Ready for the Holidays

Gear up for the holidays with IIDA! We have a lot going on and you don't want to miss out. Thanks to all the wonderful project submissions that came in for the Student Sustainable Design Competition! What a joy to see so many bright ideas and fabulous styles of implementation.

For 2012, IIDA is finding ways to feature YOU! Our goal is to create a montage of images of IIDA Students and student events. Send us photos of your IIDA Campus Center crew and events or activities you participated in. To make it fun there will be games, contests and of course, give away prizes. But we need your help! Bring your cameras and phone, take pictures and send them to me! Just look for this camera icon for opportunities.

I hope each one of you have a fabulous holiday break and a Happy New Year!

student news:

Student Spotlight: Be Featured!

Extra exposure means extra opportunities. IIDA will now be featuring 1-2 Members in every edition of quad. For your chance to be featured as student of the Month, simply send in your headshot and the answers to these three questions:

1) What are 3 things you can’t live without?
2) What inspires you?
3) What do you love about Interior Design?

Email Monica at students@iida.org

Calling all bloggers:

campus center headlines:

It’s not too late to be an IIDA Campus Center!

If you have 10-15 IIDA Student Members at your school, then what are you waiting for?

PA/NJ/DE: Campus Center Leadership Event

On Oct. 21 and Oct. 22, PA/NJ/DE Chapter held a Campus Center Leadership Event in conjunction with its semi-annual chapter board retreat. Eight students were invited, two leaders from each of the schools supporting Campus Centers within our chapter: The Art Institute of Pittsburgh, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Marywood University and Philadelphia University. The Students took this weekend opportunity to discuss how to build and run their Campus Centers.

Click here for more photos.  

Highlights from Puget Sound Campus Center Designers Duel 2011 Event

Students from Bellevue College, the Art Institute of Seattle, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle Pacific University, and IADT Seattle kicked off the 2011-2012 School Year with the IIDA Puget Sound Campus Center annual Designer Duel at NBBJ. Students came together for a low-key, casual, fun-filled event, where they had a great opportunity to meet, mingle and collaborate with fellow design students and working professionals. Check out more photos of this event on Facebook.

During the event, Students were broken into group and given a design problem to solve. At the end of 30 minutes, the student groups presented their ideas to the group. With generous donors including Steelcase and DesignTex the event provided the setting for Students and local Professionals, the event was the perfect place to start building a solid design network within the design community of Seattle.

2011 Winners Announced:

IIDA is proud to announce the winners of the 2011 Student Sustainable Design Competition. A huge thanks to the 15,000+ IIDA Members, family, friends and design enthusiasts from more than 15 countries for voting and making the competition a success.

A special thanks to InterfaceFLOR for sponsoring this year's competition. And thanks to our esteemed panel of judges for assuming the difficult task of deciding the first and second place winners.

First Place was awarded to Katie Goodman, Student IIDA, Liz Kahn, Student IIDA, Jennifer Madden, Student IIDA, and Sarah Martin, Student IIDA of Drexel University for their project “Drexel SmartHouse.” The team received a $1,500 cash prize and will be featured on the IIDA Student Blog and the IIDA website. The Second Place winner was Micaela Silva Merea, Student IIDA, from University of Texas at San Antonio for the design project “Link Oil & Gas,” who was awarded a $1,000 cash prize. And the People’s Choice Award was given to Biljana Andonovski from Park University, who received an Apple iPad and free Student Membership, for her submission “Infinity - Mammography Clinic.”

View the complete project photos at our online gallery.

Register for Student Mentoring Week: Feb. 20-24, 2012

Student Mentoring Week is the result of an initiative created by IIDA’s continued effort to acknowledge the important role that students play in furthering the design industry. IIDA Student Members gain critical day-in-the-life interior design experience through participation in this yearly event. IIDA pairs Students with Mentors from surrounding areas based on availability. This popular initiative is only open to IIDA Student Members in good standing.

It's the ultimate networking experience! Apply online by logging in and clicking the Student Mentoring link! (Registration available starting Tuesday, Dec. 20)

Students participating Student Mentoring Week are eligible for the Lloy Hack Essay Competition $1000 cash prize! Find out more about the Lloy Hack Memorial Fund on the IIDA Foundation website.

PHOTO OPPORTUNITY:
We are asking Students and Mentors to submit a photo from your Student Mentoring Week experience for a chance to be featured in quad, DesignMatters, and online.
 

Interiors and Sources: Design Competition

Interiors & Sources, in collaboration with Gresham, Smith and Partners, introduces its first student internship contest.

The winner will be awarded a paid summer internship in GS&P’s 2012 internship program at their headquarters in Nashville, housing costs are included.


Submissions will be accepted until Friday, Jan. 6. Find out more.

Sign of the Times: A Sustainable Inspiration 
Brought to us by Dwell.

Sustainable design can come in many different shapes and forms. And in this case, those shapes and forms are brightly colored and reused to add to stairways, fences, railings and roofing. Check out Dwell's Sign of Times slide show or read the full article here.

 

Creative Coffeehouse Solutions:

For all of the creative, coffee fiends like me, here is an piece from Web Urbanist that I think you might like. Most of us designed our first café in our first or second year at Design School. But I don't think any of ours look like these: Check out all 13 designs.

Portfolio Insights

I have had a lot of requests for information regarding putting together a good portfolio. It is something that every designer will need to do, and need to do well. Check out some tips from Coroflot.com to help you take your portfolio from average to excellent and gain guidance for a portfolio that stands out and shows off your skill, talent, and personality. Read More...

Portfolio, Resume & Interview Do's & Dont's!

Guest blogger Amberlee Isabella reviews tips and tricks about what should go in a good portfolio and the dos and dont's about resumes and job interviews. Check out the post on the IIDA Student Blog to make sure you are putting your best side out there.