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PAGE 1 Jingle Bell Wine Walk Event Highlights Photo Collage PAGE 2 Chili Cookoff Event Highlights Photo Collage PAGE 3 Student Conference Product Runway 13 PAGE 4 Membership PAGE 5 Weekly Connect
JINGLE BELL WINE WALK
December found the IIDA community gathering
once a gain to celebrate the holiday season. Members
and non-‐members alike were treated to an entirely new holiday tradition this year. The first annual IIDA Jingle Bell Wine Walk boasted a delicious wine tasting of 15 different local Texas wines. Each table sponsored by a vendor poured a sample of their wine for the guests and provided a bit of knowledge about the wine itself as well as the vineyard from which it came. Guests were also treated to light bites, sounds of the season and holiday mingling with old friends and new ones. The evening was capped off by a raffle give away of one of each of the bottles of wine served during the night. Proceeds from event tickets, raffle items and commemorative t-‐shirt sales all went toward benefitting TAID and each guest parted with a signature wine glass as a memento from the event. Special thanks to each of our table sponsors: The Kip Co. / Koroseal, CRG / Allsteel, Quality Service Floor Covering, McCoy Workplace Solutions / Steelcase, American Art Resources, Johnson Simon Resources, Hon, Mohawk Group, Teknion, Karndean Designflooring, J. Tyler, American Olean, InterfaceFLOR / Herman Miller, Centiva / Texan Floor Service and Tandus; as well as our Valet Underwriter: Skyline Art Services, our Catering Underwriter: McCoy Workplace Solutions / Steelcase, our Wine Glass Underwriter: CRG / Allsteel, and our Venue Underwriter: Mannington Commercial.
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DIRECTOR Kristy Emmrich, IIDA, RID Gensler Kristy_emmrich@gensler. com DIRECTOR ELECT Joanna Prazak, Assoc. IIDA, LEED AP ID+C Contract Resource Group prazakj@crgoffice.com PAST DIRECTOR Shannah O’Neill, IIDA, RID Mustang Engineering Shannah.oneill@gmail.com
PROGRAMS CO CHAIR Steavie Cain Quality Floor Covering scain@qservice.com PROGRAMS CO CHAIR Necia Bonner, IIDA, LEED AP Inventure Design Group Necia.bonner@invdesgro up.com PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CHAIR Ann Briganti, IIDA, RID McCoy Inc. abriganti@mccoyinc.com PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CHAIR Toni Cosper, IIDA, LEED AP, EDAC Morris Architects toni.cosper@morrisarchit ects.com GRAPHICS CHAIR Daphne Yuanidis Gensler
CHILI COOK-OFF
We started off the New Year with a bang at the IIDA Houston City Center’s Chili Cook-‐ off on January 17th. Texan Floor Service hosted the Chili Cook-‐off benefitting TAID. The Texas Association for Interior Design (TAID) is an advocacy group speaking as a single unified voice on legislative issues which affect the business of interior design in Texas. This year, 15 Chili Teams competed for Best Chili, Honorable Mention, Crowd Favorite and Most Spirited Team. The crowd enjoyed country music, refreshments and a whole lot of chili! We also raffled off a free TAID membership. Thank you to our generous underwriters and teams for supporting our annual TAID fundraiser.
The teams this year included-‐ FKP, J. Tyler, CRG, JCS, Ziegler Cooper Architects, Gensler, Texan Floor Service, Humanscale/Inscape, Haute Chili (Tandus, Standard Textile, HP Subfloors), Harry Gendel Architects, Mustang Engineering, Office Pavilion, Quality Service Floor Covering, Skyline Art Services, and D.E. Harvey Builders. Thanks again to everyone who participated!!!
