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We're going virtual!
We guarantee this won't be your typical virtual event. With special celebrity appearances, this event is sure to be entertaining. It's all happening on Oct. 8, 2020, at 7:00 p.m. EST. Help us celebrate our Designer of the Year winners and a DECADE OF DESIGN!
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September Member Spotlight: Charlie Bolivar
When did you realize that you wanted to become an interior designer?
When I was about 17 years old, I realized that I wanted to be an interior designer. I started working at the D&D building in NYC at the age of 17 for a company named Decorators Walk. I started in their Sample Department, providing wallpaper samples and fabric samples to decorators and their design clients. I subsequently moved on to assisting designers in decorating the show room and staging furniture to create complete rooms to showcase potential designs. Eventually, I took over the responsibility for that role, and it really fueled my passion for interior design!
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IDS Member Nicole Yee featured in Homes and Gardens for Tudor Home Design
The home belongs to Danielle and Phil Hayes and their three daughters, Cecily, Meara and Remi. Danielle and Phil were drawn to the Trestle Glen neighborhood of Oakland for its strong sense of community, tree-lined streets, idyllic climate and proximity to the city.
Trestle Glen was the first master-planned housing development in the U.S., featuring small lots and tree-lined streets designed by the Olmsted brothers, sons of Central Park designer Frederick Law Olmsted.
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POLYWOOD announces outdoor textile collection collaboration with designer and author Shayla Copas
POLYWOOD, designer and manufacturer of American-made sustainable outdoor furnishings, announces its collaboration with designer and author Shayla Copas in the Shayla Copas Fabric Collection by POLYWOOD®. The artistry and aesthetic of this well-recognized designer will be reflected in 17 original textile designs. The collection launches this fall to specialty retailers and will be available to the design trade and online in Spring 2021.
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2018-2019 Designer of the Year: Laundry and craft rooms
By putting the entire run of length to use, a long counter now serves for laundry prep and folding, while ample storage above, below, and all around offer storage tricks to multi-tasking parents. A tall cabinet now encloses cleaning supplies, where mops, brooms and all the odds and ends now find a home. Baker Design Group knocked this laundry room out of the park!
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2018-2019 Designer of the Year: Individual Impact
Winner: Barbara Owens, Owens Interiors at Home, Texas
The Child Advocacy Center (CAC) is an agency dedicated to providing hope and healing to children of abuse. The agency collaborates with professionals in investigation, prosecution and treatment of child sexual and physical abuse. Barbara Owen's background in therapy gave her great insight into the use of color for healing and spacial and interactive therapies. Built in the 1960's, this home was donated by one of its benefactors. The remodel was to be done completely on donations and charity. The design concept was to create as pleasant an environment as possible for the children or families being brought in for investigation or therapy.
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The fundamentals of light layering
According to top residential lighting expert Randall Whitehead, "There is no single light fixture that gives you everything you need to illuminate a room properly." In the home and commercial spaces, proper light layering — ambient, task and accent lighting — helps you bring a room to life with design flexibility and functionality.
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3 design elements that can create a harmonious home
DuJour
Whether you live in a spacious home or a charming apartment, creating a living space that generates positive energy and a warm welcome is crucial to maintaining your overall well-being. Lately, with most businesses extending work from home policies, schools embracing virtual learning systems, and home becoming even more of a mainstay in people's daily schedules, it is time to invest in interior design.
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These are the 4 cities designers must watch
Architectural Digest
New York City and Los Angeles have long dominated the interior design industry, churning out countless top designers and setting the style for the country. However, smaller cities have their own draw, fueled by a generation of designers reshaping the character of their regions. Here are four to watch.
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MULTIBRIEFS EXCLUSIVE
Have Zoom, will design
By Lloyd Princeton
 Interior designers are on the move — literally and virtually. Concerns about health and safety, including the need for social distancing and limited in-person contact whether with colleagues or clients, have uprooted many designers from their offices. In the months since COVID-19 caused large portions of the populace to shelter in place, designers have adapted to working remotely, and more of them have embraced e-design and virtual design service models.
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This interior designer is using virtual tools to create healthy homes worldwide
Inverse
Deborah DiMare is an interior designer whose clients include high-end executives and business leaders, celebrities, and conscious homeowners. Previously, she executed her services by visiting clients' homes and then presenting her designs. Now, she's doing the same through digital means, a process that ends with new furniture and decor moved into clients' homes and staged according to her designs.
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This vibrant Barcelona apartment has the most remarkable doorways
Architectural Digest
A master class in design history. A curator's dream art collection. A play on balance, form and function. This is a designer's home.
Juan Moreno Lopéz-Calull is the founder and designer at John Brown Projects, a Barcelona-based interior design firm and art consultancy. As a 28-year-old city dweller, Juan had the luxury of creating a space catered exclusively to his own needs and vision.
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4 ways to create a kid-friendly space in your home
The Washington Post
Children, just like their parents, have spent more time than usual at home this year. Interior designers have some suggestions for parents to make their kids' bedrooms and play areas attractive and functional.
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