Product Runway
2025 RUNWAY LOOKS
Huge shoutout and heartfelt thanks to our incredible judges — Beth Katz, Stella Bok, Aaron Olsen, Henri Munyengango, and Kate Buska — for bringing your expertise, insight, and energy to the event! And to our phenomenal MC, Cheryl Durst — you lit up the room and kept the momentum going all night long!
A massive thank you our members and community as well to our fabulous sponsors and generous donors — your support makes events like this possible, and we’re so grateful for everything you do to help us shine. Here’s to many more amazing moments together!
Thank you again to everyone that was able to join us last night! We have already started thinking about how epic the next Product Runway will be!
Our Event Sponsors:
VIP Event Sponsor - Mohawk Group
Photo Booth Sponsor - HB Workplaces Sprague Studios
(apologies as our photo booth vendor had a personal emergency & canceled last minute)
First Tier - JPC Architects, objekts, PeopleSpace, Arizona Tile, Allsteel
Second Tier - DLR Group, Wilsonart, Kayser Wesner, EF Contract, Lumicor
Third Tier - Haworth, MillerKnoll
Seam Level - Focal Point
Thank you to our volunteer Hairstylists and our Make-Up Artists!
Of course we can't forget our amazing vendors:
Fremont Studios, DJ Nitty Gritty, Erica with Sorella Photos, and Kaspars Catering
2025 MC & Judges
An exceptional communicator, innovator, and visionary leader, Cheryl S. Durst has spurred progress, driven change, and encouraged the expansion of the interior design industry. As the Executive Vice President and CEO of the International Interior Design Association, Cheryl is committed to achieving broad recognition for the value of design and its significant role in society. She has been referred to by Interior Design magazine as “an ambassador for nnovation and expansion, and a visionary strategist.” Cheryl was inducted into the prestigious Interior Design Hall of Fame in 2016 as the recipient of its first-ever Leadership Award. She is the first African American woman to be inducted into the industry's Hall of Fame. A lifelong knowledge enthusiast and voracious reader who has considered librarian, astronaut and journalist as potential careers, Cheryl never walks away from meeting someone without gleaning a bit of their story — a talent she currently employs on her podcast, The Skill Set, which focuses on the intangible skills that make us good at what we do.
Stella brings over 17 years of experience in luxury hospitality design. She is currently the Director of Interior Design for the Luxury Brands at Marriott International. Prior to that, she was with Ian Schrager Company where she played a key role in shaping the EDITION hotel brand. She grew up in Canada where she completed an English degree at the University of Alberta. However, her passion for hospitality design was ignited when she pursued a degree in Interior Architecture. After spending a decade in New York, Stella relocated to Seattle, WA and resides here with her family.
An accomplished and energetic interior designer with a strong history of achievements in hospitality design, Henri’s second passion for fashion evolved during the pandemic when he made his first garment. Since then, he has honed his skills and developed an exclusive clientele. His style is “Modern forms with a twist.”
“Dressing is a way of life”
– Yves Saint Laurent
Beth Katz, Principal of KatzDesignGroup, is a recipient of AZRE’s Most Influential Women in Arizona and NEWH’s Top ID in 2022 and 2024. Her firm, KatzDesignGroup, is a full-service design firm focusing on restaurant interiors, casino and hotel design, healthcare interiors, and tenant workplace improvements. They provide design solutions highlighting their client's forward-thinking visions and brand personalities. Beth is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Interior Design, an avid scuba diver, a former Board member for UMOM, Phoenix’s largest family and women’s homeless shelter, and an active member of NEWH and AZCREW. Beth is an adjunct faculty at Arizona State University and on the NAU Interior Design Advisory board.
Kate Buska is a seasoned brand strategist and hospitality industry leader with a passion for storytelling that drives business results. As Co-founder and Vice President of Brand Development at Practice Hospitality, she oversees public relations, marketing, and creative strategy across the company’s portfolio of lifestyle hotels. With more than 15 years of experience in travel and hospitality that has included the branding, design and launch of award-winning hotels in markets across the nation, Kate brings a thoughtful, people-first approach to shaping memorable guest experiences and meaningful brand expression.
Aaron Olsen is the Senior Design Manager of Store Design at Nordstrom, where he leads and develops a team of designers shaping physical retail across interior design, fixture design, and art curation. With roots in fashion design and visual merchandising, and a sharp eye for spatial storytelling, Aaron creates immersive environments that elevate product and push the boundaries of how customers experience space. He’s known for blending form and function in unexpected ways—always with the customer experience at the center.
What is Product Runway?
Product Runway URBAN JUNGLE randomly pairs top local architecture & interior design firms with innovative product manufactures, bringing them together to collectively create runway ready garments using an array of commercial interior finish materials.
This year twelve teams will compete sending models down the runway clad in couture creations crafted using items such as tile, wood, fabric, carpet, furniture and beyond.
Product Runway & Advocacy
Interior Design regulation at the state level helps establish and maintain professional standards that protect the health, safety and welfare of the general public. IIDA firmly believes that legal recognition, achieved through registration and certification, brings uniformity to the profession, defines responsibility of an interior designer, and encourages excellence in the Commercial Interior Design industry. The IIDA Northern Pacific Chapter Advocacy Committee is dedicated to enacting interior design legislation in the States of Alaska, Idaho, and Washington State.
All proceeds from Product Runway URBAN JUNGLE benefits legislative efforts in our chapter.
Look back - Product Runway 2023
