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PRODUCT RUNWAY 2012: TRAVELING TRENDS INTERIOR DESIGNERS TURNED FASHION DESIGNERS A crowd of over 1,100 savvy event attendees
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packed Bayou
Product Runway Cntd. Event Highlights Photo Collage Underwriter Spotlight
Music Center to
Calender of Events
signers create
witness Architects and Interior De-
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for the fourth an-
HCC Council
nual IIDA Product
Product Runway Cntd. Winners Circle
Runway design competition. The judges included Houston stars Jeff Gremillion, editor-in-chief of Houston Maga-
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zine, Joy Sewing, fashion and beauty editor of the Houston Chronicle, Alex
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Chapman, professor of fashion design at HCC, and Lisa Spain, owner of The
June CEU Highlights Photo Collage
Cotton Club Boutique. The star Master of Ceremonies was Houston’s own Rod
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with Gensler and Laura Thompson with JCS,ltd.
Ryan from 94.5 the Buzz. Chairing this event were two key players, Jeannie Wu
Product Runway Traveling Trends celebrates the fusion of inter-
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national culture, design, and fashion.
Thank You to Past Council
All entrants transformed standard
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architectural products into couture fashionwear. Winning design teams included: Gensler, HOK, Powers Brown, Page Southerland Page, Kendall-Heaton, Ziegler Cooper, PBK, and FKP. Creativity included a beverage cart made out of demountable wall systems, ceramic tile used as decorative trimmings on a woman’s bodice, leather upholstery used to create Mayan armor, and carpet thread weaved together to make a fringe skirt.
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HOUSTON CITY CENTER PRODUCT RUNWAY 2012 Cntd.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS September 13 TAID Art Gala
The event took place May 11th at Bayou Music Center and was presented by IIDA, the International Interior Design Association. The fashion show raised over $14,000 for the Houston Furniture Bank. Chloe Dao, owner of Lot 8, supported the event as the Model’s coach and has all of the events winning garments on display at her boutique.
September 20 Membership Social & Industry Roundtable October 3 Leadership Breakfast Dallas, TX October 6 Connect: A Campus Center Conclave
October 19 Art & Artifacts 2012 November TBD Furniture Bank Anniversary Party November TBD Forum Tour November 15 Chapter Partner CEU December 20 Jingle Bell Rock Holiday Party
PR12– Underwriter Spotlight We want to thank all of our Product Runway 2012 underwriters for their very generous donations. Your support helped make this even a huge success! PRIVATE CHARTER– JCS
January 17 TAID Event February 21/22 Student Days March 21 Healthcare Project Tour
FIRST CLASS– Steelcase/McCoy Workplace Solutions, J.Tyler, ACS Flooring Group, Inc./Interface FLOR, Balfour Beatty Construction PREMIER COACH– Texan Floor Service, Cosentino, Harvey, Gallant Builders, Inscape, Trio Electric/Wylie Consulting Engineers, Centiva PLATINUM ELITE– Clestra, Humanscale, OM Workspace, Quality Service Floor Covering, Quality Stone & Marble, Silsby Nunes Group, Tandus Flooring, Teknion, The Ofis, Trendway Corporation GOLD ELITE– American Art Resources, Hart Associates, Kimball Office, Lesco Architectural Lighting, Structure Tone SILVER ELITE– Abel Design Group, Gensler, Inventure Design, PBK, Planning Design Research
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April 19 Product Runway 13 May TBD Leaders Breakfast May TBD Green Event June 20 Barrier Free CEU
HOUSTON CITY CENTER HOUSTON CITY CENTER COUNCIL
PRODUCT RUNWAY 2012– WINNERS CIRCLE!
