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INSIDE THE
NEWSLETTER
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Product Runway 2012 Event Highlights Photo Collage
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Product Runway Cntd. Event Highlights Photo Collage
Underwriter Spotlight Calender of Events
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HCC Council Product Runway Cntd. Winners Circle
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HCC Council Cntd.
June CEU Highlights Photo Collage
July CEU Highlights Photo Collage
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Thank You to Past Council
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Metro-Con 2012
PRODUCT RUNWAY 2012: TRAVELING TRENDS
INTERIOR DESIGNERS TURNED FASHION DESIGNERS
A crowd
of over 1,100 sav-
vy event attendees
packed Bayou
Music Center to
witness Architects
and Interior De-
signers create
couture garments
for the fourth an-
nual IIDA Product
Runway design
competition. The
judges included Houston stars Jeff Gremillion, editor-in-chief of Houston Maga-
zine, Joy Sewing, fashion and beauty editor of the Houston Chronicle, Alex
Chapman, professor of fashion design at HCC, and Lisa Spain, owner of The
Cotton Club Boutique. The star Master of Ceremonies was Houston’s own Rod
Ryan from 94.5 the Buzz. Chairing this event were two key players, Jeannie Wu
with Gensler and Laura Thompson with JCS,ltd.
Product Runway Traveling
Trends celebrates the fusion of inter-
national culture, design, and fashion.
All entrants transformed standard
architectural products into couture fashionwear.
Winning design teams included: Gensler, HOK, Pow-
ers Brown, Page Southerland Page, Kendall-Heaton,
Ziegler Cooper, PBK, and FKP. Creativity included a
beverage cart made out of demountable wall sys-
tems, ceramic tile used as decorative trimmings on
a woman’s bodice, leather upholstery used to cre-
ate Mayan armor, and carpet thread weaved to-
gether to make a fringe skirt.
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
September 13 TAID Art Gala 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 January 17 TAID Event February 21/22 Student Days March 21 Healthcare Project Tour April 19 Product Runway 13 May TBD Leaders Breakfast May TBD Green Event June 20 Barrier Free CEU
PRODUCT RUNWAY 2012 Cntd.
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.
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
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 Con-
sulting Engineers, Centiva
PLATINUM ELITE– Clestra, Humanscale, OM Workspace, Quality Service Floor Covering, Quality Stone & Mar-
ble, 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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HOUSTON CITY CENTER COUNCIL
DIRECTOR Kristy Emmrich, IIDA, RID, LEED AP Gensler [email protected] DIRECTOR ELECT Joanna Prazak, Assoc. IIDA, LEED AP ID+C Contract Resource Group [email protected] PAST DIRECTOR Shannah O’Neill, IIDA, RID [email protected]
PROGRAMS CHAIR Necia Bonner, IIDA, LEED AP Inventure Design Group [email protected]
PROGRAMS CHAIR Steavie Cain Quality Floor Covering [email protected] PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CHAIR Ann Briganti, IIDA, RID, LEED AP McCoy Inc. [email protected] GRAPHICS CHAIR Daphne Yuanidis Gensler [email protected]
COMMUNICATIONS CHAIR Sarah Waltisperger, Assoc. IIDA, LEED AP JMC Associates [email protected] ASSOCIATES CHAIR Jennifer Trenta, Assoc. IIDA Office Pavilion [email protected] MEMBERSHIP CHAIR Lindsey Craig, Assoc. IIDA, LEED AP MDI Resources [email protected]
PRODUCT RUNWAY 2012– WINNERS CIRCLE!
GENSLER I- Best of Show
Suzanne Miks, Sarah Wistner, Amanda Meininger, Radiance Ham, Bryan Brady, Daphne Yuanidis
MDI Resources + Mechoshade
PAGE SOUTHERLAND PAGE- Best Performance
Anna Garrison, Angela Cantu, Autumn Gloetzner,
Monica Hurley, Kari Brown, Courtney Thomas
Mannington Commercial + DesignTex
PBK- Most Sustainable
Sean Pantin, Hannah DeFord, Alice Boedeker, John Kubala, Andrea Barrera
DIRTT + Maharam | J.Tyler
POWERS BROWN ARCHITECTURE- Best Construction
Nicole Barcas, Brian Burnett, Barry Conner, Sally Diaz, Steve Oliver, Alaina Dixon
Haworth + Bolyu
KENDALL/HEATON ASSOCIATES, INC.- Best New Arrival
Amy Cooke, Nicole Mahoney, Megan Ebert, Jennifer Digges, Jory Alexander, Ai Loreman
Ann Sacks + Architex
ZIEGLER COOPER ARCHITECTS- Crowd Favorite
Jenna Stanke, Rachel Gonzales, Ali Naghdali, Jaclyn Morfin, Melinda Smiljanic, Donald Hickey
Kimball | JCS + Spinneybeck | The Ofis
FKP ARCHITECTS- Most Wearable
Ben Notzon, Amy Force, Kara Ary, Erica Spicer, Stephanie Fallon, Whitney Fuessel
TRI-KES + JCS | Sue Gorman
HOK- Most Original
Giancarlo Salonga, Wendy Niziol, Emily Willner, Kelly Beaumont, Meredith Savage
Clarus Glassboards + M. Jarvie Partnership | Debner & Co.
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JUNE CEU HOUSTON CITY
CENTER COUNCIL UNDERWRITING CHAIR Amanda Meininger, Assoc. IIDA Gensler [email protected]
UNDERWRIITNG CHAIR Monica Fiasconaro Rohling Interface FLOR [email protected]
GRA/TAID CHAIR Amy Gilmore, IIDA, RID, LEED AP Ziegler Cooper [email protected] INDUSTRY CHAIR Jeremy Dicks OM Workspace [email protected]
SUSTAINABLE CHAIR Stacy Dobbs Texan Floor Service [email protected] STUDENT CONFERENCE LIASON Jessy Fuller, IIDA, RID, EDAC, LEED AP J Tyler [email protected] STUDENT CONFERENCE LIASON Stephanie Fallon, MS, Assoc. IIDA FKP Architects [email protected] PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CHAIR Ann Briganti, IIDA, RID, LEED AP McCoy Inc. [email protected] PHILANTHROPY CHAIR Laura Thompson JCS [email protected] PHILANTHROPY CHAIR Sean Pantin PBK Architects [email protected]
June 21st a small group of designers met for an even-
ing CEU hosted in tandem by Columbia Forest Products
and Dal-Tile. The topic was “Decorative Hardwood Ply-
wood 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 refresh-
ments and their showroom as
a meeting place. An HSW
credit and tasty meal capped
off the evening.
JULY CEU
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 numer-ous universal and accessible spaces, including an adap-tive 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 inter-active discussion and Q&A session with none other than Lex Frieden, Director of the ILRU Program at TIRR Me-morial Hermann and instrumental player in the develop-ment of ADA.
A special thanks to the Southwest ADA Center, who made this entire event possible. The South-west ADA Center has teamed with IIDA HCC for the past 4 years in order to bring the important subject of ac-cessible design to Houston’s design community. Tracy McCarthy, a grad-uate student of Industrial Design at Philadelphia University, was instru-mental in making this year’s event a
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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 my-
self 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 tre-
mendous 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 Masquer-
ade, 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 Run-
way 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 adven-
ture 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
281.507.2988 (cell)
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METROCON12– EXPO & CONFERENCE
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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METROCON12 was August 9th & 10th, along with the Gala Fri-
day night. It was a huge success! There were new and innovative prod-
ucts 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.