RED Awards Now Open For Entries

The IIDA 2019 RED Awards is now open for submissions! Now is the time to show off what you’ve been working on all year! Got an awesome project from a studio class? Submit it! Really proud of the way the final project for Visualization Techniques II turned out? Submit it! There is a $2000 award for students on the line! You can submit as many projects as you like, and the best part?

Students enter the competition for free.

So, increase your chances of winning by submitting all the projects that show off your skills best. Not only is this a great chance to win money, the judges are professionals in the field. Those are professionals who are actively looking at your work and it can be a great foot in the door when networking.

Feel like you aren’t talented enough to compete? Don’t! We have had multiple students from COD compete in this competition in the past and win. So enter anyway!

Click here for more information and to enter!

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ASID Illinois Charrette Competition

Come put your skills to the test in one of the industry’s oldest competition forms, the charrette. Work with other students and emerging professionals to create a design, all while under a time limit. This is a great way to meet other interior designers and to get your work seen by professionals!

This event is held at The Mart in downtown Chicago on Thursday, February 15th, and tickets are $5 for students, though free tickets can be acquired by using code DCSTUDENTFREE.

If you are planning to go, please let Jane know so she can give the organizers an idea of how many we have.

And did we mention that we are the reigning champs?

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ASID November West Suburban Peer Group Meeting

What: Breakfast & Presentation

Where: Patti’s Sunrise Cafe in Burr Ridge

When: November 16th, 2017 8:45 breakfast, 9:15 presentation

Join the ASID IL Chapter West Suburban Peer Group for the November Meeting! They will be having Breakfast and a presentation by Arden Herrington of Style Library, who represents Zoffany, Sanderson, Morris & Co., Scion, Harelquin, and Anthology.

All professional, Allied and Student Members are welcome. To RSVP, email Dena Kareotes Arendt.

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Sherwin-Williams Colormix Forcast 2018

Like blue meeting yellow to make green, every color is a collision of influences – every palette a fresh chance at community. Attend the Sherwin-Williams Colormix 2018 Color Forecast to learn about the inspiration and influences behind the 2018 Colormix palettes.

ColorMix 2018 Color Forecast 

Date: 10/26/2017 

Start Time: 4:30pm 

Presentation Time: 5:15pm

FCA Design Center 

2852 Ogden Avenue, 
Naperville, IL, 60540 

RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED

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Specifying Textiles For Success CEU

Description

Expand your knowledge to better select textiles that meet demanding and often conflicting performance criteria, while also creating beautiful interiors. This CEU will include examples of common field failures, explain why they occurred and offer guidance for avoiding them. Small bites and beverages will be served.

CEU 1.0 IDCEC Credit

 

Presenter

Sina Pearson graduated from the Univ. of Washington with a double major in fine arts/textiles, and Swedish language and literature, then earned her MFA in textiles from Cranbrook. After working for SOM /Chicago as a color/materials specialist, she won a grant from the Swedish government to study at the Royal Academy of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm.

Returning to New York, she directed the textile divisions of a series of A-list firms, Jens Risom, Ward Bennet/Brickel Ass. and Unika Vaev. In 1985 she co-founded ACT, The Association for Contract Textiles; it remains the guide post for industry standards and promoting awareness of textiles. In 1990 she founded her own company, Sina Pearson Textiles, which designs, manufactures and distributes exclusive upholstery textiles for contract, healthcare, institutional, hospitality and residential use.

 

Location
Momentum Group
222 West Merchandise Mart Plaza
Suite 11-106
Chicago, IL 60654

Date & Time

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

5:30 PM – 7:30 PM

Tickets
FREE Members

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Sherwin-Williams Student Design Challenge

While it may seem far away, 2018 is around the corner, and so is a new season of student competitions. The first of which is the Sherwin-Williams 2018 Student Design Challenge, which opens for entries starting Thursday, February 1st, 2018.

The competition has two categories, commercial and residential. Both categories give the same amount of prize money, with $2,500 going to the winners. You can enter by yourself or as part of a team. And the best part? There is no fee to enter!

You can get more information by clicking here, or on the photo at the top of the post. If you do enter, please let us know! There is a Fan Favorites award and we would love to support you!

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Q&A at Toms-Price

One of our students, Timothy Pawelski, has let us know of an excellent event for those of us who may be interested in Residential design or Stickley furniture. The Toms-Price in Wheaton will be holding a Q&A session with Aminy Audi, the current CEO of L. &J.G. Stickley this upcoming Wednesday, September, 20th, 2017 from 6:30-8:00 PM. RSVPs are required. You can click on the photo above, or here to RSVP.

If you do end up attending, let us know how it went! Those of us who cannot attend would love to know!