DIRECTOR Kristy Emmrich, IIDA, RID, LEED AP 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 Shannah..oneill@gmail.com PROGRAMS CHAIR Necia Bonner, IIDA, LEED AP Inventure Design Group
GENSLER I- Best of Show
PAGE SOUTHERLAND PAGE- Best Performance
ZIEGLER COOPER ARCHITECTS- Crowd Favorite
Suzanne Miks, Sarah Wistner, Amanda Meininger, Radiance Ham, Bryan Brady, Daphne Yuanidis
Anna Garrison, Angela Cantu, Autumn Gloetzner, Monica Hurley, Kari Brown, Courtney Thomas
Jenna Stanke, Rachel Gonzales, Ali Naghdali, Jaclyn Morfin, Melinda Smiljanic, Donald Hickey
MDI Resources + Mechoshade
Mannington Commercial + DesignTex
Kimball | JCS + Spinneybeck | The Ofis
PBK- Most Sustainable Sean Pantin, Hannah DeFord, Alice Boedeker, John Kubala, Andrea Barrera
POWERS BROWN ARCHITECTURE- Best Construction Nicole Barcas, Brian Burnett, Barry Conner, Sally Diaz, Steve Oliver, Alaina Dixon
FKP ARCHITECTS- Most Wearable
necia.bonner@invesdesgroup.com
PROGRAMS CHAIR Steavie Cain Quality Floor Covering scain@qservice.com PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CHAIR Ann Briganti, IIDA, RID, LEED AP McCoy Inc. abringanti@mccoyinc.com GRAPHICS CHAIR Daphne Yuanidis Gensler
DIRTT + Maharam | J.Tyler
Haworth + Bolyu
Daphne_yaunidis@gensler.com
COMMUNICATIONS CHAIR Sarah Waltisperger, Assoc. IIDA, LEED AP JMC Associates sarah@jmcassociates.com ASSOCIATES CHAIR Jennifer Trenta, Assoc. IIDA Office Pavilion jtrenta@ophouston.com MEMBERSHIP CHAIR Lindsey Craig, Assoc. IIDA, LEED AP MDI Resources Lindsey@mdiresources.com
KENDALL/HEATON ASSOCIATES, INC.- Best New Arrival Amy Cooke, Nicole Mahoney, Megan Ebert, Jennifer Digges, Jory Alexander, Ai Loreman Ann Sacks + Architex
HOK- Most Original Giancarlo Salonga, Wendy Niziol, Emily Willner, Kelly Beaumont, Meredith Savage Clarus Glassboards + M. Jarvie Partnership | Debner & Co.
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Ben Notzon, Amy Force, Kara Ary, Erica Spicer, Stephanie Fallon, Whitney Fuessel TRI-KES + JCS | Sue Gorman
HOUSTON CITY CENTER JUNE CEU
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June 21st a small group of designers met for an evening CEU hosted in tandem by Columbia Forest Products and Dal-Tile. The topic was “Decorative Hardwood Plywood and Interior Air Quality”. Richard Poindexter with Columbia Forest Products educated the group on understanding composite core adhesive options and formaldehyde emission issues. Multiple samples of the differing applications were passed around the group to touch and feel. Dal-Tile generously provided refreshments and their showroom as a meeting place. An HSW credit and tasty meal capped off the evening.
UNDERWRITING CHAIR Amanda Meininger, Assoc. IIDA Gensler Amanda_meininger@gensler.com
UNDERWRIITNG CHAIR Monica Fiasconaro Rohling Interface FLOR Monica.rohling@interfaceflor.com
GRA/TAID CHAIR Amy Gilmore, IIDA, RID, LEED AP Ziegler Cooper agilmore2003@gmail.com INDUSTRY CHAIR Jeremy Dicks OM Workspace jeremydicks@omworkspace.com
SUSTAINABLE CHAIR Stacy Dobbs Texan Floor Service Sdobbs@texanfloor.com
JULY CEU
STUDENT CONFERENCE LIASON Jessy Fuller, IIDA, RID, EDAC, LEED AP J Tyler fuller@jtyler.com
The Metropolitan Multi-Service Center was the setting for Houston City Center’s annual Barrier Free CEU Event. Participants were led through this strategically designed environment allowing them to explore numerous universal and accessible spaces, including an adaptive fitness room, full court gym, wheelchair-accessible indoor pool, and the Playground Without Limits. To top it off, participants were able to spectate a Wheelchair Rugby Match! The guided tour was followed by an interactive discussion and Q&A session with none other than Lex Frieden, Director of the ILRU Program at TIRR Memorial Hermann and instrumental player in the development of ADA.
