iida houston city center connect newsletter april 2016
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IIDA Houston City Center Connect Newsletter for April 2016TRANSCRIPT
APRIL 2016 | iida-tx-ok.org
HOUSTON CITY CENTER
DIRECTOR Kimberly Phipps-Nichol Inventure Design Group
Kphipps-nichol@ invdesgroup.com
DIRECTOR ELECT Kimberly Serrano
Gensler
kimberly_serrano@ gensler.com
PAST DIRECTOR Amanda Meininger
Tandus-Centiva ameininger@tandus-
centiva.com
PUBLIC RELATIONS CHAIR
Heather Barlow T&L Distributing
COMMUNITY SERVICE CO CHAIR
Kristina Lopez Kimball
IIDA Student Conference 2016 | Event Recap
165 Interior Design Students from colleges all over the United States
190 Credentialed industry professionals volunteering their time to mentor, coach and create the
designers of tomorrow from prestigious architecture and design firms and companies
80 Expo Exhibitors, a mix of firms, product vendors and colleges
35 Educators
32 Tour stops
4 Amazing 101 Topics
30 Design portfolio reviewers
20 Mock interviewers
1 Panel breakfast of professionals to deep dive into a day in the life in a Q&A session
1 Breakfast to make a lasting 1st Impression
2 Intense workshops
1 Mind bending charrette competition
1 Dynamic keynote speaker
Numerous volunteers, coordinators and insane amounts of overtime, blood, sweat and tears to create
one amazing event!
-Monica Ward, HCC Student Conference Liaison
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HOUSTON CITY CENTER
COMMUNITY SERVICE CO CHAIR
Jennifer Brugliera Koroseal
UNDERWRITING CO CHAIR
Stephanie Foster Tandus-Centiva
UNDERWRITING CO CHAIR
Sean Pantin PBK Architects
CAMPUS CENTER CHAIR
Kressia Rodriguez English + Associates
Architects krodriguez@english-
architects.com
ADVOCACY CHAIR Necia Bonner
Freeport-McMoRan Oil & Gas
SAVE THE DATE! Student Conference 2017
Preregistration open NOW! Save the Date for 2017’s event on February 22nd-24th.
2016 Attendees
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HOUSTON CITY CENTER
COMMUNICATIONS CHAIR
Anna Garrison Dunn Workplace Solutions
SUSTAINABILITY CHAIR Ashley Elks
Powers Brown Architecture [email protected]
SUSTAINABILITY LIASON Evelyn Band
MEMBERSHIP CHAIR Ryan Rice Gunlocke
INDUSTRY CHAIR Kristin Balden SitOnIt Seating
TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW! 8th Annual IIDA Product Runway
This year’s IIDA Product Runway will be held on April 22nd at Revention Music Center, beginning at 8:00p.
Tickets: https://www.iidaproductrunway.com/tickets
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PROGRAMS & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
CO CHAIR Charlotte McFadden
Office Pavilion cmcfadden@
ophouston.com
PROGRAMS & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
CO CHAIR Margot Prestel-Mann
MDI Resources [email protected]
ASSOCIATES CHAIR
Kate Barkmann Humanscale
kbarkmann@ humanscale.com
STUDENT CONFERENCE
LIASON Monica Ward
McCoy [email protected]
February 4th found the design community kickin’ up their boots at the annual IIDA Chili Cook-Off benefitting
TAID (Texas Association of Interior Designers). The Giulietta Sociale hosted the group in their eclectic, cozy bar
for the evening. Chili team themes ranged from: Star Wars Deathstar Chili to E-Bowl-A Chili to Hawaiian
Chili. There was even a team that came dressed as chickens! Awards were presented for Best Traditional Chili,
Best Unusual Ingredient, Spiciest Chili, and Most Spirited. A big thank you to all of our vendors who sponsored
a design team and a special thanks to Pioneer Contract Services and McCoy Workplace Solutions for their
generous underwriting for the event. See you guys next year for more fun and more chili!
-Necia Bonner, HCC Advocacy Chair
IIDA Chili Cook-Off benefitting TAID | Event Recap
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HOUSTON CITY CENTER
March is a busy time for IIDA’s Texas/Oklahoma Chapter, and one of those reasons is that we hosted our
inaugural Chapter Leadership Summit the first weekend in Dallas. Officers from Chapter, leaders from all of
Chapter’s 8 City Centers, and several members interested in serving came together to talk about leadership in
IIDA, and what it takes to cultivate and nurture the ongoing generations of leadership required to keep a
membership organization relevant and strong.
Houston is home to more than a dozen of the 80 participants this year. Having the opportunity to mix with so
many others committed to the profession of Interior Design, and IIDA as our voice, was both humbling and
invigorating. Sessions ranged from Association 101 with IIDA’s CEO Cheryl Durst and Leadership 101 with Dr.
Nguyen “Tom” Griggs of Lead Connect Grow, to special features such as Getting Kick A$$ Volunteers & Leaders
from Ryan Ben with IIDA HQ and an evening swinging clubs at Top Golf.
The great medley of people, venues and sessions that were informative, engaging and all-out fun made for
fantastic memories, lots of new friendships, and some exciting ideas that we are bringing back to our City
Centers. Stay tuned for more in the coming months...
