are the turquoise accent walls, the kokopelli figures, the kiva ladder blanket racks? We are, after all, published in the Southwest and the reasoning is that the homes we spotlight should fit a formula that is not readily found in other regions.

I make it a point to respond to these letters personally and explain, as gently as possible, that the decor they are looking for—a style that can be found by going back in our archives a few decades—is absent from our pages for a reason. “Traditional Southwest” once fit within a set of design parameters but naturally—and thankfully—that aesthetic has evolved. While we love nothing more than finding an authentic adobe with interiors to match, the truth is that today, those gems are the exception rather than the rule. Our responsibility to our readership is to present the broad range of possibilities in interior design, architecture and landscape.

Diversity is what makes our region so exciting. Today’s Southwest is a melting pot of design styles and aesthetics. On a drive through Paradise Valley, one might see a sleekly industrial construction of glass and steel across the street from a midcentury modern-inspired ranch.

Travel further, and you may find a charming country farmhouse, a Craftsman-style bungalow and a French-style chateau. And it all works together.

The same, of course, can be said of exceptional interior design, a symphony in which diverse form, scale, color, texture and line converge in a seamless, harmonious whole. And nothing is more delightful than being surprised by that unexpected note that adds to a room rather than pulls focus. Again, diversity in action.

We encourage readers to be open to the exploration of diversity right here, right now. As representatives on the front lines of design, hats off to you for embracing the possibilities with each interior to which you lend your voice, expertise and vision.

Making Strides

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ndustry Partner's DONUTS & DIALOGUE continues to build momentum with engaging speakers and topics that fuel business growth. Attendance is ever increasing and the feedback from participants is rich and positive reinforcement to keep pushing onward.

Watt Integration graciously hosted our November Designer Discussion Panel on the subject of “what makes an excellent supplier.” Attendees gained key insights from a robust discussion with a diverse group of designer panelists. The lively Q&A exchange revealed a better understanding of how we can reach across our varied professions to help one another perform at a higher level and, as suppliers, how best to provide products and services that our designers truly need. It can sometimes be difficult to know how to reach our target audience, and this candid conversation around what designers do and do not want from their suppliers shed much needed light on their point of view, and how to tailor an approach that will help them do their best work.

January 2020 was off to an energetic start in the newly remodeled JennAir showroom at Arizona Wholesale and Supply. Our speaker, Gary Hart, founder of eDirectGlass, shared his knowledge and expertise in business development, recounting his trajectory from developing a software platform that assists small local business with billing, leveraging the success of that platform, leading to his most recent role traveling the globe coaching new franchise owners on their path to success. Gary brought the message home by centering his focus on the health and wholeness of the individual rather than the business. Emphasizing one’s mental and physical well-being are critical to the growth and achievement of our businesses. This nugget of wisdom seems simple enough on the surface, but is far more complex once we begin to unpack it. It all starts with our WHY and what drives us in our core. Gary offered our group tips and techniques to discover our WHY and encouraged us to realign our efforts to be in harmony with why we do what we do, noting success would naturally follow.

Please join us for more dynamic discussion and value added content at the next Donuts & Dialogue: March 13th at Cactus Stone and Tile in Scottsdale and May 8th at Image Craft in Phoenix. We have great topics in store for you, everyone is welcome, and I’m looking forward to seeing you all there!

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strella Cabinetry & Design Center is unique in the Valley in that it is completely full service as both a hybrid of design and trade. Laura Eagan, the owner, is a licensed contractor thereby supporting the full service work we provide. Once a cabinet is involved, we oversee the entire selection and installation process, including countertops, backsplashes, plumbing fixtures, lighting, and plumbing and electrical services. This provides much peace of mind to the client, whether a professional designer or a homeowner, because they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to find and oversee the trades themselves.

Cindy Lewton, ASID, CLIPP, is a professional member working for Estrella. When Cindy re-careered into interior design from her career in the medical field, her goal as a student was to be a kitchen and bath designer.

Most of her interior design career has been as a commercial designer which she thoroughly enjoyed as she likes the structural aspects of interiors. However, Cindy has found her sweet spot specializing in the kitchen and bath design field. Cindy combines all her previous experience in the medical field into this specialized field of design and function with an emphasis on wellness and aging in place within the home. She often says she creates spaces that accommodate the client, rather than the client accommodating the home.

