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Awards & Competitions

IIDA Emerging Professional Award 2011

Download here:

2011 Emerging Professional Award.zip

 

Electronic Proposal Submissions:

Info@iida-northernpacific.org

Questions:

K.dahlstrom@interiorarchitects.com

Djordan@binw.com

 

IIDA Student Sustainable Design Competition Winner is From NPC!

Congratulations to WSU Spokane's Weng Hei Au for winning FIRST PLACE in the IIDA Student Sustainable Design Competition!!!  This competition was created to recognize and celebrate outstanding design projects from students whose work advocates the principles of environmentally responsible design. In addition to winning $1500, Weng will be featured on the IIDA Student Blog and on www.iida.org as well as receiving an IIDA membership sponsored by the NPC Chapter.

 

 8th Annual Student Sustainable Design Competition

Hello Chapter Leaders!

IIDA Headquarters will be accepting entries for the 8th Annual Student Sustainable Design Competition starting October 18th and we need your support to help promote this exciting competition! We're thrilled to share our new online component of the competition found here that will include not only online entry capabilities, but online voting, sharing and showcasing. Please make sure that your Chapter Student Reps share this information with your students
on the local level, and feel free to forward to any of your contacts you think may be interested.

This is a fantastic opportunity for students, especially as our prize money has increased and the entry fees have decreased this year! InterfaceFLOR has generously sponsored this year's competition awards: Grand Prize - $2,000, First Place - $1,500, and Popular Vote - $1,000. The competition recognizes and celebrates outstanding design projects from students whose work advocates the principles of environmentally responsible design.  The deadline for entry is November 8th.

Please do not hesitate to contact me for additional information.

Thank you for your efforts!

Michelle

 

Congratulations to the Emerging Professionals grant winners

 
At the 2010 Toast! annual board meeting, the winners of the Emerging Professionals program were announced.  The following designers were recognized for their submissions:
 
Amanda Swartwout, SkB Architects - Grant Winner
 
Amanda created a proposal inspired by organizational biomimicry.  Her submittal takes inspiration from natural environments and seeks to strengthen the interior design industry by fostering symbiotic relationships.  The proposal suggests a collaborative support network connecting and uniting our vast range of professionals, organizations and students.  Collaborative industry events and CEU classes, a joint industry calendar and a mentorship program will all be established and promoted as a first phase.  By connecting and educating our industry, we will create more opportunities and marketability for all.
 
Mary Moore, Interior Architects - Honorable Mention
 
 
Mary focused her proposed study on the corporate work environments in 3 regions, North America, Europe and Asia. She planned to compare 3 regions to better understand trends and how they are impacted by place. She would compare and contrast each region in Workplace, Workspace and Sustainability.
 
Workplace would focus on the office as a whole including everything from break areas, conferencing and other specialty amenities and services. Workspace would provide a more granular view on individual workspaces like open office, closed office, hotelling spaces, size of workstations, privacy, potential for personalization and more. For her third component, sustainability, she would research how the initiative has influenced the workplace including finishes and energy reduction methodologies.
 
Julie Woolsey, Interior Architects - Honorable Mention
 
 
Julie’s proposal embraced work-life balance and gen Y’s desire to help the community be a better place. By working with troubled youth and citing programs like “Art with Heart” and “We Care”, her proposal designed a program that would encourage designers to break from their work-a-day world and give back. It was a rewarding project that entwined a lot of fun and creativity. Two aspects that renew inspiration as designers.
 
The ultimate goal was that this grant would start a beta program to inspire the community to help it grow and live long after the initial funding had expired helping others to remain inspired and become well-rounded members of our community.
 
IIDA NPC Presents

The 2010 Annual Student Scholarship & Awards                    

DEADLINE: Wednesday May 19th, 2010 by 5pm

 
Format: 
Submit ONE project that represents your best work up to this point in your academic career on three 11"x17" boards. All project information must be included on the front of the boards. On the back of the boards, include the following: submission category (Graduating Student or Non-Graduating Student), name, address, phone number, email address, year in school and school name.
 
Judging:
Each student will be judged on their ability to address the following design principles: problem solving skills, innovation, overall design and conceptual thinking, technical understanding of the solution presented, and overall presentation skills. A panel of professional designers will be judging the submitted projects.
 
