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Unsung Hero: April Kotjan
awson Design Associates (DDA) hired April Kotjan as a designer, but with the pressures exerted by today’s tough economic climate, she scrapped her design-specific job description in favor of figuring out ways to boost the company’s bottom line. Kotjan was not hired to think about profits. In fact, other than taking some business classes in school, she had no April Kotjan experience on the numbers side of operations. While she knew that dividing her time between the creative and financial aspects of the firm’s work would be hard, she took on the challenge because “I knew it would make me a better designer.” It was Kotjan’s design knowledge that gave her the edge she needed to simplify operations. “I know first-hand the design
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process here,” she says. “There are nuances that help me to sense where there could be a bottleneck or delay in receiving information.” That, in turn, gave her the necessary tools to better control costs. One solution was incorporating purchasing and procurement services internally, which gave the firm a level of quality control over the project as a whole that it didn’t have in the past. The new services accounted for roughly half of the company’s total revenue in 2009, and in response to that success, clients requested the service be expanded to handle multiple fasttrack projects. Kotjan was rewarded for her unconventional use of creativity with a promotion to job captain/purchasing. “It was very costeffective, time-saving and efficient, and our clients were very happy with this fully integrated service,” says Andrea Dawson Sheehan, a principal at DDA. “They’ve expressed a demand and we responded. April’s participation is what let us be able to do so.” —MK
Chat Room
A designer talks about the current state of the industry and his vision for the future.
Andrew wAles
Associate principal, interior design ROTHELOWMAN Melbourne, Australia
what hotel trend do you wish would go away? “During challenging economic times, there is a trend to continually refurbish existing buildings in a piecemeal fashion instead of biting the bullet and giving designers the impetus to design from scratch. Guests can tell the difference between a makeover that just patches things up and a thorough, well-executed refurbishment that delivers a completely enhanced hotel experience.”
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From the Editor
Contents
Boutique Buzz
Into Africa
Q+A: Carlos Couturier
Cool, Daddy-O
Seattle’s Pioneering Courtyard
A Cosmic Experience
Vendor Profile: Diana Dobin, Valley Forge Fabrics
DreamBook: Escape the Ordinary
Showroom: Lighting
The Last Detail
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Boutique Design - November/December 2010 - Boutique Buzz
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Boutique Design - November/December 2010 - Q+A: Carlos Couturier
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Boutique Design - November/December 2010 - Cool, Daddy-O
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Boutique Design - November/December 2010 - Seattle’s Pioneering Courtyard
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Boutique Design - November/December 2010 - Vendor Profile: Diana Dobin, Valley Forge Fabrics
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Boutique Design - November/December 2010 - DreamBook: Escape the Ordinary
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