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VMCAD Interior Design Summer Field Trip
All Interior Design students are welcome. This is a great opportunity to meet some of the professionals in our field and to visit their workrooms. It is also a wonderful way to make contacts that we will use when working with future clients!
Wednesday, August 18th – Meet at the school at 8:45 a.m. to car pool. If you are driving separately, addresses are provided below.
Agenda
9:00 – 10:15
Drapery Stitch – Designer window treatment workroom
12890 Berea Rd. Cleveland, OH 44111
10:30 – 11:30
Ann Onusko decorative painting studio (in a very cool warehouse)
13000 Athens Ave. Lakewood, OH 44107
Lunch – Casual restaurant TBD
1:00 – 2:00
Cleveland Upholstery
7109 Timber Lane, Olmsted Township, OH 44138
Graduate Spotlight – Lauren Freeman – Interior Designer
Elizabeth Rock Designs, a new interior design firm, is bringing “green” design to the healthcare and assisted living community. With ten years of experience the founder, Lauren Freeman, is creating comfortable, eco-friendly, fully functional and aesthetically pleasing designs.
Retirement of the aging baby-boomer demographic has contributed to the increased amount of renovation and new construction of assisted living facilities. According to Freeman, “Antimicrobial finishes, ergonomics and sustainable design have all become staples in the healthcare community. And with the advances in today’s technology, products and materials have improved in both quality and cost.”
Administrators are now able to enhance the lifestyle of their patients while contributing to or preserving the environment. Says Freeman, “it reduces operating costs, generates tax breaks and promotes a safer work-place for employees. Its just good business.”
The firm offers consulting, design, selecting, purchasing, managing and staging services for its clients. In Ohio, Freeman has done design work for “Anna Maria” of Aurora, “The Weils” of Bainbridge, “Brentwood Healthcare Center” in Sagamore Hills and “Grace Hospital” in Cleveland.
Guest Speaker: Barrie Spang
Barrie Spang, Interior Designer at Lee Meier Interiors, will speak to Interior Design students about “Being Bold with Color in Interiors”.
Virginia Marti College ASID Student Chapter Receives Honorable Mention
The Virginia Marti College of Art and Design ASID Student Chapter community service project, City Mission Pathways Building Project, was selected to receive an Honorable Mention as the 2010 ASID Community Service Project of the Year. The Virginia Marti College of Art and Design Student Chapter created an incredibly creative and worthwhile project and ASID is served well by this outstanding program. Congrats to Interior Design students Colleen Paterson, Jill Pietrocini, Cassie Rice and Christopher Keever.
Interior Design Grad Helps Design YMCA Dream House
Cassie Rice, ID grad, worked with Diana Kresney of Divine designs, coordinating the interior design of many spaces inside the YMCA Dream House in Lake County. Click the image to the left to play the video!
