Every year, the IIDA Oregon Chapter Membership committee strives to create an event that gives back to you, our members as a sign of how thankful the chapter is for your membership. On January 27th, 2016 the Oregon Chapter celebrated members by hosting an event where complimentary headshots were taken to spruce up members’ professional…
Name: Richelle Nolan Company: IA Interior Architects Position: Managing Director, Principal Years of Experience: 20 years (1.5 years at IA) IIDA member since: 2006 Favorite space in your home: My living room is my favorite space in my home. My mother, who owns Oberlin’s Custom Design, has sourced, designed and/or made most of the furniture and objects within. It’s…
Name: Emma Silverman Company: Boora Architects Position: Interior Designer Years: 1.5 years IIDA member since: 2012 Favorite IIDA event: Membership Appreciation! It’s always laid back, educational, and a great networking opportunity. The next one is January 27th, please come! Favorite color at the moment? Deep colors – navy blue, forest green, red, I think it…
Name: Scarlet Leanne Weaver Membership Type: Student School / Year: University of Oregon, Second year IIDA member since: August 2015 Favorite space designed in Portland: Currently I’m obsessed with new opportunities in building with lumber so my favorite Portland designed space is Lever Architecture’s Renton Tasting Room. What gets me excited about design: The most…
The IIDA Oregon Chapter is advanced by the dedication, support and leadership of our community. The Legacy Award recognizes and honors a person, company or organization whose contributions have advanced the Interior Design profession and enriched Interior Design in Oregon. The recipient of this award has exemplified traits as an advocate, mentor, designer innovator and…
The Design Excellence Awards are an important platform that highlights the exceptional interior design work that is occurring in the Pacific Northwest. Thank you to all of the designers who submitted inspiring projects and to those whom attended the sold-out Awards ceremony last Thursday. This was the second year of online voting for the People’s Choice Award, and…
Voting has now closed. Thank you for submitting projects, voting, attending and/or sponsoring the 2015 Design Excellence Awards! The awards ceremony was a huge success, and we look forward to next year! Welcome to the 2015 IIDA Design Excellence Awards – People’s Choice voting site! Please take the time to review each project that has been…
Name: Emi Day, Associate IIDA Company/Position/Years: Mahlum Architects / Architectural Designer / 1 Year with Mahlum IIDA member since: 2014 Favorite IIDA event: Gold Event on the rooftop! Favorite space designed in Portland:  Commissary Café Favorite Portland Restaurant: Bamboo Sushi Hobbies: Leatherworking, Rowing What gets you excited about design?: clean lines, smooth colors, sexy graphics…
A N N E  M A R I E  C U N N I N G H A M,  I I D A,  A S S O C.  A I A  As a Principal and lead designer at NBBJ, Anne creates invigorating interiors that reflect and enrich a company’s identity, purpose and culture. Bolstered…
A N N I E Â C H U, Â A I A, Â I I D A, Â N C A R B, Â N C I D Q Annie Chu is a founding principal of the awards winning CHU+GOODING Architects in Los Angeles with an extensive portfolio of interiors focusing on arts, culture and higher education clients,…
P R I M O  O R P I L L A,  I I D A Primo Orpilla, IIDA is the award-winning co-founder, with Verda Alexander, of Studio O+A, the San Francisco design firm responsible for groundbreaking workplace designs at Facebook, AOL, Microsoft, Yelp, Levi-Strauss, and many other companies. A leader in the field of…
Name: Jori Walker, IIDA Company/Position/Years: Pacific Materials / A&D Sales Representative for residential, commercial and hard surface flooring / May 2015 Â to Present. Previous Employer / SRG Partnership / Senior Associate / June 1996 to April 2014. Between April of 2014 and May of 2015 I had the opportunity to take a “hiatus” and decide…
Greetings from IDC-Oregon, For those who don’t know, the Interior Design Collaborative (IDC)-Oregon is a 501(c)(6) non-profit organization dedicated to enacting and sustaining interior design registration. We are an all-volunteer organization with a board of directors, executive board and liaisons to design organizations. Our responsibility is to inform and collaborate with local interior design affiliations,…
The IIDA Oregon Chapter was awarded the Chapter Advocacy and GRA Activities Award by IIDA Headquarters. Check out the full post on the IIDA blog, DesignMatters. Special shout-out to the IIDA Oregon VP of Advocacy, Bethanne Mikkelsen, IIDA, NCIDQ Certificate No. 29445, LEED AP ID+C, for working so hard to bring IIDA legislation issues to the attention of local…
Temp link Greetings – Thank you so much to all who attended, ‘A Gold Affair’ a Celebration and Fundraiser for the IIDA Oregon Chapter. It was truly an incredible evening full of celebration, dancing, food and drink, raffle prizes, sunsets and some really creative dazzling gold attire! I had the opportunity to talk to many…
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The Forums team would like to extend big thank you to everyone who attended, volunteered and sponsored forums events this past year. It is because of you, that we had such a successful year to date! We would like to share a few highlights from this fun and educational year. Increased Attendance Overall event attendance was…
