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MONDAY 10.20.08 Following are scenes from several members’ experiences over the course of the week. › After spending the morning discussing work ﬂow, resource libraries, fee structures and billing methods, residential designer Jennifer Duneier, Allied Member ASID, and Erica Regueiro, Student Member ASID, joined Duneier’s client for some shopping at New York City’s D&D building. 11 01 Beatriz Yuan, Student Member ASID, later wrote of her RWDW experience, “I’ve learned the importance of developing and maintaining excellent rapport and relationships with … showroom design consultants, as they are integral to the success of an interior design business.” 11 01 11 01 SD ICON09 E100SWE 11 01 11 01 RealWorld DesignWeek Regueir Re Regueiro, a student at Metropolitan Institute of Ineg terior Design, selected Duneier to shadow because after visiting the designer’s Web site, she felt the two “had similar styles.” The success of this program—the first of its kind—is also due in large part to enthusiastic participation by all ASID chapters. The Hawaii chapter, which had 11 percent participation from its members, will receive a prize of $500 to host a networking or social event that will include Matt Lorenz, Allied Member ASID, the national spokesperson for RWDW, as a guest. Other chapters with exceptionally 11 01 › “[A shadow experience] wasn’t available when I was in school,” says Duneier, explaining her participation in RWDW. “I deﬁnitely saw the value.” “We’re going to be friends for a long time,” said Sandra Espinet, Allied Member ASID, of Beatriz Yuan, Student Member ASID, her guest for a day during RWDW. 11 01 high percentages of member participation include the Indiana, California Pasadena and New Mexico chapters. According to Johnson, RWDW was the brainchild of Matthew Whitaker, Allied Member ASID, a former student representative to the ASID Board of Directors and a member of the ASID Student Advisory Council. In the year leading up to RWDW in October, ASID implemented an intense marketing campaign to promote member participation in RWDW, while also developing an electronic registration system to connect professional designers with students, setting the stage for what will be an annual national program. For more information on RWDW 2009, visit www.asid.org/rwdw. i Julie Warren is a frequent contributor to ASID ICON. 24 icon january/february/09 the magazine of the american society of interior designers http://www.asid.org/rwdw

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ASID Icon - January/February 2009 Contents President's Letter Of Note Innovations Getting it Right Shadowing Design Bearing Up Industry Contrast Up Close Design for Life Environotes Inside ASID Grassroots Showroom Resource Guide/Advertisers Needful Things

ASID Icon - January/February 2009

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