NY11+ held the ribbon cutting, opening the 2018 Interior Design Student Exhibition, “Interior Design: Considering Space”, on April 3 at Teknion in New York City. The exhibition, displayed through April 6, featured student work from the NY11+ schools. Dan Villella, President of IDLNY, Ethan Lu, President-Elect of IDLNY and Jennifer Busch, VP of Architecture & Design at Teknion assisted Ruth Lynford, Founder of NY11+, in cutting the ribbon.
After which, Andrew Seifer, Associate Professor at FIT, moderated a very engaging and informative discussion which featured three New York Certified Interior Designers (pictured) who spoke about the process and impact of becoming a NY Certified Interior Designer (CID). The program was followed by a reception where refreshments were served.
NY11+ was founded in 1997 by Ruth Lynford, FASID, CID, AIA Assoc., as an exhibition of work from prestigious New York State educational institutions, all offering programs in Interior Design of four-years or more. To date, more than a dozen schools join together each year an effort to reach the general public, the press and the design community through their students’ work.
Participating NY11+ schools include Buffalo State College, Cazenovia College, Cornell University, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York Institute of Technology, New York School of Interior Design, Parsons School of Design, Pratt Institute, Rochester Institute of Technology, Sage College of Albany, School of Visual Arts, Syracuse University, and Villa Maria College.
Sponsors for this year’s event are the Angelo Donghia Foundation, Curatorial Outcomes, and IIDA NY. Patrons are Benjamin Moore & Co. and Haworth. Contributors include Drake/Anderson, HOK, Knoll, New York Window Film Co., and Perkins+Will. Friends include M2L Inc.
Special thanks to our host, Teknion, and our trade publication partners: officeinsight, Contract, Interior Design, interiors+sources, and Metropolis magazines.
For more information on NY11+ or to become a supporter, visit www.ny11plus.org.