Awards:
Non-Graduating Student Scholarship: $1000 towards your tuition. Graduating Student Award: $1000 to help jump start your professional career. Winners will be announced at the Student Scholarship Critique and Awards Ceremony on Friday May 21st, 2010 from 6:00 to 7:30pm at Gensler's Seattle Office (6th & Seneca downtown Seattle Park Place Building, 5th Floor. Entrance on 6th & University. Entrance to underground parking garage is on 6th Avenue and is available if you get in before 6pm). Come and listen as the panel walks through their thoughts on each submission.
 
Eligibility:
All eligible students must be currently enrolled in an associate or baccalaureate design curriculum in Washington, Alaska, Idaho, Alberta or British Columbia. Both graduating and non-graduating students are eligible to submit in their respective categories.  If you are graduating this spring/early summer of 2010, apply to the "Graduating Student" category.  If you are graduating after that point, please submit to the Non-Graduating Student" category.
 
Send or drop off your completed entry to: IIDA Northern Pacific Chapter / Attn: Phil Logsden, Knoll / 1200 Fifth Ave, Suite 2000 / Seattle, WA 98101 Questions: For additional information please contact Jamie Drzayich, VP of Campus Centers at jamie.drzayich@gmail.com

 

IIDA Emerging Professional Grant Program

Goal: The new IIDA Emerging Professional Grant Program seeks to expand the experience and leadership opportunities of budding professionals, encourage dialogue in the profession, and share knowledge from the interiors practice with members in the Northern Pacific Chapter. The $2500 grant supports an educational experience for the purposes of research, community service, education, or collaboration.

Eligibility: Applicants must reside within the geographic territory of the IIDA Northern Pacific Chapter and have been practicing interior design for 2-10 years. Employees of BiNW are not eligible. The winner is expected to be a member of IIDA. If the chosen applicant is not a member of IIDA, funds from the winnings will be applied to an annual membership.

Criteria: The IIDA Professional Award Committee will award grant funds based on proposals. Proposals should demonstrate the project’s creativity, feasibility, impact and outcomes.

The Committee requests proposals from qualifying individuals highlighting their plan and outlining their area of study and investigation. The proposed travel or study program must address the built environment and have relevance and application to design issues faced in our chapter’s region. The recipient will be expected to return to Seattle and publicly present the results and content of their travel and/or study to the Committee and IIDA Northern Pacific membership. Preference will be given to projects that produce a tangible product available to all chapter members, such as an exhibition, presentation, magazine article, program or publication.

Schedule: Proposals are due March 1. Criteria and application will by available on February 1. The award will be announced at Toast, 2010. The award will be used between May 2010 and January 2011. A presentation will be made in person at an IIDA on-going education event in March 2011 with a short final experience recap at the IIDA Toast event, 2011.

Submittal guidelines are available for download by clicking here.

SCHEDULE

February 1, 2010: Applications available

March 1, 2010: Proposals due

May 2010: Winner announced

June 2010- January 2011: Award available for use

March 2011: Guest speaker at IIDA Event

April 2011: Final recap of experience at IIDA Toast

 

Proposals should include the following:

  • • Completion of an application form (below)
  • • Proof of eligibility (a copy of a transcript, diploma, or other documentation of your graduation date, proof of work experience)
  • • Resume
  • • Description of your proposed study program, goals, outcomes and final presentation (2 page maximum) The proposal description and content may take any form, and creativity in content and format is encouraged. The proposal should address and will be evaluated on the following:
    • • Topic of investigation
    • • Relationship to local design issues
    • • Proposed methodology or research plans
    • • Proposed outcomes and products
    • • Impact of the project on the local design communit
    • • Itinerary and proposed destination(s), if applicable
  • • Budget outline (1 page maximum)
  • • Two letters of reference that include name, title, phone number and email address. These may be from clients, community leaders, co-workers as well as professors and working professionals. Proposals will be evaluated by the IIDA Advocates Committee. The Committee reserves the right to not award a fellowship should no suitable proposals be submitted.

 

How to apply

1. Fill out an application below and include requested documents.

2. Submit your proposal to IIDA. All submissions must be postmarked no later than March 1, 2010. Send your hardcopy proposal packet: IIDA-NPC, P.O. Box 12826, Seattle, WA 98111. Proposals in an electronic format may be sent to info@iida-northernpacific.org.

Questions

If you have any questions, contact

Karen Dahlstrom, IA-Interior Architects, k.dahlstrom@interiorarchitects.com, 206.264.9195

Dru Jordan, BiNW, Djordan@binw.com, 206.914.3033

 

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Proposal Checklist

  • ✔ 1) Application
  • ✔ 2) Proof of eligibility
  • ✔ 3) Resume
  • ✔ 4) Proposal description
  • ✔ 5) Budget
  • ✔ 6) References