Time: 10:00-11:00am
Room: Court of Sciences 24
The Profession of Interior Design Today
Whether you are interested in joining a large firm or setting up shop as a sole practitioner, the profession of interior design offers many ways to realize your creative goals. Learn what the practice of interior design looks like today, including must-have skill sets.
Speker: Eleanor Schrader Schapa, MBA, is an architectural and design historian who does consulting for the design industry as well as historic properties and has served as a Design Review Commissioner for the City of Beverly Hills
Time: 11:15-12:15
Room: Court of Sciences 24
Drawing Space: Communicating Design Ideas with Sketches, Drafting and Computers
To create compelling interior spaces, interior designers communicate their ideas through drawings--be they executed by hand, computer, fly through video or a combination of all three. Learn how designers use drawings to develop and present what they see in their mind’s eye.
Speaker: Bruno Bondanelli, AIA, principal, Bondanelli Design Group, Inc. Mr. Bondanelli is a published architect with extensive experience in residential, planning, commercial and furniture design and a strong advocate of sustainable design
Time: 1:15-2:15pm
Room: Court of Sciences 24
Green Interior Design
Green design focuses on making buildings more efficient through the use of renewable resources. Learn how interior designers are engaged in a range of green issues, including orientation, lighting, heating, and choosing sustainable materials and products.
Speaker: David Randall Hertz, Principal of SEA, formerly Syndesis, Inc. is the inventor of the material manufacturing process of Syndecrete, the innovative pre-cast lightweight concrete surfacing material
Time: 2:30-3:30pm
Room: Court of Sciences 24
Color, Lighting and Surface Materials
Color, lighting, and surface materials are three critical areas in the development of an interior space. Professional interior designers share key strategies for integrating color, lighting, and surface materials into a harmonious and balanced whole.
Panelists: Michael Schrier, produces textile design for the apparel industry as well as flat tapestry and is involved in color market and forecasting; Kathy Pryzgoda, lighting designer for the Hollywood Bowl and the Los Angeles Philharmonic; Beth Schnierow, certified interior designer with specialties in interior and exterior color, materials, finishes and furnishings