RealWorld DesignWeek
Congratulations ASID Hawaii—Winner of the
RealWorld DesignWeek Chapter Award!
The ASID Hawaii Chapter is honored with an award for having the highest percentage of chapter membership participate in RealWorld DesignWeek 2008. Hawaii saw a 16% participation rate among chapter members which truly demonstrated their dedication to design education and ASID stewardship. Thank you to the ASID Hawaii chapter members below and to all program participants nationwide for your support of RealWorld DesignWeek!
ASID Hawaii Chapter RealWorld DesignWeek Participants
Elizabeth Howard, FASID
Charles Black, ASID
Laurie Kaneshiro, ASID
Joe Marshall, ASID
Wayne Parker, ASID
Mary Philpotts-McGrath, ASID
Holly Boling Ruiz, ASID
Sheryl Seaman, ASID
Dian Cleve, Allied ASID
Tiare Noelani Cowen, Allied Member ASID
Jennifer Johnson, Allied Member ASID
Alicia Kaneshiro, Allied Member ASID
Lisa Kotero, Allied Member ASID
Renee Oyama, Allied Member ASID
Isla Schmidt, Allied Member ASID
Nancy Schnur, Allied Member ASID
Michael Smith, Allied Member ASID
Peggy Krantz, ASID Industry Partner Representative
Anuhea Aquino, Student Member ASID
Margaux Brief, Student Member ASID
Beth Burgin Student Member ASID
Erica Cordery, Student Member ASID
Deanna Itano, Student Member ASID
Shawn Gignac, Student Member ASID
Keisha Goya, Student Member ASID
Mika Hai, Student Member ASID
Ashley Halemano, Student Member ASID
Deirdre Khimura, Student Member ASID
Yon Kim, Student Member ASID
Judy Liang, Student Member ASID
Lenny Liang, Student Member ASID
Lenore Lum, Student Member ASID
Sally Tucker Martinez, Student Member ASID
Lisa Parker, Student Member ASID
Erin Takahashi, Student Member ASID
Stefanie Vassilicos, Student Member ASID
RealWorld DesignWeek 2008 – A Smashing Success
In its inaugural year, RealWorld DesignWeek took place Oct. 19 – 25, 2008. This exclusive ASID program offered student members the opportunity to pair up with professional, allied and industry partner representative members to attend one-day, on-site shadowing experiences. We are proud to say that the program was a hit. More than 1,400 members participated nationwide!
Student members were able to self-select their shadow day experiences online, by viewing profiles of the participating design professionals to see their specialty in the industry. A wide variety of design specialties available were represented including law office design, retail design, high-end residential, heath care, educational facilities, showroom management, business jet, yacht design and more. This vast array of practice areas was truly reflective of the membership makeup of ASID as the largest network of interior designers in the world.
In addition, students were not restricted to shadow days in their immediate area so many students traveled to cities where they desired to seek employment after graduating in order to begin networking with professionals there. We expect for follow-up surveys to indicate that students in different regions were able to expand their shadowing experience into a long term mentoring relationship, internship or even an entry-level job!
Take time to read feature articles in the Fall/Winter online edition of ACCESS student newsletter and the January/February 09 issue of ICON magazine, which highlight several accounts from program participants and get excited for next year!
Information on RealWorld DesignWeek 2009 should be available here at www.asid.org/rwdw in January.
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Student members should stay informed on when registration opens as sign-up opportunities are first come, first served. Here is a prime opportunity to learn about the design practice what you cannot in the classroom.
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If you are graduating soon, consider serving as a shadow day host as a newly advanced allied member. As an emerging professional, your work experiences will give a student an accurate glimpse of the industry as a new designer.
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ASID experienced professionals have endless expertise to share and workplace skills to demonstrate that would prove invaluable to an aspiring designer.
Whatever stage you are in professionally as an interior designer and ASID member, you won’t want to miss out on RealWorld DesignWeek!
A tremendous thank you to the RealWorld DesignWeek 2008 Spokesperson and Sponsors!
Spokesperson
- Matt Lorenz, Allied Member ASID, Winner of Bravo’s
"Top Design”
Sponsors
- Canfield & Tack
- Metropolis
- Rhodec International
- Sherwin-Williams
- Thermador
- Toto
