Warmest Holiday Wishes to You and Yours! We look forward to an exciting, entertaining, and educational 2016. In This Issue: Take full advantage of everything that the IFDA has to offer! Presidents’ Greeting
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IFDA in the Year Ahead
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Membership Renewal
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IFDA NY Annual New Year Kick Off Party Tuesday, January 19
Revving up the Holiday Spirit—IFDA Winter Social
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IFDA NY Presents Color Evolution Monday, February 1
Members Making News
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IFDA Mourns Ruth Schugar
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Welcome New Members
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A Word from Our Sponsors
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Save the date for: Cocktails, Conversations & Connections—Networking Meet-Up Tuesday, January 5 — See you tonight!
Further event information can be found at the IFDA NY Website: http://ifda.com/new-york-chapter The 2015 and 2016 IFDA NY Chapter Board of Directors
Contributors:
Andrea Brodfuehrer
Richard Segal
IFDA NY 2015-2016 President
IFDA NY President-elect 1
Rose Gilbert, FIFDA—Editor Anna Israel—Editor Andrea Brodfuehrer Richard Segal Su Hilty, FIFDA Claudia Gisele Tejeda
IFDA IN THE YEAR AHEAD…! January 5 -- Cocktails, Conversation & Connections — Networking! 5:30-7:30PM at Whalers Bar at The Jolly Madison Hotel 22 East 38th Street at Madison Avenue (Typically the first Monday of most months)
January 19 -- 2016 Kick Off Party IFDA NY Members Only — Click Here to RSVP 6—8:30PM at The Shade Store 225 East 59th Street
February 1 -- Color Trend Event with Pantone Javits Center during NY NOW
March -- Trend Report Panel Review: What's New at the European Markets
April -- Boot Camp: Instagram/Social Media Leverage August 22 -- Color Event Javits Center during NY NOW
September -- Business of Design Event October 17th -- Circle of Excellence Awards Gala SAVE THE DATE! November -- Rising Stars of Design December -- 2016 Holiday Party
Renew & Have a Chance to Win $350! Did you renew your IFDA Professional Membership dues by December 31, 2015? Then sit back and wait: you are already entered into a drawing to win a $350 gift card. The drawing will take place at the 2016 Kickoff Party on January 19, 2016.
Renewing online? Click here to renew. A PayPal payment plan is available.
Renewing by mail? Fax/Mail your invoice with payment to IFDA Headquarters: IFDA Headquarters 610 Freedom Business Center, #110 King of Prussia, PA 19406 Fax: 610-992-0021
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REVVING UP THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT All was merry & bright — not to mention delicious — when IFDA NY celebrated the season with NKBA Manhattan and IDS at B/S/H Experience & Design Center. Generous host Thermador even remembered the neediest: Rock CAN Roll collected our donations of food, formula, and things for babies.
THE MADDING CROWD: How many IFDA members does it take to make a party? Enough to overflow the photobooth, a fave feature at the Holiday Social.
FOCUSING ON FUN: Gregory Allan Cramer and Su Hilty frame up a selfie.
THE STARS CAME OUT THAT NIGHT
MAN OF THE HOUR: IFDA President-Elect Richard Segal gets the groupie treatment.
SHINING BRIGHT: Emcee Justin Shaulis (center) with IFDA's 2015 Rising Stars (from left) Pryor Callaway, Kevin Dumais, Jessica Geller, Virginia Toledo, and Bennett Leifer at the December festivities in the Lapecida Showroom, D & D Building on Thursday evening, November 19. (Photo: Jason Hood)
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MEMBERS MAKING NEWS JAMIE DRAKE + CALEB ANDERSON: Mega merger coming in 2016! Two IFDA stars -- one long bright, one Rising - sent a frisson through the design industry earlier this month when they announced MEGA MERGER: IFDA Members the merger of Jamie Drake (right) and Caleb Anderson Join Talents. (Photo: their firms, Drake Design Associates Brittany Albright) and Caleb Anderson Design.
FAB FAUX: Artist Jonathan Bressler is the Only Real Thing in This Picture!
JONATHAN BRESSLER: Two invitations from Jonathan, one faux, one meant for real fun. The expert faux finisher will hold a two-day intensive workshop at his Bowery studio early in the New Year. Learn such traditional techniques as marbelizing, wood-graining, Venetian plaster, and crackle from a master who has taught at the NY School of Interior Design and been widely published (including his own show-stopping loft). More info: jonathanbressler.com.
As reported in AD, Jamie explained, '"I've been in business 37 years...(and) I wanted to keep excitement levels high, energy levels up, and to have new challenges. I wanted to effect a partnership with someone."
Meanwhile, party at Jonathan's loft on New Year's Day: Tout IFDA was invited for food, fun, and dancing.
The New York-based designer Caleb Anderson was his number one choice, AD wrote.
REGINA ORTENZI: Add "Cover Girl" to her list of achievements (textile designer, design director for Gloria Vanderbilt, teacher at Pratt and Parsons). Regina and husband of 37 years, Bob Button, were featured on the cover of November's Wyomissing Neighbors, the slick mag of Wyomissing/Reading, PA. Here's what else we learned: that Bob was a freelance writer who covered NASA from Houston as the "Voice of Gemini;" that he used to pilot his own plane, once with astronaut Neil Armstrong as co-pilot; that he won FAA's Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award, and was Grand Marshal of the Memorial Day parade in their new neighborhood.
"Caleb embodies all of the attributes that one needs to run a firm," Drake says, listing off his myriad qualifications....Of course, it didn't hurt that the Texasborn Anderson got his break in the design world with an internship at Drake Design Associates in 2008. "It's funny to think back about walking into that office on the first day," said Caleb (who was named an IFDA NY Rising Star in 2014). "It really feels like things have come full circle, and I'm beyond humbled." Congratulations have poured in from the industry, including applause from IFDA. "As we both have such warm connections with IFDA," Jamie responded, "It means a lot."
