All About Looks

 Meagan Franklin described All About Looks as "Willie Wonka for Interior Designers!" I agree - it is definitely full of eye candy! We were able to see examples of beautiful fabrics, wall coverings and tour the drapery and upholstery workroom.

Thank you Nancy for the wonderful tour and information!

Dallas Design Center

 Professor Collier organized a trip to the Dallas Design Center (residential design focus) and invited me to tag along and bring the Materials classes and graduate students.  By visiting the showrooms, the students had an opportunity for hands-on experience with the vendors and new products.  We even saw Laura Bush!

Tara and Rachel!

Beautiful details

Duy Pham is one of our graduate students who came on the trip.

Fiber and Biopolymer Research Institute

At the Fiber and Biopolymer Research Institute, the students were able to see the process converting cotton into yarn and then into cloth. Testing proceedures were also observed. 

 

 

 

 

2011 ASID/IIDA Membership Drive

This year the membership drive was held in El Centro and had a fantastic turnout!  I look forward to a great year with all of our new members!

New members are busy filling out their applications to join these outstanding organizations!

ASID Officers busy working the Membership drive!

IIDA officers are also staying busy with all of their new members!

2011 Design Expo

This year the Texas Tech Design Expo was a huge success.  We had a great turn out with a number of wonderful raffle prizes, including student scholarships!  Students had the opportunity to interact with vendors, talk to professionals, view new products.  A big thank you to all of the officers who put in so much work!

 Students discuss new and upcoming products with vendors.

 ASID President Jordan Cochran and ASID Expo Chair Sierra Pond

Keynote speaker Brian Graham (right) poses beside his furniture designs. 

Students in line to enjoy all of the tasty food!

Senior Showcase 2011

Each year a special event is held to showcase the work of the seniors and is a time for their friends and family to come enjoy their accomplishments!  This year the Senior Showcase was held at the wonderful Jones AT&T Football Stadium.  I would like to wish this wonderful class of Interior Design Seniors good luck as they begin this new chapter of their lives!

A group photo of the seniors and their professors.

 The seniors were asked to prepare posters to display past projects. 

  

 A competition was held to see which pair of seniors could come up with the best centerpiece.  This first place cupcake masterpiece was created by Emily and Kim.  

 

Each year a senior is selected by design professionals as the "Outstanding Senior" based on their posters.  This year the award went to Abby Dickinson.  Congratulations, Abby!

A big thank you to all of the IIDA officers who contributed so much time and energy to the Senior Showcase this year!  We couldn't have done it without you.

Graduate Research Poster Competition

This year, several Environmental Design Graduate Students participated in the Graduate Research Poster Competition. 

A group photo of the participants wearing their very cool

 "Texas Tech University Graduate Research" polos!

Linna Yoon - A Study of how the Physical Environment affects Wandering Behavior in Nursing Home Design.  Linna's poster received first place.

Michelle Pinson - Reducing Stress Through Design: Long and Short Term Stay Facilities for Children.  Michelle's poster received second place.

Jessica Grabham - An Integrative Approach for Successful Aging in Continuing Care Retirement Communities.  Jessica's poster received third place.

Alicia Morton - Designing Living Spaces for Obese Populations.

Angela Bourne - An Integrative Approach to the Design of Independent Living Environments for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities - a trajectory of inquiry.

Marwa Abdelmonem - Environmental Design for Postlingually Deafened Adults.

Shohre Kheyri-Sohi - Interior Design Considerations for Schizophrenic Patients.

Rehab A. Aburas - Residential Design for Epilepsy Population.

Kathryn Lopez - Autism and Adapting Classroom Designs for the Home.

Angela is busy practicing her presentation for the class.

 Jessica is explaining her poster presentation to the class.