Many know Cindy from her years as a chair and then board member of our chapter in numerous positions, including president of the chapter 2012-2013. Cindy has a heart for our chapter and continues to participate on the Communications Committee.

Cindy is blessed to be surrounded by a team of talented and well-respected kitchen and bath designers, including Karen Gustin, CKD, Paul Tanis, Jim Attinger, and the owner, Laura Eagan, CKD, CLIPP. Ryan Liddle is the project manager who oversees and manages the projects and brings our great designs to life. Cindy understands the challenges of the interior designer and looks forward to partnering with ASID members on future projects.

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en Ross is the Regional Retail Sales Manager for Premier Lighting. He is a former electrician and has been in the construction and lighting industry for over 30 years. Since 1978, Premier Lighting has been a distinctive, award-winning lighting showroom offering the finest in full scale lighting services to custom home builders, architects, interior designers and homeowners. With the most experienced and knowledgeable lighting professionals in the industry, Premier and its team - Brandy Levy, Jem Funk, Maxine Nemiroff, Norma Jean, Charles Peniston and Ken Ross - have proven that success is defined by winning styles, customer service and follow through.

Considered the best in the industry, the Premier team will make your decor dreams come to life with amazing lighting, custom fixtures, mirrors, art, fans and home accessories. In Tucson, visit our team - Linda, Javier, Ken and Kassie - at our Northside Lighting showroom, which is part of the Premier Lighting family.

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alt Creek Furniture was founded by Ed Cameron in 1991 in Canada as a manufacturer only. Ed completed his undergraduate studies in Business in Canada and holds an MBA in International Economics from the University of Liverpool in the UK. Ed also studied Aviation and holds commercial pilot licenses in both Canada and the U.S. In 1991, Ed patented two technologies that led the company to grow to four offices internationally, with sales across the globe. The move to Arizona in 1995 was to open the company’s U.S. Office and it has been home for Ed and his family ever since.

The Salt Creek Furniture that we know in Arizona is the retail component for both office furniture and home furnishings. On the office side of the business, Salt Creek offers both commercial office interior services and home office products, all at higher end and quality levels. Salt Creek also manufactures Serafina custom furnishings locally, offering design, manufacturing and installation.

On the home furnishings side, Salt Creek is partnered with some great companies like Palliser, Amisco, Southern Motion and many others; offering a vast in-stock program as well as being special order experts with endless options. Salt Creek will be releasing “Serafina Living,” a made-to-order upholstery product line that is 100% customizable.

Over the years, Salt Creek has developed a strong working relationship with the architectural and design communities. We are very proud of our ability to support designers, working hand-in-hand with our “Salt Creek Cares” program. We offer special pricing on all office and home products to designers. We can receive products for you from other vendors and are happy to be your one-point installation and delivery services company. This program has been used successfully by many designers over the years. Our goal is to continue to offer excellent customer service beyond the sale.

Salt Creek Furniture is a proud ASID Industry Partner and chapter sponsor.

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icole Burke, the Residential Architectural and Design Representative at Solstice Stone, brings a fresh and out-of-the box approach to the Valley’s design community by delivering unique and innovative natural stone and tile solutions to her clients. She joined Solstice in 2019 after three years of working for Morgan Stanley on Wall Street.

Nicole cultivated a passion and an appreciation for natural design materials through her upbringing and travel. Her family has been rooted in the fine woodworking and stone businesses for over 40 years, and while earning her B.A. from NYU, Nicole spent a year abroad in Shanghai, China, where she found inspiration in its architectural traditions and twenty-first century innovations. At Solstice, she provides her clients with natural stone and tile sourced from around the globe.

Solstice empowers its clients to unleash their creativity by providing an unparalleled, dynamic palette of materials and textures for vertical and horizontal architectural applications. The Solstice team guides its clients’ vision from design to completion. Solstice is distinctly positioned to deliver on the most bespoke and complex of plans, with a dedicated international sourcing team constantly traveling the globe to hand-select newly discovered materials and oversee product creation.

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Your career story in interior design is a collection of experiences you have

sorted through, labeled, and strung together that has impacted your ability to succeed. Whether it is design in residential or commercial spaces, lighting design, or fabric design - interior design is extremely diverse in what it has to offer professionals with backgrounds in design, art, and architecture.