Daphne_yuanidis@gensler. com
COMMUNICATIONS CHAIR Sarah Waltisperger, Assoc. IIDA, LEED AP JMC Associates
sarah@jmcassociates.com
ASSOCIATES CHAIR Jennifer T renta Contract Resource Group trentaj@crgoffice.com
MEMBERSHIP CHAIR Lindsey Craig, Assoc. IIDA, LEED AP MDI Resources Lindsey@mdiresources.co m
UNDERWRITING CHAIR Amanda Meininger, Assoc. IIDA Gensler Amanda_meininger@gen sler.com
Best Chili: J-‐Tyler Honorable Mention: Office Pavilion Crowd Favorite: Mustang Engineering Most Spirited Team: Skyline Art Services TAID membership: Kelly Arend with Humanscale February 2013 | iida-tx-ok.org
Check out our Facebook page for more fun photos! http://www.facebook.com/pages/IIDA-‐ Houston-‐City-‐Center/153883372344?ref=hl
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UNDERWRITING CHAIR Monica Rohling Interface Monica.rohling@interfac eflor.com GRA/TAID CHAIR Amy Gilmore, IIDA, RID, LEED AP Ziegler Cooper
UPCOMING EVENT: STUDENT CONFERENCE
Agilmore2003@gmail.com
INDUSTRY CHAIR Kristin Leigh Jones Edelman Leather kristinleighj@edelmanlea ther.com SUSTAINABLE CHAIR Stacy Dobbs Texan Floor Service sdobbs@texanfloor.com STUDENT CONFERENCE LIASON Jessy Fuller, IIDA, RID, EDAC, LEED AP J Tyler fuller@jtyler.com STUDENT CONFERENCE LIASON Stephanie Fallon, MS, Assoc. IIDA FKP Architects sfallon@fkp.com Community Service Chair Laura Thompson JCS lthompson@j-‐c-‐s.com Community Service Chair Sean Pantin PBK Architects Sean.pantin@pbk.com
There are some great new events this year at Student Conference. For more info about the conference, please visit www.iidastudentconference.com . •
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Thursday February 21st from 6:30-‐7:30, there will be a CEU for all local industry & design professionals. Stop by the Expo across the hall b efore or after the CEU for networking and product knowledge from vendors. For more info-‐ contact necia.bonner@invdesgroup.com. Friday February 22nd from 12:00-‐1:30pm, Keynote Speaker Eileen Jones, Principal of Perkins + Will in Chicago. Ms. Jones is frequently recognized for design excellence, garnering multiple awards with her project teams, and speaks regularly at many educational and professional venues, advancing the ideas of Branded Environments. Limited luncheon tickets are available for purchase to the industry and to the public. RSVP and buy tickets today https://iida.ejoinme.org/?tabid=437819
PRODUCT RUNWAY 13 IIDA Texas Oklahoma Chapter Houston City Center proudly presents the 5th Annual production: Product Runway 2013, "Animation Fabrication ~ Where Fantasy and Fashion Meet". This fun and worthwhile event will be h eld at the Bayou Music Center on Friday, April 19th, with proceeds benefitting The Houston Furniture Bank & TAID. 23 Design Teams from Houston's top A&D firms have accepted the challenge. Underwriting is open with the package's available on the PR13 website https://iida.ejoinme.org/PR13UnderwriterRegistrati on. But don't delay, the best packages are going fast and Early Bird discounts end on February 25th. This is the hottest ticket in town with VIP passes & reserved runway seats available to Underwriters only.
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UPCOMING EVENTS February 21/22 Student Days st March 21 Healthcare Project Tour th April 19 Product Runway May TBD Leaders Breakfast May TBD Green Event th June 2 0 Barrier Free CEU
MEMBERSHIP
Every year IIDA Houston City center awards two membership awards to deserving individuals who have shown a great interest and commitment to our City Center. IIDA Houston City Center is excited to introduce to you this year’s IIDA Membership Scholarship Award recipients:
Name: Kari Brown, IIDA, RID Firm: Page Southerland Page Title: Associate | Designer School: Oklahoma State University, Bachelors of Science in Interior Design. Why I think IIDA is awesome: I’m so thankful to the Houston City Center for giving me the opportunity to become a member of IIDA. I’m excited and looking forward to getting more involved with an organization that is committed to promoting this wonderful career of interior design. Through all of IIDA’s efforts, the Houston design community is one of the best! Name: Morgan Anderson, Assoc. IIDA School: Auburn University // School of Architecture and Design Degrees: Bachelor of Architecture/ Bachelor of Interior Architecture Title: Intern Architect at PBK Architects Why I think IIDA is awesome: I am excited about joining IIDA b ecause I believe it will allow me to excel to my fullest potential in a way in which I can practice design from gestural form to the details of interior space. Another Reason Why: Product Runway!
We are so proud of the growth in membership we have had so far for 2013!!
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WEEKLY CONNECT
Make sure you’re opening your email every Tuesday from M egan Carneiro. She’s sending out the IIDA Weekly Connect-‐ our way of sharing the upcoming City Center events. Make sure to scroll through the email to find the events in Houston, as this email has all City Center’s listed.
Here’s a sample…
2013 CHAPTER PARTNERS
LEGACY PARTNERS IN BOLD
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