You Are There: IIDA Student Design Charette 2018
These sixty people were different from the others squeezing into the Merchandise Mart on that Tuesday morning of NeoCon. A specific purpose drove them. They came to think. Plan. Create. Deep down, they came to succeed at something few of them had attempted before. They arrived at Suite 622 to invest their day in the International Interior Design Association’s 2018 Student Design Charette. In its seventh year, this annual happening delivers a capstone-like event to a hand-picked group of participants culled from 3,200 student IIDA members. Here were 60 design minds, educated by 53 design schools, randomly distributed among 12 teams, given a design problem and five hours, 30 minutes to solve it, then present their solutions to a jury of four design luminaries. The day’s agenda, plus food and drink to keep those design minds nourished, was orchestrated by a group within the IIDA’s headquarters. Ryan Ben, Student Engagement …
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