It is a multifaceted profession that includes planning, managing, space planning, programming, research, management and execution. Whether we are designing a furniture plan, a custom chair, an architectural piece for a restaurant, a wing of a hospital or an airport, we work with architects, builders, engineers, fabricators, artists, and construction crews to achieve safe, welcoming, functional and beautiful spaces.

We are an industry that has no boundaries.

We are an industry with no boundaries.

The ability to have such a wide range of opportunities to take your creativity where you can excel is an advantage in our industry. How does one go about reinventing oneself? By being courageous on a daily basis and having a belief in yourself that you can take a step toward finding your passion and reinventing yourself as an interior designer with no limits.

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Rachel Simmons

I moved to Phoenix in 1997 to become an interior designer. I had the benefit of always knowing where I wanted to live and what I wanted to do, even after my grandmother insisted that interior design was a dead-end profession, and that I was wasting my time in school because I would just end up selling curtains at JCPenney.

My initial goal was to earn an Associate’s degree and start working within the thriving Arizona design industry.

Becoming an interior designer had always been my career focus, so I was rather surprised when I realized, while sitting in my space planning course at Scottsdale Community College, that I might not actually want to practice. I was still committed to working within the industry, but perhaps I could take on a less traditional role. I interned for a custom furniture company, thinking that designing on a micro level may be more my speed, but I enjoyed learning so much that I began to explore the idea of teaching design. My new focus led to my continued education. After I graduated from SCC, I transferred to Northern Arizona University’s extension campus in Scottsdale where I earned a bachelor’s degree, and then found myself at Arizona State University in Tempe working on a master’s degree in interior design, with an emphasis on theory, methodology, and criticism.

I was taking courses at ASU to improve my design teaching skills, but also to specialize in an area of design that I was passionate about, historic preservation. While in graduate school, I freelanced on small design projects, working under independent designers as well as for some of my own clients, eventually taking on a partner and operating a small studio. In 2006, I began teaching for SCC.Very quickly I realized that I had a talent for disseminating information and while I enjoyed practicing design and assisting designers with drawings and specification documents, teaching became my true passion. I waited (somewhat) patiently for an opportunity to become faculty at SCC, teaching there as an adjunct instructor as well as teaching part-time for several other design programs, including ASU and the Art Institute. I earned my master’s degree in Interior Design. I traveled, lived abroad, taught online, passed the NCIDQ, and then, in 2016, I became the first residential faculty member that SCC’s Interior Design department had hired in more than twenty years.

I find that teaching interior design is as creative an endeavor as practicing interior design. Formulating lesson plans, creating projects, and crafting learning experiences based on an industry I love doesn’t feel like work, it is a process that energizes and fulfills me. I have a strong desire to promote the interior design profession by graduating the best designers in the state of Arizona; we have recently added additional classes so our graduates can earn their NCIDQ certification. I have carved out a niche that perfectly suits my skill set and desired quality of life; I am a committed faculty member at SCC and continue to practice design on a part-time basis. I enjoy helping my clients realize their best interiors, but I also practice to stay abreast of the latest design technologies and connected to industry partners, so that my students are receiving the most up-to-date industry information. At SCC we are blessed to have industry partners and a community of professional designers that care about design education as much as we do and support our program.

I believe there is room in the interior design industry for a myriad of career paths. As faculty at SCC, I have the unique privilege of encouraging students to look within themselves and discover their own unique skill set, to help them carve out their own niche within the industry, and to assist the Scottsdale Community College Interior Design graduates in achieving their greatest potential.

RACHEL SIMMONS,

MSD, ASID, IDEC, LEED GA, NCIDQ Teacher, Scottsdale Community College WINT E R 2 0 2 0 DE SE RT DE SIG N 23

Debra May Himes

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Charles H. Duell, the Commissioner of the US Patent Office in 1899 said “everything that can be invented has been invented.” Thank goodness no one listened to him. I have always been interested in investigating what I can do and accomplish. I graduated from my university with a bachelor’s degree in interior design at a time when degrees were not required for this line of work. In fact, I found it difficult to land my first job – well, I did graduate in the middle of a recession – but I was told time and time again that I was overqualified – and I had not even worked yet as a professional interior designer!