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JEANNE BYINGTON, FIFDA. Call her crafty with a capital C, but no articles, please! Jeanne's firm, JM Byington & Associates, Inc. deftly handled promotions for last month's third Fine Craft Show extravaganza -90 top artisans showing their expertise in glass, ceramics, pottery, furniture, and rugs. Where? Brooklyn Museum, as it's now officially called. Confirms Jeanne: saying The Brooklyn Museum is oldspeak.
reports. "Dan and I met last May and clicked immediately. He is fun, kind, and makes me laugh...and proves there are good guys still out there." Also FYI: the Fisher & Paykel showroom, where Paula is Design and Architect Manager, opens in February on E. 58th. ROSE HITTMEYER: Blue words = long green for the IFDA Educational Foundation, reports Rose. "We have installed a Swear Jar where any member or guest may pay fines for past trangressions...or in advance for any future swearing you anticipate." The "severity and length of your swear"determines the amount. Rose won't tell who's made the most contributions so far, but, she says, "Even if you swear at home, we welcome all contributions, which will be applied to the EF Fund at the end of the year." A helluva good idea, ye$!
PICTURE PERFECT PAIR: Paula Cecere & Groom, Photographer Dan Smith
PAULA CECERE: Wedding bells rang out in Brooklyn last month for Paula and freelance photographer/ editor Dan Smith (see his work at behance.net/ dan_smith_photo). It caused a mad dash from New Zealand for Paula, who had started working for Fisher & Paykel and spent two weeks there just prior to the wedding. "A bit crazy, but I made it work," the bride
@%#***&!!! Another Contribution to the IFDA/EF Swear Jar!
IFDA Mourns Designer Ruth Schugar of Mt. Lebanon, PA; Joined in 1976 Ruth Schugar, owner of Ruth Schugar Interiors in Mt. Lebanon, PA, and a long-time member of IFDA NY, passed away on November 18 in Mt. Lebanon. She first joined the Chapter in 1976, but had not been active in recent years. Notifying IFDA of her death, Ruth's sister, Linda R. Schugar, wrote, "Ruth was so proud to have been a member of IFDA for so many years. Her exquisite taste and decorating talents will long be remembered."
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WELCOME, NEW MEMBERS!
Shari
Chamish, Shari
Yumi Kim, Founder, Curtain
Chamish Designs, Jericho, NY -- A consultant in product development, sourcing, and design, Shari offers extensive experience in such categories as soft home, children, pet, and spa industries. She has been instrumental in launching product lines with Disney, Nickelodeon, Martha Stewart, Ralph Lauren, Tommy Hilfiger, Vera Wang, Candice Olsen, and Waverly for major retailers.
Call, NYC -- Leaving a career in IT, Yumi Kim started her own custom window treatment business, Curtain Call, to create innovative window treatments featuring her US-patented and exclusively licensed, machine washable, health-conscious roman/balloon shades. PVC-free, and hypoallergenic, her products have been shown on TV and showcased in numerous publications. A real estate broker herself, Yumi says she understands the needs of tenants, unit owners, and investors. She is also an avid traveler (she's visited 60+ countries), an asset, she says when communicating with NY's diversity of clients.
Roberta
Gottlieb, Roberta Gottlieb Interiors, Fairfield, CT -- Originally from Massachusetts, Roberta had firmly established her career in the fashion world when, she reports, she realized that her "passion lay in the interior design business." Now, in more than 25 years as a New York Citybased interior designer, she has created both residential and commercial interiors she describes as "both classic and timeless."
ALSO NEW TO IFDA NEW YORK: Allison Bassen, AGB Interiors, NYC Robin Daas, Manhattan Frame & Design, NYC Catherine LaMarca, Catherine LaMarca Interiors, Oakhurst, NY
Benjamin Rioux, Founder, From Chef to Table, Inc. Caitlin Rutter, Fashion Institute of Technology, NYC Marc Schor, Hudson Green Craft, NYC
Drawing on her background as senior interior designer with several architectural firms, Roberta launched her own interior design business in 2006. She is also one of the two founding partners of Personal Best, a wellknown monogram shop in Litchfield, CT.
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HG Stones along with Hempstead town officials welcome Corporal Kevin Vaughan to his new home.
HG STONES is proud to welcome USMC Corporal Kevin Vaughan to his new home in North Merrick. Marine Cpl. Vaughan was seriously injured in an explosion three-and-a-half years ago in Afghanistan. Thanks to the Long Island nonprofit, Building Homes for Heroes, he received the keys to a mortgage-free home for the Veterans Day. The HG team hopes Kevin enjoys the KRAVET INC. — MUSEUM OF NEW MEXICO. Kravet is holidays in his new home with Neolith countertops and pleased to announce its fifth collaboration with fireplace provided by HG Stones. hgstones.com Museum of New Mexico. For this fabric collection, the Museum tells the story of its unique place as a
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HUNTER DOUGLAS POWERVIEW™ MOTORIZATION POWERS UP THE MARKETPLACE. PowerView™ Motorization from Hunter Douglas, the exciting new introduction available on the industry’s widest array of window treatment styles, fabrics and colors, is making interiors everywhere more beautiful and smarter. The product is also garnering a bevy of awards, including Best New Style Concept in the Window Covering Manufacturers Association Product Awards and an EXC! TE Award from Technology Integrator magazine. In addition, they are a Finalist in Interior Design’s “Best of Year” Awards. http://www.hunterdouglas.com
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