STUDENT CONFERENCE LIASON Stephanie Fallon, MS, Assoc. IIDA FKP Architects sfallon@fkp.com PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CHAIR Ann Briganti, IIDA, RID, LEED AP McCoy Inc. abriganti@mccoyinc.com
A special thanks to the Southwest ADA Center, who made this entire event possible. The Southwest ADA Center has teamed with IIDA HCC for the past 4 years in order to bring the important subject of accessible design to Houston’s design community. Tracy McCarthy, a graduate student of Industrial Design at Philadelphia University, was instrumental in making this year’s event a
PHILANTHROPY CHAIR Laura Thompson JCS lthompson@j-c-s.com PHILANTHROPY CHAIR Sean Pantin PBK Architects Sean.pantin@pbk.com
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HOUSTON CITY CENTER THANK YOU TO PAST COUNCIL
If you happen to remember last year at this time at the beginning of my term as Director , I likened myself and our upcoming IIDA year to a Tasmanian Devil, whirling around and around at break-neck speed. That analogy has remained true. It has been a wildly exciting and successful year for our Industry. We have seen tremendous growth in Houston design firms equating to busy, busy designers...but not so busy that they didn't make time to attend a few project tours, CEUs and maybe an entertainment event or two. All work and no play = bad news! This year's IIDA council has worked tirelessly to provide creative, educating and entertaining diversions throughout the year. In October, volunteer designers created masks to disguise us at Art & Artifacts Masquerade, in February, we volunteered time to encourage design students at our 12th annual Student Conference, and lest we forget all our volunteer design teams' hard work to give back to our community with Product Runway in May. Our organization is nothing without volunteers, so part of my next adventure as Past Director is to rally those in our A&D community to make our industry stronger and connect them with the opportunities they are passionate about. The memories I have collected from this past year will stay with me forever. There is a saying that has proven very true for me...You get out of life exactly what you put into it, so even though this particular adventure is over, my next adventure is just around the corner, waiting for what I can put into it.
Shannah
Shannah O'Neill, IIDA, RID IIDA Houston City Center Past Director Shannah.oneill@gmail.com 281.507.2988 (cell)
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HOUSTON CITY CENTER METROCON12– EXPO & CONFERENCE METROCON12 was August 9th & 10th, along with the Gala Friday night. It was a huge success! There were new and innovative products from furniture companies, flooring manufacturers, fabric & wall covering manufacturers, plumbing, lighting and other interior finishes. The CEUs ranged from Green Design to The Future of Ergonomics and Technology to the Texas Legislative update for 2012. Thank you to all who came out to look at new product, get CEUs and have a good time at the Gala! See you at METROCON13 next year.
2012 TX OK CHAPTER PARTNERS ELITE| JCS, OM Workspace SOCIAL MEDIA| Crossville Porcelain Stone, Steelcase PLATINUM| Allsteel, Furniture Marketing Group, G.L. Seaman & Company, Herman Miller Inc., Hossley Lighting Associates, J. Tyler, KI, The Mohawk Group/Daltile, McCoy Workplace Solutions/McCoy Floor Covering/Rockford Business Interiors, Patcraft, Shaw Contract Group, Tandus Flooring, Teknion, Vector Concepts GOLD| 3form, Business Interiors, Colt Industries, Connectrac, Cronan & Associates, Humanscale, InterfaceFLOR, J&J/Invision, Mannington Commercial, MDI Resources, Office Pavilion, Paoli, Professional Furniture Consultants, Southwest Solutions Group, TRI-KES SILVER| 3M Architectural Marketing, Armstrong, Bauhaus, BKM Total Office of Texas, Business Interiors by Staples, Columbia Forest Products, Concept Surfaces, Danika + Company, LLC, Debner+Company, Forbo Flooring Systems, The Gunlocke Company, Hart Associates, HAWA Americas, Haworth, J Fyffe Company, Kenmark, Kimball Office, Knoll, KSM Associates, Milliken, National Office Furniture, nora systems, Inc., The OFIS, P.S. Gerry, Inc, Philadelphia and Queen Commercial by Shaw, Reid-Cooper Associates, Royer & Schutts Commercial Interiors, The Spencer Company, Skyline Art Services, USG Interiors, Inc., Vanguard Environments, Inc., Wilson Office Interiors, Workplace Resource Group
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