I persevered (a good word) and eventually landed my first job which was as a design assistant for a high-end residential firm, Mehagian’s Furniture. I also worked for Cholla Business Interiors from which Facilitec was born. I have worked for Breuner’s and Barrows Commercial. My commercial projects included hospitals, law firms, hospitality, corporate headquarters and medical facilities.When my first child was born, I decided to work as a designer from my home. I began my business with my final commission check from Barrow’s in the amount of $1500.00. I have since been blessed with a nice career in the design industry working in both the residential as well as commercial genres. In around the year 2000, I moved out of my home and opened my first studio by the Fiesta Mall. I now have my studio in the Chandler Gateway Office Park on Stellar Airpark commercial properties. I have been fortunate to have worked on custom home projects throughout the US. I think I have always addressed my projects wondering how I can make them the best I possibly can. In around 1997, I was chosen to design the powder bath for a showhouse in the Paradise Valley area. What I learned from that experience was the beginning of a whole new thought process that applies to my business to this day.

The builder for this showhouse thought that hanging a granite countertop off the wall to use as a vanity was creative. I had other ideas. At that time, backlit onyx was a brand-new product and concept. I had seen displays of this beautiful backlit stone in several stone showrooms. I began to think about how to create an underlit bath vanity for this showhouse. It took quite a bit of work and persistent effort to figure this out, but I did. And the room was a hit. From that, I created a new line of products. Named after my two sons, “Jonathan David Bath Vanities” have been shipped to homes in Arizona and all over the US. In the early 2000’s, Helser Brothers Drapery Hardware asked if I would design a new drapery finial for them. That would probably have been easy. But instead, I decided to design a whole new concept in drapery hardware. Designed for the designer, “Compositions” included several styles of finials and support elements so the designer could create the finials to be contemporary or traditional, large or small with several finish and color choices. In 2006, we received an ADEX “Platinum” Award, the highest national award we could receive for product design.

My latest venture is “Designs Inspired,” my own fabric line. Introduced in May 2019, I now have over 600 designs, all of which are hand-drawn and hand-colored. Printed in the US and UK, my designs are offered on several different fabrics.You can check out the line at www.designsinspired.design.You can also contact Jessica Flack, Kendall Grace Collection at (480) 643-0610, or jessica@kendallgracecollection.com. In January 2020, you will find my line at URBAN33’s permanent showroom and the Dallas Design Center.

In closing, I would remind you to “think out of the box” and definitely don’t let anyone else put you in that box. Keep growing and learning. It’s good for you. If you get bored, what can you do to change that? If there is a problem area, would a new process or idea be better? Just because something has been done a certain way, doesn’t mean it is still the right way. Now, not all ideas are good, but if you don’t explore the idea, you will never find out. No idea goes on forever either. My “Compositions” has been discontinued. My “Jonathan David Bath Vanities” line needs revisiting – another day for that one. I encourage you to remember you are creatives. Create.

DEBRA MAY HIMES, ASID, LEED AP, NICDQ Certified Debra May Himes Interior Design & Associates Owner/President

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Norma Escandon Michaels

As a child, I dreamed of building houses. I built them, too, out of castoff cardboard boxes from my grandparents’ grocery store. I made the glue from flour and water. We didn’t have scissors; I used a kitchen knife to cut the shapes out. In fourth grade, I built a cardboard city.

I suppose my mother and teachers thought it a child’s whimsy. The very idea that a Hispanic child, a girl, from a family of grocers and ranchers in tiny Picacho, Arizona, might aspire to design beautiful structures - or anything at all... It was unimaginable. For many years, after I had graduated from ASU’s School of Architecture with a degree in interior design, and had earned NCIDQ certification, I was the only Hispanic designer our local ASID chapter had on its roster. That has since changed, thank goodness. As an employer, I’ve been proud to mentor young designers and collaborate with designers and architects from Moldova to Mexico.

Walt Whitman wrote “I contain multitudes.” Well, along the way, I discovered that I contain multitudes myself: multitudes of ideas for enhancing our working environment. Exploring that bounty, that variety, has made my career as a commercial interior designer endlessly exciting. Not easy. Not simple. But fascinating.

Every structure, every client, every budget is a puzzle. How can I use my design IQ to optimize the final product and deliver an experience of equal value to the client and to those who will work in or use that environment?

