ICON - Spring 2016

50 icon SPRING 2016 | THE MAGAZINE OF THE AMERICAN SOCIE T Y OF IN TERIOR DESIGNERS PHOTO OP

BEST.WINTER.EVER.

The new year begins! The 360

Leadership Conference, sponsored by the Business + Industrial Furniture Manufacturers Association (BIFMA)

in January, provides the inspiration for the ASID Board to explore the challenges and opportunities ahead for the interior design industry (left to right): Director at Large Teresa Sowell, Director at Large Sarah W. Colandro, Chair Sandy Gordon, Director at Large Jo Rabaut, Chair-Elect Charrisse Johnston, and ASID CEO Randy Fiser.

Design & Construction Week,
the co-location of two of the biggest
annual trade shows for residential
design and construction professionals,
is a perfect place for the building
industry to come together and a
NETWORKING IS LOCAL—AND GLOBAL. For interior design professionals everywhere,
nothing beats face-to-face encounters with people, products, and projects.

perfect place for ASID staff to meet members and others influencing the built environment. Attending the Las Vegas event in early 2016 are (left to right): Nancy Jardee, Cambria senior vice president Marketing; Bianca Lettieri, Cambria Business Development;

Randy Fiser, ASID CEO; Celeste Lehmann, Cambria marketing representative - Orange County; and Olga Odeide, ASID director, Industry Partnerships.

The quest for longevity and healthy aging, health-related technologies, and health disparities are addressed at the Health Matters Summit, the fifth annual convening of leaders from a variety of health fields.

Sponsored by the Clinton Health
Matters Initiative, former President
Bill Clinton hosts and moderates
discussions on ways to implement
systemic health improvements.

Presented by Contract, the 37th Annual Interiors Awards Breakfast in New York honors the winners of projects in 14 categories and celebrates a Designer of the Year and two Design Legends. ASID staff members and friends celebrate these accomplishments, too.

Student Portfolio Competition final-
ists take the stage at LAUNCH: The
ASID National Student Summit held at
SCAD in February. Judges made their
selections based on concept, content,
and context, generating a group of
finalists who epitomized the spirit of
the competition in originality,
ingenuity, and creativity.

Nothing is better than a sneak peek at the next frontier in office design.

ASID offers a glimpse of its new office space under construction in Washington, D.C., during a tour hosted with the National Building Museum. The space is being constructed and designed with the goal of achieving both LEED and WELL Platinum certifications.

ASID Researcher Susan Chung dis-cusses the pre- and post-occupancy research ASID is undertaking to gauge the wellness aspects of the new space. ASID VP of Communications and Marketing Laura Horsley and Chung can’t resist a prerequisite “hard hat” shot (inset).