Serious props are due to a lot of dedicated people who made significant efforts to take this from an idea to a
reality in under 9 months. Thank you Cheryl Durst for throwing down the charge to create such an event at our
July 2015 Chapter Board Retreat, and to our Chapter President, Joanna Prazak, for picking up the ball and
running with it like an Italian Greyhound. Like they say here in the Lone Star State, Everything is Bigger in
Texas, and IIDA Texas/Oklahoma Chapter is no exception.
-Kimberly Phipps-Nichol, HCC Director
IIDA Chapter Leadership Summit | A Note from the Director
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IIDA Zero Landfill | Pollinate Event Recap
IIDA Zero Landfill Committee’s Pollinate Event was a great success!
Sponsored by JCS and Global, the Pollinate Event culminated with industry networking and an IDCEC
Accredited CEU: Deconstructing Sustainable Jargon. Holyn Nickerson, Global’s Director of A+D Strategic
Initiatives presented the CEU which shed light on sustainable practices, certifications and governing bodies that
the commercial furniture industry has put in place. The purpose of these governing bodies is to ensure that
our industry remains focused on sustainable practices and the wellbeing of the environment around us. The
CEU included point of views from Herman Miller, IZZY, Nucraft and Steelcase, confirming industry wide
agreement on the importance of sustainable practices. The Forest Stewardship Council was featured. FSC’s
vision, is to meet current needs for forest products, without compromising the health of the world’s forests for
future generations.
Global is the largest recycler in Canada. One example is the Global Cut and Sew Division, it cuts textiles in
preparation for the upholstery process. Bundling scrap textiles for recycling was a first step in dealing with
production waste, but Global knew there was a better way. Global formed a partnership with Echoes in the
Attic, an eco-retailer who uses textile scraps in handbag and pillow designs. Global looked beyond its own
walls to find a new solution – and as a result the Cut and Sew Department achieved 100% sustainability status.
For more information about Global and their Environmental Commitment check out:
https://www.globalfurnituregroup.com/us/company/environmental-commitment
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Did you sign up to mentor an IIDA Student member as part of the IIDA Mentoring Day initiative? If so, we
would love to see your photos and hear your stories of how it went. On March 16, IIDA Houston City Center
Director, Kimberly Phipps-Nichol of Inventure Design Group, hosted Jennifer Gregory of Stephen F. Austin
State University as part of the program. A great experience was had by all. From red-line meetings to client
conference calls, and lunch and learns to internal team design presentations, Jennifer got to experience a true,
day-in-the-life at one of IIDA Houston’s long-supportive firms. Jennifer even helped IDG’ers load Kimberly’s
car full of the last round of IIDA Zero Landfill materials to be taken to JCS for the upcoming distribution of
materials to the community on April 2nd.
And from Jennifer: Thank you so much for allowing me to come to your work place and experience the every
day life of an interior designer. I appreciated the opportunity to shadow you and explore the ins and outs of the
design industry. I thoroughly enjoyed watching an idea go through numerous phases before reaching a solution
that pleases the client. It was a wonderful experience to participate in all the different aspects and positions an
interior designer holds while advancing in their career. The exposure to a working design business was great
preparation for my future career.
We’d love to hear how your experience went. If you’d like to share your IIDA Mentoring Day story with us,
please send your 1-2 paragraph write-up with a couple of photos to: Anna Dunn, HCC Communications Chair
at: [email protected] and put IIDA Mentoring Day story in the Subject line.
-Kimberly Phipps-Nichol, HCC Director
Seeking IIDA Mentoring Day Stories from HCC Members
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HOUSTON CITY CENTER
The TX OK Chapter will once again host Leaders Breakfast in Houston and is looking for committee volunteers.
The IIDA Leaders Breakfast is an annual international event series that celebrates design's importance in the
global market place by honoring the people who are both the legacy and future of design. Each chosen host
city organizes a breakfast that features a renowned keynote speaker to provoke and encourage new ideas,
and recognizes one city-selected honoree who has made significant contributions to the design industry.
INTERESTED IN BEING INVOLVED WITH A PREMIERE IIDA EVENT?
For more information, contact Kristy Emmrich at [email protected] or
Megan Ebert at [email protected]
Autumn Gloetzner from PDR to DLR Group
Dana Thierry from PDR to Workplace Solutions
FKP to 3737 Buffalo Speedway, Suite 1200
Jane Medina from PDR to Page
Jessica Neiser from PDR to STG
Megan Twomey from PDR to Interior Architects
MG Architects to 14333 Grisby
Rawa Rassam from FKP to Pfluger Associates
Ross Morgan from PBK to Huckabee
Ryan Rice from Pioneer Contract Services to Gunlocke
Sherry Michna from LG Hausys to Hallmark Building Supply
Vikki Benefiel from PDR to Ziegler Cooper Architects
INTERESTED IN BEING FEATURED IN OUR MONTHLY NEWSLETTER? Email Heather Barlow at: [email protected]
Movers
IIDA Leaders Breakfast | Committee Volunteers Needed
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HOUSTON CITY CENTER
ZeroLandfill | Celebration Ceremony
UPCOMING EVENTS
PRODUCT RUNWAY APRIL 22ND, 2016
8:00p Revention Music Center
ZEROLANDFILL:
CELEBRATION CEREMONY APRIL 27, 2016
6:30p Reader’s Wholesale
Distributors
SPRING GARDEN PARTY MAY 19TH, 2016
Please join IIDA at the ZeroLandfill Celebration Ceremony on April 27th from 6:30-8:30p at Reader’s Wholesale
Distributors (8010 Kempwood Drive, Houston, Texas 77055)