One day, I found myself designing a 450-square-foot working artist’s studio and sales space in an upscale retail environment. A few years later, I was collaborating with two Hispanic architects on a multi-generational community center for a proud Native American community. What fun I had designing a small dance studio and attending the grand opening. But I had just as much fun delivering an award-winning design for the corporate headquarters and operational hub of a non-profit drug testing company.

Both on a shoestring budget, I might add.

In the process, clients often become collaborators. Collaborators often become friends. It’s just one more way that commercial design has enriched my life. I can't imagine how many people have worked, played and realized their own possibilities in spaces I have helped create. But sometimes I try. And it is tremendously gratifying. I have tackled so many different types of projects: a health club, childcare centers, medical offices, libraries, hospital facilities, hotels, restaurants, retail stores, senior centers, and university facilities. Office structures, too, of course. And tenant improvement projects.

In the process, at clients’ requests, I have travelled as far away from Phoenix as Bahrain, Ecuador, and Chile.

Some of my clients have been nationally known firms. Others were start-ups. Some have grown into chains I see when I travel across the country. Multiply my projects by the people I’ve worked with and for and you could populate a city a whole lot larger than Picacho, Arizona, that’s for sure.

A career is a kaleidoscope of experiences, people and projects. As I write this, mine fall together in brilliant, joyous patterns that sparkle in my mind’s eye. The experience has been so much more exciting than that little girl cutting up pieces of cardboard could have imagined. Every time a client is impressed by one of my handdrawn renderings, or requests one, I’m thrilled. Every time. But I'm just as thrilled when I add my stamp to a title block in Revit and send it off to a client. Wow, I did that! Sometimes it's hard to believe I've been able to grow and learn as much as I have. I'm profoundly grateful that there are so many new opportunities to explore, and clients to explore them with.

Guess what? After all these years, I still call my mother every night and tell her what I designed that day.

Does it get better than that? I can’t imagine.

NORMA ESCANDON MICHAELS, ASID

NM Interiors Group Inc. NCIDQ, LEED Green Associate Registered Interior Designer State of Texas WINT E R 2 0 2 0 DE SE RT DE SIG N 25

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Most of the design/build community know me as the Dunn-Edwards Rep. Not as many know that I have a bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in Interior Design from ASU and the path that has led me to be both an Industry Partner and an Allied ASID member of our chapter.

As a child, I was always interested in color, art, painting, sewing, and just about anything that involved design and art.

I found such peace and happiness in all the beauty. As early as junior high, my mother let me design my own bedroom from floor to ceiling. I was always browsing through the home magazines that my mother subscribed to and, one thing led to another. I had to become a designer! I had to create and surround myself with design, color and beauty!

While in high school, I was offered a job at a fabric store which brought me into another avenue of design with fabrics. I began sewing up a storm and doing a lot of tailoring. I would sew clothes for myself, design my own patterns and created quilted jackets and lots of upholstered purses. It was apparent that college was my only option to follow my passion to become an interior designer. I was accepted at Arizona State University and began a new chapter in my life.

After graduation, I spent seven years working in design and was mentored by the top designers and architects in the Valley. This experience also allowed me to obtain membership in the ASID Arizona North Chapter and I have remained an Allied member ever since.

Fate took me further with my relationships built within the A/D community when I specialized in window treatments for several years which led to residential design and development work for both builders and luxury homeowners. Expanding my knowledge in residential design and HOAs, I worked alongside many prominent realtors and realty companies. As I became more adept with building specifications in the industries of kitchen and bath, institutional and commercial fields, I became self-employed as an independent contractor marketing 14 architectural products and art.

After several years, I was approached by Dunn-Edwards to create the first Builder Program within the company, signing on as one of the first females to be hired from outside of the company work force. I worked throughout the state and Phoenix area and eventually specializing in the design industry. Having a professional design degree and background was a plus and I was able to relate to my associates by supporting them in the industry. After 23 years, I have been so fortunate to keep both my industry partner status and interior design status, building on these two areas while still maintaining my passion for design.

I have won numerous Presidential Citations throughout my years of membership in ASID. I became a member of other associations and also became a Chair Holder in the International Color Marketing Group and received a Fellow status in the International Furniture and Design Association. I continued throughout my career as a member of the Art Institute of Phoenix Member Advisory Council for 20 years and presently retain a seat on the American Institute of Interior Design's Member Advisory Board Council. I was selected by Sources for Design Magazine as a 2017 Industry ICON and work extensively with the ASU School of Design and ASU Student Alumni Association. Education for design students has also been a passion of mine. I continue to be active in the International Interior Design Association, and I am an Associate member of NKBA and NEWH. I am a firm believer in maintaining and building great positive relationships in all areas of my field of work, as well as continuing education and continuous professional support of and within the A/D community.

My advice to any graduate of Interior Design is to stay informed, diligent and strong, and maintain your passion!

There are so many different facets of design that you can conquer. If it isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t in front of you, then create it! And, always keep your professional relationships, even in this up and coming digital and media world.Your career in the design profession can be very successful with perseverance and the mind thought of achieving whatever you want to achieve!

DEDE RADFORD, Allied ASID, Industry Partner Dunn-Edwards Design Services Professional 602-702-7273 dede.radford@dunnedwards.com

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s the holidays pass us by and we say goodbye to yummy treats, extended families, and the hustle and bustle of the holidays, we welcome in a new year and a new semester for classes. For some students, it's the last semester before they earn their degrees, and for others, it is the beginning of a life-fulfilling career. During the next four sunny months before school is out for the summer, it's a pretty light one in terms of activities and events from each school. My home school, Scottsdale Community College, has what they call their event of the year, Modern Phoenix.

This year, Modern Phoenix will start on March 13th and go until the 22nd, 2020. The Modern Phoenix Expo is a casual day-long event to find out what's new in modern architecture, interior design, and home renovation in Phoenix. Contemporary artists, interior designers, furniture designers, green builders, realtors, material showrooms, vintage furniture showrooms, accessory dealers, paint manufacturers, and local, historic preservation groups will be hosting exhibitor booths. This year, there will also be many items for sale, including art, accessories, plants, and furnishings.

While Modern Phoenix offers home tours in the most beautiful and iconic homes, they also have mosaic workshops, and the week finishes with a marketplace. This year's home tour theme focuses on the Central Corridor, so the market and Expo will be held at the newly refurbished Park Central on Saturday 21st from 10 am - 5 pm. Last year, Scottsdale Community College was the central hub to where a lot of events, presenters, and workshops happened, and it was the highlight of our year.You should check it out for yourself; tickets go on sale February 21st, 2020. Modern Phoenix site: http://www.modernphoenix. net/hometour/index.htm MELISSA TIANO

Student Representative to the Board

Student Charette Event Upcoming Student Event February 22 - Charette Competition Calling all students to participate and compete for recognition of your work and prize awards for your interior design as we benefit Project Veterans Pride - James Walton House in Phoenix. This year's winning design will be implemented within the facility's great room - the center of the home which serves as a multi-purpose space to the residents. The James Walton Home provides temporary, transitional housing and job training and sourcing for those who served our country. This home to Veterans is known for "Giving a Hand Up, Not a Hand Out." Be sure to check out these sites for more inspiration: WEBSITE: pvpjwh.org FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook. com/1jameswaltonhomepvp

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Monterrey Tile is leading the way in the year of "Bag the Swag."

The management team decided to redirect budget dollars usually spent for corporate giveaways toward scholarship money for a student. Their initial budget for scholarships was $1000. After the management team of Monterrey Tile reviewed the student applications, they were truly impressed with the dedication, talent and passion each student expressed for their chosen field.

Instead of the initial plan to award $1000 in scholarship monies, Monterrey Tile made the very generous decision to award twelve student scholarships for a total of $6,000. Our chapter is very grateful and was pleased to provide assistance to Monterrey Tile during their process where our students' determination, talent and knowledge were championed and rewarded.

Congratulations to the winners of the Monterrey Tile 2019 Scholarships: • Leslie Arriaga • Christina Bagnaso • Jennifer Clancy • Angelica Dela Roca • Grace Johnson • Julia Lopez

• Rocio Rodriguez Macias • Jessie Martin • Paula Mattar • Caitlan Noles • Chey Rivera • Fayrooz Sweis

SCALEX SCALEX was held at the ASU campus in late October. The event was geared for students interested in learning how to develop their creative talents and skills. The topics were innovative, and the discussions were led by speakers who were very knowledgeable within the industry. It was an excellent opportunity to meet other student designers and network with professionals as well. The National SCALE in February will be held Seattle.

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